MacStats vs Stats

Stats shows the graph.MacStats reads it back to you.

Stats is an excellent open-source project, and if you want accurate graphs in your menu bar at no cost, you should use it. MacStats is for the next question: what does this reading actually mean, and do I need to do anything about it?

Stats

  • Native Swift, and open source under an MIT licence
  • Low resource footprint
  • Runs on Intel Macs as well as Apple silicon
  • Individual temperature and fan sensors
  • Shows the readings, leaves the interpretation to you
  • No per-process explanations

MacStats

  • Native Swift, roughly 1% CPU and 65 MB while monitoring
  • Plain-English explanation of what a process is doing
  • History over 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days
  • Alerts based on your own baseline, not a fixed threshold
  • Apple silicon only, macOS 13 or later
  • Thermal state rather than individual sensors

Details for other apps reflect their publicly documented capabilities and may change between releases, so check their own sites for what is current. MacStats is not affiliated with them. The full three-way table is on the comparison overview.

Data is good. Understanding is better.

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macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple silicon · No subscription