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 that fills in as the day goes. Tiny 10-minute updates — 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.
Small, frequent updates
A first snapshot the moment it starts, then a small update every 10 minutes — kilobytes at a time. 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 Windows service — nothing hidden from the person at the keyboard. Each PC carries its own credential you can revoke in one click, and uploads travel on a session that expires within the hour, 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 installs itself, links to your account with a quick browser sign-in, and runs from boot as a named Windows service — plain to see in Task Manager and services.msc, never hidden.
- 02
It samples locally
Every minute it records per-app CPU and rolls it up on the machine. A tiny update leaves every 10 minutes — kilobytes, nothing more.
- 03
You read the dashboard
Your first heatmap appears minutes after install and fills in hour by hour. Open it 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
- Updates every 10 minutes, private by design
- 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.