Temperature Gauge App Reviews

I upgraded to the ‘Pro’ version and was impressed with the user interface, all the fan control and the monitoring of sensors throughout this little system. This little system has two 1 Tb SSD drives and max memory and runs like clockwork with Parallels and Windows 8/Office 2013. It wasn’t long before I noticed the temperatures creeping up around the processor. Then the fans would speed up to a roar and Yosemite started shutting down applications! The mac mini case felt as hot as a frying pan. Everything returned to normal after I removed TG Pro - the little system immediatley starting running cool again. I don’t know what this application was doing to cause such intense CPU activity (I assume) but it is DANGEROUS so be warned.

While I think this app has some nice features, it lacks critical coverage for my machine. My iMac has an Intel quad-core i7 that is quite able to turbo-boost itself to high temps. This app appears only able to report the temp for core-0 and core-1, which leaves most of the chip not being monitored. The temp differences between cores can vary greatly depending on the software being run, so that this can leave me thinking everything is fine when it really isn’t. The now-discontinued “Temperature Monitor” app did a much better job monitoring all cores, but it does not seem to work with Yosemite. :(

What good is it to watch my CPU cook without bing able to boost the fan speed? I want my money back!

partner gave me this app for my laptop and i started using it helps keep my macbook from overheating and checks other gauges as well …would give it five stars but you had to constantly upgrade it every week for the first month other than that its a great app you will like it

Like most of the commenters, I similarly appreciate this nifty little utility. While not an absolute necessity, this app is one I classify, “Nice to have.” It gives you peace of mind to know that your Mac is staying cool and if not, which apps, connections are pulling a lot of CPU, or other resource heat (e.g., demand). After all Apple provides Power and Battery monitoring, CPU monitoring, network monitoring available to the user. Why not heat? The sensors collect the data and the CPU reacts to that data, perhaps when it’s too late. The user should know about it in similar detail. Since Apple chose not to do so, thansk to TunaBelly we have that capability. Thanks, guys! TG and its big brother TG Pro use little resources on their own and give you the information needed in great detail or less if you set the preferences that way. Pro adds higher than normal fan control if you choose. FYI, my machine (15” Retina MBP) runs at 125°F with the fans running silently @ 2000RPM with the cover closed. I was concerned at how that would go. One item they could add is a comparison tool for stock machines and voluntary statistics from other users about the running temperture performance. I think a price point for the base software should be $3.99, but considering the rules in App Store a dollar more to be able to use on any family machine is not too expensive. Congrats to you for a nice bit of software.

This is a simple and excellent temperature monitor. It has all the information laid out nicely and easy to look at. It could use some small additions, such as a viewable max temperature, rather than just a place on the bar, which is cool even by itself. Im very impressed.

Helps me know what’s going on “under the hood”, but not reliable. A number of crashes have occurred in the past few days. Hard to know if you’re computer is overheating if the Temperature Gauge has crashed!

I Like the app, except for the bar graphs indicating MAX TEMP. There;s no temp scale, so you can;t what max temp an individual aenor reached, unless you use log files. I tried the demo for the PRO version, and it would be great to have since you can set your own fan speed limits to run things cooler than apple does. I don’t like the idea of having to purchase the pro version from the developers site, as I don’t like doing online credit card purchaes with unknown companies due to possible secirity leaks of my credit card info.

The temp gauge is ok, but the readings I get for my macbook pro are inaccurate. It would routinely say that the CPU was reaching 101c even when I was doing simple tasks like surfing the internet. I upgraded to the pro version and it seems to work more accurately.

Downloaded the app (4.1) to my mac and ran it. Then download 4.7.1 and ran it. Both versions give me zero information about my mac - either temperature or fan speed. Complete waste of $4.99. Very disappointed.

Had an issue with the version from the store and wrote support. I immediately got a key for the upgraded version no questions asked. Works great and you can’t find good support these days. Nice job!

Very happy with this app.

I purchased this app after installing 32 GB on RAM in my Mac Pro, and noticed up on removing a memory board, that the modules felt hot. This app shows the temperature of each memory slot to be 260F, even for an empty slot pair. I used a laser based no contact gun, to measure each modules heat sink temperature, which was around 120F. So this apps memory slot temperature function, is totally bogus, for the Samsung 4GB M39T5166ZA memory module, and obviously an empty slot.

I’d have given it 5 stars but there are a couple things that bug me. #1 you buy here in the app store and then get redirected to an outside website for the “full upgraded” version. #2 when El Capitan was released they had to up date their program… not really a bit deal but the update kept failing and finally I had to manually move it into the application folder, run it from there before it’d function proper. with that all said it does what its supposed to the rest of the time.

Sometimes my fan would really speed up, especially when using Windows under Parallels. Fortunately, what it showed me was that the CPU wasn’t all that hot, and more importantly, that by raising the fan speed, the system was running cooler, not struggling to stay cool. Hardware Overview: (Mid 2014 MBP Retina, 13”) Model Name:MacBook Pro Model Identifier:MacBookPro11,1 Processor Name:Intel Core i5 Processor Speed:2.6 GHz Number of Processors:1 Total Number of Cores:2 L2 Cache (per Core):256 KB L3 Cache:3 MB Memory:8 GB Boot ROM Version:MBP111.0138.B15 System Software Overview: System Version:OS X 10.11 (15A284) Kernel Version:Darwin 15.0.0

This app does not work correctly on Xserve 3,1

I was going to give Temperature Guage four stars… but I dropped it to 2 because of an annoying reminder the developer added that persistently asks you to rate the software. Several times I have clicked the “no thanks” option hoping that would forever stop this desperate attempt at forcing users to rate the program. But that “please rate us” screen also stops the program from quitting. For me that screen causes this chain of events: Temperature Guage will not quit which in turn prevents my MacBook Pro from shutting down its automated processes. This results in an overheated machine that several times/week will not shut down if Temperature Guage is running. In essence, Temperature Guage causes my machine to run hot all night long because that pop-up screen prevents system shutdown late at night.

There are free alternatives that do what this app does withput the ads and contant asking you to rate the app, this is very expensive when literally all it does is tell you temps, you have no fan control or ability to set action if a vertain temp is reached, this app is mostly useless, and I advise you look for a better alternative.

This hasn’t been upgraded in three years. I bought this only to find out there is a pro version on the devs website. Not very happy right now.