App Review: MemoryInfo by Recession Apps
Sometimes when you buy an iPhone app from the app store, you just want it to be simple and do what it says. MemoryInfo by Recession Apps is just that kind of app. Here is part of the description from the app store:
The new iPhone 3G S has double the runtime memory of the previous iPhones and iPod Touch. The iPhone 3G S has 256MB of runtime memory. Therefore, most of the time, you will have more than 35 MB of runtime memory available and MemoryInfo only frees up memory if you have less than 35 MB of runtime memory.
However, if you use your iPhone 3G S extensively and open many web pages in Safari and read large email in the Mail app, your runtime memory can still drop below 35 MB. You will then need to use the Free Memory feature to free up memory on your iPhone 3G S.
MemoryInfo pretty much does one thing and that is it helps free up memory so your iPhone doesn’t crash. According to their site, your iPhone has 4 types of memory:
- Free memory is available for use whenever applications or processes need them.
- Inactive memory is memory that was used by applications or processes but do not need it right away.
- Active memory is memory that is currently being used by applications or processes.
- Wired memory is memory that is currently used by System processes. This memory is not available to applications.
It appears that MemoryInfo works by freeing up active and inactive memory by killing off non-system processes, all by the click of a single button. The app also lists out all of the processes that are currently running as well as your current battery usage.
Since the app is only $.99 and memory is precious on the iPhone, it really is a no brainer when it comes to purchasing this app.
My only recommendation would be to add another column to the system process list that lists out how much memory each app uses. This would be purely informationaly, but would be a good addition for tech nerds like myself.
