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8 Best Apps to Maximize Android's Performance
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Android isn't as controlled and regulated as its iOS competitor. No
matter what version of the OS you're running, it's basically a
tinkerer's dream. It allows users to tweak and optimize the system's
performance from A to Z. From cache cleaner to junk file hunters, CPU
overclocking tools and app disablers, here are eight Android tools that
you can use to get more out of your system.
Cheetah Mobile's Clean Master
comes with a Junk Files tool for cleaning your phone's app and system
cache as well as temp files. It also sports a memory saving Phone Boost
tool, an app manager and antivirus tool. While you can probably skip the
task-killer-like features of Phone Boost, the Junk File tool is great
at cleaning out widowed and temporary files, as well as cleaning out
your system cache to free up phone storage. The app manager allows users
to backup APKs, move apps to the SD card and uninstall apps. A
surprising strong point is Clean Master's antivirus tool, which scored
highly in AV-TEST's latest mobile antivirus survey. MORE: Galaxy Note 4 Features: What to Enable and Disable
Another comparable all-in-one Android optimization tool is DU Speed Booster,
which comes with a Trash Cleaner for app cache and junk file cleaning, a
one-touch accelerator, app manager, antivirus, a privacy advisor and
built-in internet speed test. Again, the benefits of task-killing with
accelerators are dubious, DU Speed Booster's junk file / cache cleaner
is a great way to free up internal storage space, and the app manager
and other tools are also solid extras.
SD Maid
is a storage maintenance app designed to free up space on your SD Card
or internal storage by searching for widowed files and folders left
behind by uninstalled apps. In addition, it also doubles as a file manager.
The app is a great way to clean up some drive space, and is also great
for periodic system maintenance. The free version is a perfectly
serviceable app, but more options can be unlocked by purchasing an
unlock key.
Piriform's CCleaner is one of the best PC maintenance tools for
Windows machines, and now, it's also gone mobile with an Android app
that's the perfect tool to help you clean the crap out of your system.
Like its desktop sibling, CCleaner for Android
is a multipurpose cleaning tool that can clean out your application
cache, download folders, browser history, and other temporary files, as
well as optionally clean your call and SMS log selectively or in bulk.
In addition to its fast, ad-free cleaning experience, CCleaner also
comes with an app manager, CPU, RAM and storage meters, as well as
battery and temperature tools.
CPU Tuner allows you to monitor and tweak your CPU's performance.
Customize the settings for your CPU governor, underclock to save
battery, overclock to improve performance, and set various trigger-based
performance profiles to ensure your CPU performs just the way you want.
Again, a little care and research as to what your hardware can tolerate
is important, especially if you choose to overclock. Also, unlike
similar applications (SetCPU, for example), CPU Tuner is free on the
Google Play market.
3c Toolbox,
formerly known as Android Tuner, provides users with a ton of
diagnostic and tweaking tools that a savvy user can utilize to diagnose
and improve the health of their system. The toolbox includes a task
manager to manage (or kill) your apps, backup or restore APKs, CPU
governor and voltage tweaks, system settings such as SD cache size or
just view a wealth of diagnostic data. As with any app that tinkers with
system settings, be careful of what you tinker with and do your
research before changing anything.
While the Android settings menu provides users with some insight on
battery status and how much energy is in use, technically oriented users
can get far more comprehensive information with apps like BetterBatteryStats.
Plus, BBS has good tools for tracking apps that do "partial wakelocks"
that prevent the device from entering battery-saving sleep mode. If you
suspect that some of your apps are chewing through your battery life or
are preventing your phone from properly entering sleep mode, BBS can be a
great tool to help.
Greenify
basically puts an app in a state of hibernation, unable to access
system resources, bandwidth or run background processes. However,
Greenify allows you to run an app normally in the foreground when
explicitly called by the user without any extra fuss. If you've got
memory or battery hogs that keep draining resources in the background,
don't bother with a task-killer when you can just greenify it. Just
don't do that to your alarm clock or messenger, unless you want them to
stop working.
