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Battery, memory, data hogs... top 10

ironass

ironass

Extreme Android User
"A new report is calling out the Android apps that use up the most battery, memory, and storage resources — even when running in the background."

"be advised that the Facebook and Spotify Music Android apps top the list of overall resource hogs"

Apps that auto start or run in the background

1. Facebook

2. BlackBerry Messenger

3. 8 Ball Pool

4. Instagram

5. Messenger

6. WeChat

7. Facebook Pages Manager

8. Oovoo Video Call Text & Voice

9. KakaoTalk Free Calls & Text

10. Vine


Apps that are initiated by the user

1. Spotify

2. Amazon Kindle

3. Line Free Calls & Messages

4. Samsung WatchOn Video

5. Snapchat

6. Netflix

7. SoundCloud Music & Audio

8. CleanMaster Speed Booster

9. Tumblr

10. Picsart Photo Studio

Source... Facebook and Spotify Music apps are the biggest hogs of your Android phone’s battery, memory, and data
http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/02/f...-your-android-phones-battery-memory-and-data/
 
Totally not surprising that AVG's products didn't make their list while their competitors did.

It's so nice for a report such as this to come from a neutral party without any interest in the outcome. ;)
 
http://now.avg.com/are-these-the-worlds-greediest-apps/

"People looking to protect and clean their phone should know some of the top used apps, including Lookout Security & Antivirus and Clean Master, show up in the top spots on our lists of top battery drainers and traffic consuming apps. What’s interesting is that 88% of all measured apps in the traffic consumption category consume less traffic than Clean master, which clocked in at several hundred megabytes of data per user."

Well - just because you're biased as a corporation doesn't mean that there can't be an objective standard.

We know that CM is garbage. I've used Lookout in the past, and did give it up for power hogging.

Maybe time we profile AVG?

I'd like to believe that they'd be prepared for backlash from the competition if they're just as guilty - but you never know.

You can run the equivalent of their tool yourself -

http://now.avg.com/introducing-the-new-app-manager-for-avg-cleaner-for-android/

Don't panic at the name.

Btw -

http://now.avg.com/why-android-phones-and-tablets-need-anti-virus/
 
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