# Vitals vs Sensei

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

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

**Short answer:** Vitals is the better choice if you want to know which app is slowing your Mac down. It lists every app with its helper processes counted in, keeps 30 days of history and alerts you when one misbehaves. Sensei is a maintenance suite with a cleaner, an uninstaller, drive health and a disk benchmark, and a good pick if you want those tools in one app.

| | Vitals | Sensei |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An Activity Monitor replacement with a menu bar item | A Mac performance monitor and cleaner |
| List of what is running | Every app, with its helper processes counted in | Not stated |
| Helper processes counted under their app | Yes | Not stated |
| History | 30 days for every metric, per app | Not stated |
| Alerts | When an app keeps the CPU busy, keeps growing in memory, or hammers the disk or network | Not stated |
| Temperatures and fans | Temperatures and fan speed | Temperature sensors and fan speeds |
| 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 | Not stated |
| Maintenance tools | None: Vitals only monitors | Cleaner, uninstaller, drive and battery health, disk benchmark |
| Menu bar | An icon, a figure or a graph, and a compact view of every metric | CPU, GPU, battery and storage |
| Price | $5 during the launch, $29 after, once | $29 a year or $59 once, 3 Macs |
| Trial | None, a 14-day refund | A free download, trial length not stated |
| Requirements | macOS 15 or later | macOS 11 or later |

## Choose Vitals if

- You want to see which app is using memory, CPU or battery
- You want 30 days of history and alerts
- You run dev servers and want to see their ports
- You want to pay once, for less

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

## Choose Sensei if

- You want cleaning, uninstalling and drive health in the same app
- You want a disk benchmark or SSD TRIM
- You are on a macOS older than 15

Sensei website: https://cindori.com/sensei

## How we compared

The Sensei 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 If a cell is out of date, email hi@vitalsmac.com and we will fix it.

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