A minute-by-minute pulse
The agent samples every running process' CPU each minute and rolls it up by app and by hour. You get the real shape of the day, not a single snapshot.
Lightweight PC telemetry
See what every PC actually runs, hour by hour.
CpuPulse is a tiny background agent that records which apps run and how much CPU they use, then turns it into a clean daily heatmap. One small upload a day — no heavy agent, no screen-watching.
$1 / PC / month · start with $10 free credit · cancel anytime.
What it does
Usage data that's honest, tiny, and easy to read.
CpuPulse answers one question well: what has each PC actually been running, and when? It does that with the lightest footprint it can, and without pretending to be a spy tool.
One tiny upload a day
At the end of each day it sends a single small JSON summary — kilobytes, once. No streaming, no chatty agent, no battery drain.
A heatmap you actually read
Apps down the side, 24 hours across, coloured by CPU. The hog that's been cooking a machine all afternoon jumps out in a glance.
Transparent & signed
An identifiable process and a named task — nothing hidden from the person at the keyboard. Every upload is HMAC-signed, so strangers can't pollute your data.
How it works
Three steps, then it stays out of the way.
- 01
Install the agent
One small executable. It quietly installs itself and starts at logon — visible in Task Manager and Task Scheduler, never hidden.
- 02
It samples locally
Every minute it records per-app CPU and keeps a running daily file on the machine. Nothing leaves until the day is done.
- 03
You read the dashboard
Each day's summary lands in your account. Open the heatmap per PC, or across the whole fleet, and spot patterns instantly.
Use cases
One small agent, a lot of "oh, that's what it was."
The same daily heatmap answers very different questions depending on who's looking.
Find the CPU hog without remoting in
A machine's fan won't stop and the ticket just says "it's slow". Open its heatmap and see exactly which app has been pinning the CPU, and since when — across 5 PCs or 500.
See what the fleet is doing, by hour
Understand how work actually spreads across the day and which tools dominate — a calm, aggregate picture, not keystroke spyware.
Back an invoice with real app-time
"6 hours in Photoshop, 2 in the browser." Per-day, per-app time you can attach to a client, without a stopwatch you keep forgetting to start.
Reclaim your machine
Discover the background process quietly eating 20% of your CPU every evening. Turn a vague "my PC feels slow" into something you can actually act on.
Understand the family PC
See whether homework hours quietly turned into six hours of a game. A calm daily picture of the shared computer — to start a conversation, not to snoop.
Pricing
One price. Count your PCs, not your features.
$1 / PC
/ month
/ month
No tiers, no per-seat games, no annual lock-in. Add or remove machines whenever.
Start free- $10 in free credit for new accounts
- Unlimited days of history
- Per-PC and fleet heatmaps
- Daily summaries, signed & private
- Transparent agent — no hidden tracking
- Cancel anytime, export anytime
Get started
Point CpuPulse at your machines in minutes.
Create an account, drop the agent on a PC, and watch the first heatmap roll in. New accounts start with $10 in free credit.