Excellent personal freeform database/data management software. It's very powerful yet fairly easy to use. Arguably the most powerful in this category of software. Compared to other similar solutions such as Evernote/Yojimbo/etc. this one seems to be geared more toward heavy data management needs such as research and using it as a paperless office solution for small business. It's still a general purpose software, so you can use it for pretty much anything that has to do with managing a wide variety of information.

The new iOS companion app is also a huge plus. I like the fact that I don't have to rely on cloud service for this app.

Strongly recommended.

It is an useful app that helps my MacBook Pro last longer on battery. I use mostly to tame Adobe CS 4 apps, but it also finds some other apps that are using more than 3% CPU time while idling.

It works with minimum fuss. I feel like the only thing I've done was to install the app and set it to launch upon login. I don't even think about this app most of the time, it stays out of my way while it's doing its job in the background, and the only thing I notice is that my battery lasts noticeably longer when I am on the road and working in Adobe apps. St. Clair Software has always done a great job developing their apps, and this one is not an exception. Highly recommended if you are on MacBook (especially older ones prior to Unibody models) and you often operate on battery power.

If you decide to give this software a try, I suggest you change settings for CPU statistics update interval. I set it to 30 seconds for that, then set the average CPU calculation interval to 1 minute because it's not like you would be watching your CPU usage like a hawk while working. With these settings, AppTamer uses 3~6% of CPU time when it does something, but it is a very short spike, and it sits there at 0% CPU the vast majority of time, hence addressing the concerns that AppTamer itself uses CPU time more than you want. Nobody can write a software that does something useful AND use absolutely 0% CPU. It's a tradeoff you will need to decide for yourself if you are interested in trying this app. That said, I found the tradeoff worth taking in this case.

I've given the benefit of the doubt way more than Objective Development deserves for the past 14 months and I've finally had it enough. This software is a prime example of feature bloat, loaded with bugs, and vendor lock-in. As if it weren't enough, v.3.8.7 update made this app completely unusable. It wouldn't even launch after updating it. It even took all my communication logs for the past several months with it. I was very unhappy with how it was unable to export my logs to a generic format to begin with, so I should've gotten out of this software right then. Well, too late now...

There are just so many little annoying bugs: Slow launch on a relatively new 2.6Ghz MBP, HTML email merge doesn't work at all, iCal sync is a major mess, drag & drop doesn't always work right in Calendar view, it refuses to quit when the system is trying to shut down or restart, to name just a few. Of course I gave the support forum a try, and all I got in the forum was "Send us a crash log" "Will be fixed in the next update" "You are the only one reporting this, therefore it must be you" blah blah blah. They would even scold you if you don't "go through the right channel for support" even if you do so. It's so ridiculous, and it makes me so angry just thinking about how much time I've wasted on this bloated mess. Having gotten sick and tired of this whole data lock-in, unreliable software and support and beta-testing nonsense, I've completely switched to a couple of web-based services for all my PIM/CRM needs now, and I couldn't be happier.

Avoid this app at all cost. Seriously, flee from it. I can't say enough bad things about this app and the developer of this app. And again, I gave it 14 months run. 14 months of bugs, data lock-in and poor support. I don't even want to remember about this app after posting this. The WORST Mac app & developer of all time.

It works much more smoothly and more consistently under 10.6.2 as of now. I hope MondoMouse will be updated to work better but I'm taking this one since it's working right now and working very well. This utility (MondoMouse as well, for that matter, if it works again) saves a lot of time. It makes workflow much smoother. Somewhat addictive at first. :) The price could be just a little lower for this one-trick pony, but programming takes a lot of time and effort. I think it's worth the price in a long run. Strongly recommended.

Works as advertised. Very convenient! It is worth a try if you use many Mac apps that Apple's Software Update doesn't cover. You do need to pay for MacUpdate account upgrade but it's reasonably priced (I think) and well worth the time I save using this app. Thank you MU team for good works!