These are the applications that consume the most battery and capacity on smartphones, “notorious” like Facebook can not be at the top

Cloud storage company pCloud did some analysis to see which apps are the worst when it comes to battery drain on smartphones and which ones use the most storage space.

Statistical data to choose which apps are consuming includes the components and features used by each app (such as camera or location), the battery life these apps use, and whether whether darkness is available for a particular application.

” By combining the results of these three factors, we were able to calculate which of the 100 most popular apps are the most resource-intensive and consider them ‘phone killers'” , pCloud said.

The top two battery draining apps will probably surprise you. The Fitbit app and the My Verizon app both took the number one spot as both allow 14 of the 16 features to run in the background including the four “most demanding” features: camera, location, microphone and Wi-Fi, so both get the top score of 92.31%, making your phone take a hit.

Background activities use your phone’s battery so apps that are active while you’re not using it are what takes a toll on your phone.

Social networking apps accounted for six out of the 20 “phone killer” apps including Facebook (#5 with a score of 82%), Instagram (#8, 79%), Snapchat (#11, 77%), WhatsApp (#11. #12, 77%) ), YouTube (#14, 77%) and LinkedIn (#20, 72%). On average, social networking apps have 11 extra features running in the background including accessing the photo gallery. , Wi-Fi, location and microphone.

Uber and Skype came in at 3rd and 4th, respectively, with both scoring 87%. Dating apps are all on the list with Tinder (#9.77%), Bumble (#10.77%), and Grindt (#18.72%). All three apps don’t have Dark Mode, and on average they have 11 features running in the background.

By the way, if you’re wondering why Dark Mode can save you even a little battery life, it’s only possible on phones with OLED screens. That’s because they don’t need a separate backlight like LCD screens do. To create black on OLED, it simply turns off the pixels, and since disabled pixels don’t draw power from the battery, this feature can keep your phone running a little longer between charges.

Now we will move on to the applications that take up the most memory on the phone. Surprisingly, the United Airlines app took the lead when it came to requesting 437.8MB of storage with Lyft and Uber in positions #2 and #3 requiring 325.1MB and 299.6MB of space respectively. Food-related apps also require a lot of storage space, and Uber Eats, My McDonalds, and Yelp Food all make the top 30. Social media apps also take the top spot.

Reference: PhoneArena