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User Rating3.60/5The full version of TasKiller let you close (kill) your running applications in one click, Switch between apps and have unlimited ignored apps in your ignore list. Free memory and keep your android fast.
Price: Free, €0.70
Most people who come to Android from a desktop environment find it a bit odd that you’re not required to shut down applications once you’ve finished using them. This is because Android terminates apps automatically when internal memory is getting low. Until that point they remain resident.
Sometimes though, it’s helpful to force close apps you’re not using to free memory, extend battery life and improve performance. You can do this via the settings menu on the phone with the following method:
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> (wait for list to load…) -> (select app) ->Force Stop
Not exactly convenient then…
The alternative is to download TasKiller from the market and use that instead.
Nothing too complicated here. On firing up the app you’re presented with a colour coded list of running apps which you can click to close.
A long click on a list item pops up a menu option to open the app or set to ignore (so it doesn’t appear in the list). There’s a prominent kill all button too within the app or you can add the TasKiller Android widget to your home screen. One click of the widget and all your (non-ignored) apps are terminated in one go. Handy.
There are free and paid for versions of TasKiller although the only difference appears to be the limit of 2 apps you can have in your ignore list in the free version.
Very useful app to have on your phone but particularly if you’re a power user.
TasKiller is very simple to use.
Useful several times a day.
Nothing spectacular but it does the job.
( out of 5)
Should you download TasKiller? Update: for Android 2.1 and lower… Yes! Do the developer a favour and get the paid version.
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“Advanced Task killer” is a free application that does the same job. (It does not have a desktop widget tough)
Yep, there are a number of similar apps and I’m not necessarily saying this is the best but it does do a good job.
The widget is available in the free version and is actually very useful because you can close everything in one go.
I tried using Advanced Task Killer- but half of my running apps didn’t even show up on the list! With taskiller, everything shows up… that I know of.
Nice review, this app as become a must have.
Personally, this is one of my favorite apps. I never knew so much was running. I had 10 as at one point. Thanks for the review!!
A must have for G1 users. This app frees up my phone from apps running in the background. You can kill one app at a time or all of them.. Even taskiller…LOL
5stars***** Plus has a widget… click and enjoy the G1 experience
I like it, but it locks up whenever the widget shows 5 applications open or it shows an X… meaning 5 applications or more.
I was planning on buying it, but this is a major problem. I’m having to reboot the phone about twice a day…
Had it but I liked Advanced Task Killer better, much. I like the check box thingy as opposed to tap each one to make them close.
I know this probably isn’t the best place to rant, but I think Google could have done (and hopefully will) do a better job optimizing memory management on the Android. I know there has to be some sort of sweet spot in between Apple’s method of forcing apps to close to for battery/performance/security reasons, and Google’s method of just allowing everything to run at once until you need more memory. This is a damn shame.