Best for People who only want keep-awake, with the widest choice of automatic triggers.
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Stat Space vs Amphetamine
Stat Space vs Amphetamine
Amphetamine is a free, dedicated keep-awake app with a huge set of triggers. Stat Space has keep-awake built into a system monitor, with timers tied to what developers actually wait on, and it tells you which other apps are already keeping your Mac awake.
Best for Developers who want system stats plus ports, agents and keep-awake in one light menu bar app.
Stat Space Amphetamine
Keep awake for a time, or indefinitely
Keep the display on, or just the system
Automatic triggers Pro rules Many, free
System monitor in the same app —
Price Free · Pro once Free
Where Amphetamine shines
- Free, focused and widely trusted.
- A very large set of automatic triggers.
- Lots of small options for how sessions start and end.
What Stat Space adds
- Timers for “until this download ends”, “while on the charger” and “until this task exits”.
- The reason it’s awake, like “because vite is serving :5173”.
- A list of whatever else is holding your Mac awake.
- A full system monitor, ports and agents in the same menu bar item.
Use both?
If keep-awake is all you need, Amphetamine is great. If you already want a monitor, Stat Space saves a menu bar slot and knows when your dev servers and tasks are done.
As of November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email support@statspace.app and we’ll fix it.
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