Chrome Reaper Alternatives

Chrome Reaper is described as 'Automatically ends Chrome browser processes with high CPU usage, including tabs, extensions, and subframes, to enhance stability and overall performance' and is a Task Management tool in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Chrome Reaper for Windows, Android and Mac. The best Chrome Reaper alternative is Process Lasso, which is free. Other great apps like Chrome Reaper are SuperF4, App Tamer, Windows xKill and CPUSetter.

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  1. Process Lasso icon
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    Real-time process and CPU affinity optimization utility with ProBalance technology to preserve responsiveness. Automates rules, power schemes, and core selection. Mitigates system slowdowns, enables persistent affinities, watchdog monitoring, and instance limits, running lightweight.

    43 Process Lasso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. SuperF4 icon
     24 likes

    SuperF4 kills the foreground program when you press Ctrl+Alt+F4. This is different from when you press Alt+F4. Alt+F4 only asks the foreground program to exit, allowing it to decide for itself what to do. Read more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. App Tamer icon
     8 likes

    ? Background app taming: CPU use by background apps can lead to slower performance, shorter battery life, prompt heating and trigger your Mac’s fans. App Tamer helps you to manage and reduce overall CPU usage by controlling idle apps working in the background.

    5 App Tamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. An App that your using Freezes, and your first thought it to CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task manager, then you have to wade thought the processes to find said frozen app, then kill it... Or you use xKill.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. CPUSetter icon
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    CPUSetter adjusts the number of active cores in your cpu(s). It can also enable/disable hyperthreading on supported cpus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. KillSwitch icon
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    KillSwitch is an advanced system monitoring tool that is apart of Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) it allows users to identify, monitor and stop potentially unsafe processes that are running on endpoint systems. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. This tool is also known as ATK. It is a tool to kill applications running.

    -Tap to select or unselect -Long press to menu -Widget.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8.  3 likes

    With a single click, users can not only kill a running process, but also optionally delete the corresponding executable. Once this task is performed, the program automatically copies to Clipboard the path of the deleted entry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ProcessKO icon
     2 likes

    ProcessKO is for professionals and experienced users, with very good PC "know-how" (knowledge)!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. End applications, speed up phone, and save battery. “Advanced Task Manager” is an Android application created in February 2009. At that time, it was needed mainly to kill running services that a number of applications spawned but never ended. Some of these services would start at.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11. TasKiller icon
     5 likes

    TasKiller let you close (kill) your running applications in one click. You can also switch between apps.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  12. AppPolice icon
     1 like

    An app for Mac OS X with a minimalistic UI which lets you quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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