CPU Runner vs BillRemind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPU Runner
This app provides comprehensive system monitoring for your device. It offers detailed hardware data, CPU and GPU information, memory usage, network traffic, disk space, battery status, and even a decibel meter. A Today Widget allows for real-time monitoring of key metrics.
- Detailed hardware data
- In-depth CPU and GPU information
- Memory and network traffic monitoring
- Disk space analysis
- Battery health and status
- Real-time decibel meter
- Today Widget for quick monitoring
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CPU Runner is a real-time diagnostics tool for iPhone and iPad. Built for developers debugging app performance, IT support diagnosing devices, and curious users who want to know what's actually happening on their hardware. No tracking. No fake numbers. Only public iOS APIs. FIVE LIVE MODULES CPU - Per-core load via host_processor_info - Overall load with thermal-state badge (Nominal / Fair / Serious / Critical) - Single-core and multi-core benchmarks with progress tracking - 24-hour history Device - Chip identifier, iOS version, kernel build - Memory breakdown: active / inactive / free / wired / compressed - Memory pressure indicator - Storage, resolution, ProMotion refresh rate, color gamut, boot time - Shareable summary card GPU - Metal device family and capabilities - Raytracing, function pointers, dynamic libraries support - Argument buffer tier, R/W texture tier, max threadgroup memory - FMA throughput benchmark in GFLOPS Network - Live download and upload throughput (app-attributed, honestly labeled) - Cellular radio: 5G, LTE - NWPath flags: expensive, constrained, IPv4/IPv6 - Local IPv4 address - Latency to a configurable host - 24-hour history with CSV export Battery - Charge level, state, Low Power Mode - 24-hour battery curve - Deep link to Settings for battery health 11 HARDWARE TESTS For technicians and curious users: - Display: solid colors, gradients, grids, SMPTE color bars - Multi-Touch: up to 11 simultaneous touches with force readout - Touch Coverage: paint the screen to find dead zones - Haptics: all 8 feedback types - Speaker Tone: sine waves with L/R channel routing - Microphone: live input meter - Motion Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, attitude - Barometer: altitude and atmospheric pressure - Proximity Sensor - Camera: front/back preview with torch - GPS / Compass: coordinates, altitude, heading, accuracy HOME SCREEN WIDGETS - CPU Load (small and medium) with per-core bars - Memory Pressure with category breakdown - Device Info: chip, RAM, free storage, uptime HONEST DESIGN CPU Runner does NOT: - Pretend to "clean RAM" or "boost CPU" - iOS does not expose those APIs, and apps that claim to are misleading users - Read battery health or cycle count - these are gated behind private APIs - Measure system-wide network throughput - only app-attributed traffic is available - Track you. Nothing leaves your device. All measurements come from documented public Mach, Metal, Network, and UIKit APIs. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD Multi-column NavigationSplitView, sidebar navigation, gorgeous in landscape. REQUIREMENTS iOS 17 or later. Some metrics (per-core CPU, hardware sensors) require a real device - simulators return synthetic values.
BillRemind
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Bills are easy to forget and expensive to remember late. BillRemind keeps every bill and subscription you have in one place, tells you before each one is due, and never asks you to make an account. Everything lives on your phone. There is no server, no sign-up, and nothing about you to leak. WHAT IT DOES • Every bill in one list — rent, electricity, internet, insurance, streaming, whatever you pay • A reminder before each due date, and one more if it slips past • This month's total at a glance, split into fixed, estimated, paid and remaining • Scan a paper bill with the camera and the amount, date and vendor fill themselves in • Subscription insights that quietly point out two services doing the same job • A yearly-renewal heads-up, so the big once-a-year charge never surprises you • A home-screen widget with the month's total and what's due next BUILT FOR VIETNAM, READABLE IN ENGLISH The app speaks Tiếng Việt and English, and follows your phone's language unless you tell it otherwise. Dates and numbers follow the language too, because 08/09 means a different day to each of them. Hold bills in đồng and dollars together and they still add up to one figure. Choose which currency every total is stated in — each bill keeps the currency you entered it in, and only the sums are converted. The exchange rate is visible, and yours to correct. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Bills, receipt photos and payment history are stored on your device and nowhere else. Reading a receipt happens on the phone itself; the image is never uploaded. There are no ads, no trackers, and no analytics libraries. Moving to a new phone is a file you control: export a backup, send it however you like, import it there. BILLREMIND PRO — ONE PAYMENT, YOURS FOR GOOD The everyday job is free forever: adding bills, reminders, the monthly total, and getting your own data out. Pro unlocks: • Printable PDF reports • Backups sealed with a passphrase • More than one currency One purchase, no subscription, no renewal to forget — which would be a strange thing for a bill reminder to sell you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BillRemind at every 2 days against CPU Runner's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CPU Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BillRemind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CPU Runner ships an update every 2 months, BillRemind every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPU Runner | BillRemind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (86 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 传胜 贾 | Dung Vu |
In-app purchases
CPU Runner
- Remove Ads.$0.99
BillRemind
- BillRemind Pro$1.99









