Valgrind is mostly known as a memory leak debugging tool. It is, in fact, an instrumentation framework that helps to build dynamic analysis tools not necessarily related to memory problems. Besides the memory error detector, the suite of tools currently consists of a thread error detector, a cache and branch prediction profiler, and a heap profiler. It's supported on various platforms on Unix-like operating systems (including Android).
Essentially, Valgrind acts as a VM, first translating the binary into a simpler form called intermediate representation. Instead of running the program on an actual processor, it gets executed under this VM so each call can be can be analyzed and validated.
If you're developing on Windows, you can use Application Verifier (AppVerifier) instead of Valgrind. AppVerifier can help you detect stability and security issues. It can monitor running applications and user-mode drivers to look for memory issues such as leaks...
