memhogs 0.1.0

The first release of memhogs for Android: see which apps are using your phone's memory, largest first, with helper processes rolled up into the app that owns them.

Highlights

• Per-app memory as PSS from dumpsys meminfo, so shared pages are never double counted. Same fair metric the memhogs CLI uses on Linux.
• Helper and renderer processes group under their owning app, including dot-suffix processes like Google Play services' .persistent.
• Safe memory reclaim: kills an app's background processes only (am kill), the same reclaim Android performs under pressure, and reports exactly how much came back.
• Filter by name, a live mode that refreshes every five seconds, and a RAM pressure bar that turns red past 85%.
• Needs Shizuku for shell access, no root. If the Play Store calls Shizuku incompatible with a brand-new Android version, install it from its GitHub releases.

Install

Download memhogs-0.1.0.apk below and sideload it. Requires Android 8.0+.

Verified on a Pixel 8 (Android 16) and the Android 15 emulator.