# Vitals vs iStatistica Pro

Canonical page: https://vitalsmac.com/vs/istatistica

By Atta Ur Rehman Shah, maker of Vitals. iStatistica Pro checked on its maker's site September 22, 2026.

**Short answer:** Vitals is the better choice if you want to replace Activity Monitor. It counts every helper process under its app, keeps 30 days of history per app and finds dev servers and their ports, with temperatures and force quit built in, no plug-in needed. iStatistica Pro is a low-cost Mac App Store monitor with widgets, a web dashboard and a REST API, and it runs on much older versions of macOS.

| | Vitals | iStatistica Pro |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An Activity Monitor replacement with a menu bar item | A system monitor with widgets and a web dashboard |
| List of what is running | Every app, with its helper processes counted in | Running apps and processes in Pro; top 5 apps in the standard version |
| Helper processes counted under their app | Yes | Not stated |
| History | 30 days for every metric, per app | CPU and memory history per app, length not stated |
| Alerts | When an app keeps the CPU busy, keeps growing in memory, or hammers the disk or network | CPU, memory, GPU, disk, network and sensors; can run a command |
| Temperatures and fans | Temperatures and fan speed, built in | Yes, with a separate Sensors plug-in |
| Dev servers and open ports | Grouped by project, idle ones pointed out | Not stated |
| Quit and force quit | An app or a single process, after a confirmation | Yes, with the Sensors plug-in installed |
| Widgets, web dashboard and REST API | No | Yes |
| Price | $5 during the launch, $29 after, once | $9.99 once on the Mac App Store ($5.99 for iStatistica) |
| Trial | None, a 14-day refund | A trial download, length not stated |
| Requirements | macOS 15 or later | macOS 10.11 or later |

## Choose Vitals if

- You want each app's helper processes counted in, so Chrome is one row
- You want 30 days of history for every app
- You want temperatures and quit without installing a plug-in
- You run dev servers and want to see which ports they hold

Vitals website: [vitalsmac.com](https://vitalsmac.com/)

## Choose iStatistica Pro if

- You want widgets, a web dashboard or a REST API
- You prefer to buy through the Mac App Store
- You are on a macOS older than 15

iStatistica Pro website: https://www.imagetasks.com/istatistica/

## How we compared

The iStatistica Pro column comes from its maker's own site on September 22, 2026. Where the site does not say whether it does something, the cell says "Not stated". If a cell is out of date, email hi@vitalsmac.com and we will fix it.

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