App vs mobile site in data use

[Robert7107]

Which uses more?

 

[El Presidente]

I'm pretty sure it would be app/site specific.

If the site is configured for proper viewing on a mobile device, I imagine it would use less data than a site that wasn't.

 

[mikedt]

Sometimes apps might be doing things and consuming data when in background, things like Facebook. Using the FB mobile site in a browser, that would only consume data for the browser session you're using, that's it. Close the browser, no more data.

 

[Clementine_3]

I prefer mobile sites over most apps. Not sure about data usage either way but, as @mikedt said, there's nothing going on unless it's opened. If you use Chrome it has a data savings setting too.

 

[Robert7107]

OK... As a example ... Google now has weather cards how much data would that use compared to AccuWeather? According to my AccuWeather 13.95 data and 12.95 cache...