Indicating an application status based on a device state

A method comprising:

• monitoring and tracking, by use of a processor over a period of time, one or more application execution metrics of an application while it executes on a device, the application execution metrics indicating an amount of one or more device resources of the device that the application uses while executing on the device;
• determining one or more performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device, a performance metric describing a current utilization of a device resource on the device;
• providing a visual indication of a potential execution level of the application on a display of the device, the potential execution level describing a projected level of functionality of the application based on the one or more performance metrics of the device and the application execution metrics of the application, the visual indication presented as part of a graphical representation of the application presented on the display, the graphical representation selectable to execute the application;
• and
• periodically determining whether the potential execution level of the application has changed by:
• determining one or more new performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device;
• determining one or more new application execution metrics for each of the device resources of the device used by the application;
• and
• comparing the one or more new performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device to the one or more application execution metrics of the application to determine whether the potential execution level is different from a previously determined potential execution level, the visual indication of the potential execution level updated in response to the potential execution level being different.

A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

• monitoring and tracking, by use of a processor over a period of time, one or more application execution metrics of an application while it executes on a device, the application execution metrics indicating an amount of one or more device resources of the device that the application uses while executing on the device;
• determining one or more performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device, a performance metric describing a current utilization of a device resource on the device;
• providing a visual indication of a potential execution level of the application on a display of the device, the potential execution level describing a projected level of functionality of the application based on the one or more performance metrics of the device and the application execution metrics of the application, the visual indication presented as part of a graphical representation of the application presented on the display, the graphical representation selectable to execute the application;
• and
• periodically determining whether the potential execution level of the application has changed by:
• determining one or more new performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device;
• determining one or more new application execution metrics for each of the device resources of the device used by the application;
• and
• comparing the one or more new performance metrics for each of the one or more device resources of the device to the one or more application execution metrics of the application to determine whether the potential execution level is different from a previously determined potential execution level, the visual indication of the potential execution level updated in response to the potential execution level being different.