--- title: "iSurge — Mac system monitor, more than Activity Monitor" description: "A simpler Activity Monitor for your Mac, with per-app sound control, disk cleanup, and containers, ports and Homebrew management for developers." url: https://isurgemac.com/ --- # The ultimate system monitor for Mac. It does more than Activity Monitor. See apps, not processes. Find what’s slowing your Mac, set each app’s volume, clear disk space and manage your dev projects, in one app. [Download now](https://isurgemac.com/download)[Buy now](https://isurgemac.com/pricing/) Launch offer: $4 off with code **PROMO10**, for the first 1,000 customers Pay once, yours for good. Apple silicon · Notarized by Apple · [14-day money-back guarantee](https://isurgemac.com/refund-policy/) **Every Mac, notch or not.** Without a notch, it opens from a small pill at the top. **Private by design** Your stats stay on your Mac. No account. **Pay once** Yours for good. Nothing renews. 01 · ACTIVITY MONITOR ## Activity Monitor, made simple. See what your Mac is doing and which app is slowing it down, in plain words. **Every app as one row**: About 1,000 processes, added up into the apps you use. **Your whole Mac, in one window**: Every stat with its history, and the apps using the most. **At the top of your screen**: Point at the notch, or the top centre of any Mac’s screen, to see it all. **In your menu bar**: Every stat in one click. Quit what’s slowing you down, and it still asks you to save your work. 02 · SOUND ## Every app’s sound, your way. Per-app sound control for your Mac: set each app’s volume and speakers, and keep your mic under control. **Its own volume, its own output**: Turn the music down and the call up, each to its own speakers. **See what’s playing**: See which app is making sound, at the top of your screen. **Your mic, under control**: See which app uses your mic. Mute them all with ⌥⌘M. 03 · STORAGE ## Make room without the guesswork. Disk cleanup for your Mac: see what fills your disk, clear what’s safe and remove apps completely. **Could be cleared**: Caches, old installers and downloads. You see the full list first, and everything goes to the Trash. **See what fills your disk**: A map of your disk by kind, and what grew this week. **Uninstall apps completely**: Remove an app with the files it leaves behind. 04 · DEVELOPERS ## Your projects, ports and Homebrew, in one place. Containers, ports and Homebrew management: see what each project runs, what it costs your Mac, and what got left behind. **Every project, and what it costs**: Each project’s memory, CPU and battery. Pause one in a click. **Ports**: See who’s on a port, and free it in a click. **Containers**: Every container by project, whichever engine runs it. **Homebrew, managed**: Your tools, what uses them, and what you can remove. 05 · FOCUS AND KEEP AWAKE ## Focus in rounds. Keep your Mac awake. Both start with one click, from the menu bar or the top of your screen. **Focus Timer**: Focus and break in rounds. The time stays at the top of your screen. **In the iSurge window**: Start, pause or skip, and see your week. **Keep Awake**: Your Mac stays awake, even with the lid closed. ONE APP, TWO WAYS TO BUY ## Turn it down. Keep it on. Clear it out. Everything your Mac needs, in one app. Keep it for good, or take it for a year. **iSurge, for a year** Use it on One Mac. More Macs come with Lifetime. ~~$19.99~~$9.99 a year Launch price. Twelve months, on one Mac. [Buy a year](https://isurgemac.com/buy?plan=year) - All of iSurge, on one Mac - Every update for twelve months - Nothing renews by itself - Not for you? Your money back within 14 days **iSurge Lifetime** Best value Use it on ~~$29.99~~$14.99 once Launch price. Pay once, yours for good. Launch offer: $4 off with code **PROMO10**, for the first 1,000 customers [Buy iSurge Lifetime](https://isurgemac.com/buy?macs=1) - All of iSurge: live stats, Sound, Mic, Disk, Dev, Focus and Keep Awake - Every update, included for life - New Mac? Deactivate on the old one and carry on - Not for you? Your money back within 14 days Your license key comes by email a minute after you pay. Not sure yet? [Try it free for 3 days](https://isurgemac.com/download). For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later) on macOS 15 or later. Notarized by Apple. WHY I MADE IT “My Mac slowed down, so I opened Activity Monitor and scrolled through about a thousand processes. All that time, the notch, the spot I look at all day, did nothing. So I made iSurge.” Ruthran, who makes iSurge · [Read the story ›](https://isurgemac.com/blog/a-thousand-processes/) ## Private by design Everything stays on your Mac. iSurge goes online only for updates, your licence and a few extras like song covers and the weather. [Read the Privacy Policy ›](https://isurgemac.com/privacy/) **Your stats stay on your Mac** Your history and settings never leave it. **No account, no analytics SDK** No sign-up, no login, no tracking code inside. **Sound is never recorded** It only passes through, to set each app’s volume. ## Questions What people ask before they buy iSurge, and after. 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Activity Monitor lists about a thousand processes. iSurge adds them up into the apps you use, names the app that’s slowing your Mac down, warns you only when a problem lasts, and lets you quit it in a click, from the menu bar or the top of your screen. It also does what Activity Monitor doesn’t: each app’s own volume, disk clean-up, a tab for developers, a Focus Timer and Keep Awake. ### Will iSurge close my apps or delete my files? Only when you click. Quit closes an app the normal way, so it can ask you to save first. Force Quit is a separate button you choose yourself. Disk clean-up shows the full list with sizes before anything moves, and everything goes to the Trash, so you can put it back. iSurge never deletes a file for good or empties your Trash. ### Which Macs does it work on? iSurge supports Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and later) running macOS 15 Sequoia or later; it doesn’t run on Intel Macs. Everything works on any of them: on a MacBook it uses the notch, and on a Mac or display without one the notch opens from a small pill at the top centre of the screen. ### Does it work offline? Yes. Everything iSurge shows is read on your Mac. It goes online to check for updates and your licence, and for extras like song covers and the weather; once it’s activated, it keeps working for 30 days without a connection. ### How do updates work? iSurge checks for a new version once a day and asks before installing it. You can also check any time in Settings › About, or turn automatic checks off. ### Can I request a feature or report a bug? Please do: email [hello@isurgemac.com](mailto:hello@isurgemac.com?subject=iSurge%20feedback). I read everything, and plenty of iSurge started as someone’s request. What’s planned next is on the [roadmap](https://isurgemac.com/roadmap/). Price and licence ### How much is it? Lifetime is $14.99, once, and more Macs cost less each. Or take a year on one Mac for $9.99; nothing renews by itself. No account. If you had iSurge before 0.4, it stays free for you. ### Is there a trial? Yes: 3 days, with everything included and no card. [Download iSurge](https://isurgemac.com/download) and they start when you first open it. After them, iSurge keeps a quiet tally on your Mac for a weekly summary (nothing leaves it), until you buy it or delete it. ### I bought iSurge. Where do I download it? At [isurgemac.com/download](https://isurgemac.com/download). Open iSurge and paste the key from your purchase email; it’s also on the page you see after paying. No email after a few minutes? Check your spam folder, then write to [hello@isurgemac.com](mailto:hello@isurgemac.com). ### Are updates free? Yes. Lifetime includes every future version. A year includes every update for its twelve months. ### Can I move iSurge to another Mac? Yes. On the old Mac, click Deactivate in Settings › License, then enter your key on the new one. Lifetime for 2, 3, 5 or 10 Macs works on that many at once. ### What if iSurge isn’t right for me? Email [hello@isurgemac.com](mailto:hello@isurgemac.com) within 14 days of buying and you get your money back, on Lifetime or a year. [The Refund Policy](https://isurgemac.com/refund-policy) has the details, and the few cases where we may say no. Privacy ### What data does iSurge collect? None. Your stats, history and settings stay on your Mac. iSurge goes online to check for updates and your licence, and for a few extras like song covers and the weather. No analytics. [The Privacy Policy](https://isurgemac.com/privacy/) has the details. ### Is iSurge safe to install? Yes. iSurge is signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple: Apple checks it for malicious software, and macOS confirms that before it first opens. It’s sold only from isurgemac.com, and every update is signed the same way.