Advanced Task Killer
User Rating4.35/5
Advanced Task Killer. One click to kill applications running background. This one is faster than free version. Features: click to select or unselect the app, long press to activate pop-up menu, Menu>Settings>Notification bar icon, AutoStart Ignore.
Price: Free, $4.99
AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:
Features:
Advanced Task Killer Android App allows you to stop running background processes or apps in memory. The Android operating system can run multiple apps in memory concurrently which currently is its own Gift and Curse. Cursed… as some processes and apps can bring an Android phone performance to a crawl. By default, you can’t easily close open applications or running background processes unless you go to:
Settings » Applications » Manage applications » (wait for list to load…) » (select app) » Force Stop ;-(
Not exactly convenient then…
The alternative is to download Advanced Task Killer from the market and use that instead. The name says “Advanced” task killer but it does everything TasKiller does; stops background processes and apps, specify an “Ignore List”, or kill all apps running with one button (at a higher cost without a home screen widget).
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- Advanced Task Killer List of Apps and Processes
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- Advanced Task Killer Long Press Menu Actions
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- Advanced Task Killer Settings Menu
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- Advanced Task Killer Ignore List
Usefulness:
This app is very useful, I would even recommend for new users who have no clue why their Android phone may be sluggish.
Ease of Use:
Advanced Task Killer Android App is simple and intuitive.
Frequently Used:
Could potentially be used multiple times daily or sparingly as needed.
Interface:
The user interface is simple yet intuitive.
AndroidTapp.com Rating
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Should you Download Advanced Task Killer? Yes! Definitely Worth Downloading!
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TK is a “killer” app, no pun intended.
It does its job perfectly except for one minor issue. Tasks are killed with one single tap, without confirmation. This can be bad because sometimes a user might tap the wrong app and when he notices it, it’s already too late.
To get a full 5 star rating I’d like to see a confirmation before killing the app and/or, a settings preference to turn it on or off.
Other than that, it’s a very convenient app.
I downloaded and use but notice each time I use their are apps in the list that I did not open. For instance I kill and immediately run again and there are 3-4 more open that did not get killed or were not their when I just killed seconds before. Any suggestions.
Personally I unistall app like that, the persistant ones reinserting themselves in the background.
well… what if it is something you CANT uninstall… like the shit they give you on the backflip… bloatware… but you cant uninstall it..
Can someone explain to my why this app requires Location data (network granular)? Just seems fishy to me…
I would like to know why it requires my information as well. Seems to me it’s not needed.
Because the free version is ad based and tries to find ads that are in your area, therefore noetwork access and location data is needed.
simple to use however once killed apps just come back within seconds. any suggestions?
I usually uninstall those apps. No app should need to persist so much unless absolutely needed.
I liked that it “kills” itself as well. I mean, well you know what I mean. I still have the free version for now and it works just fine… for now.
how do you download it??
i like it but can’t get rid of it’s icon in the upper task bar. not the biggest deal in the world but would like to get rid of it.
Drag the android icon down, the kill selected apps will appear, click on the menu, click on settings,de-select “show notification”. The icon will be removed.
So I have Ad. Task Killer…
Say I have tcallblocking lite … until now, it has never opened in A.T.K…. because I didn’t expect the single number I have in the tcall blocking lite to call me… EVER.
And I go in to kill a few apps using ATK… and there it is. the tcallblocking lite didn’t update… and I haven’t touched it in weeks since I bought the phone….
…could it just ‘open up’ by itself in the ATK menu??? Thanks!!!!!!!
Just remember if you set the Alarm and then kill the running alarm app, you will deactivate it. I have set the alarm application on my ignore list.
In the last couple of weeks (haven’t installed any new apps lately) everytime I use use ATK, then click HOME, the HTC reloads itself. Should I reinstall it?
Why does everyone fail to realize this app is useless… otherwise known as snake oil! Do your research and learn know the android system handles application states and memory management. Having “xxMB free memory” doesn’t make your phone faster, its just how much memory is available for another process to run (at the same time)… but the android os will always manage memory properly so each app or process your running will have the memory it needs. Your phone won’t slow down.
Same goes for those anti virus apps… hahahahahahahahah
Slowing down is not the issue. Its causes my Droid to reload when I hit HOME. I thought the purpose was to conserve my battery, not free up memory. My brand new phone has been sitting on my desk, no calls or messages, and the battery is already 30% gone.
listen to this guy. this app is completly useless and does more harm than good on an adroid OS, which is designed to self maintain. this app destropyed my battery life and froze my system on multiple occasion.
same with antivirus free.
complete wastes of time.
I am having a problem with my Task killer. I will go to it, kill the selected apps that I want and then return an hour or so later to see the apps re-opened….ie voice dialer or some other programs that were installed on my phone when I got it. I am trying to pro-long my battery life to make it at least a full day with out recharging……any ideas?
All Android task killers are a complete waste of time. Read this: http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
Or you could read up a bit on the Android process lifecycle: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#proclife
The TL;DR version – Android activities are stopped whenever they aren’t visible. The only things that do run in the background are service processes. These are registered by applications that need to do things either in the background or in response to alarms or events. (such as playing music in the background, checking for updates in the background, etc).
Task killers are a waste of time, a waste of money, and basically a rip-off.
Substantially extends battery life for HTC Incredible. Slows the Incredible’s fluid motion a little, but worth it.
Hello,
Great APP!! Running it on a Samsung Moment (Sprint) 1.5 for a while, and just upgraded the Moment to 2.1. I am not sure if I registered it with you before, so if you can please check, I would appreciate it. Your hard work deserves to be recognized!! Let me know what you need from me to check on registration.
Thanks!!
Gerry Massie-
Norfolk, VA
Few clarifications. We are not the developers of this fine app yet we reviewed the app. Also there is no registration for the app however you can visit the developers website http://rechild.mobi/ to get his email to thank him or by purchasing the Pro version helps!
We also removed your personal info from the comment as the spam bots would pick that up quick… don’t want to barrage of West Nigerian “Confidential Business Proposal for $47 Million” or Chinese “You’ve Won $10 Million” emails right.
It killed sms and email’s notifications. I don’t understand ignore’s procedure.
What do the different auto kill level setting represent and what do the different security level settings represent. It’s not intuitive from the app. I can guess what the security level is but am perplexed at what the settings of safe, aggressive and crazy represent for kill level.
Thanks.
what do u actually do does it delete the apps off your list i dnt understand it
It does not delete apps from your phone but stops apps from running in the background. Similar to closing a program on a computer.
I just updated my SE Xperia X10 and when I used this app it killed my OS and now my phone is shot. I can’t find any information about this and any help would be greatly appreciated!
If I select this program to “kill” does this mean the selected app is gone or will it still be there till I want to use it again?
It will “kill” or stop the background process. When you launch the app again, it will resume its background processing.