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Unhogged vs Stats

Updated 8 October 2026

Stats is free and open source, with menu bar modules for almost every reading. If numbers in your menu bar are all you need, it's excellent. Unhogged is for knowing what those numbers mean: what's wrong, which app, and the fix.

Feature by feature

YesPartlyNo– Not listed on its site
FeatureUnhoggedStats
Price$3.99 once for 3 MacsFree, open source (MIT)
Runs onmacOS 13+, Apple siliconmacOS 12+
Apps instead of 900 processes–
Says what's wrong, in words–
Fixes it in one clickQuit, restart, free a port–
AI coding agents by project–
Dev servers and ports–
History per app30 days–
Menu bar readoutsModules
TemperaturesEach part vs its limit
Fan controlSpeed shownLegacy mode
Bluetooth devicesWith battery levels
Per-app volume–
Open source

App names and icons belong to their owners and are shown to identify each app. Unhogged isn't affiliated with any of them.

Which one to choose

  • Stats if you want free and open source, and numbers in the menu bar are enough
  • Unhogged if you want to know why your Mac is slow and fix it, see history per app, or you write code or use AI coding tools
With Unhogged

Try Unhogged

$3.99 once for 3 Macs, with a 14-day refund. Try the real interface on this site first, with demo data.

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One payment, 3 Macs. macOS 13 Ventura or later on Apple silicon.

Unhogged's Pulse screen: how your Mac is doing in one sentence, with the one thing worth doing.Unhogged's Pulse screen: how your Mac is doing in one sentence, with the one thing worth doing.

Questions

Is Stats safe?

Stats is open source under the MIT licence, with its code public on GitHub.

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