One of the biggest concerns of smartphone users is battery life and reliability. Everyone aspires to be able to have certain guarantees that allow them to use their device without having to constantly pay attention to recharging. In this post we are going to see What applications use the most battery on the iPhone and in this way have greater control over our phone.
Those who already have an iPhone 15 can rest a little easier. It was recently discovered that this model has more battery life cycles than the manufacturer itself estimated (in part, thanks to the benefits of the latest system update: iOS 17,4). However, even the most modern and sophisticated of Apple products is exposed to the effects of certain applications capable of draining its battery drastically.
The issue is a little more delicate than one might think at first. Not only do we have the problem of a battery that consumes too quickly and can run out at the worst moment. In addition to that, there is the risk of overheating of the device, with all the negative consequences that entails.
To shed light on this very delicate topic, let's first look at the reasons why there are some applications that consume more battery on our iPhone than others. Then we will see how to detect them and what decisions to make about it.
Why do some apps consume more battery than others?
For obvious reasons, no application reaches the levels of resource and battery consumption that the game apps. Apart from these, we find applications of different types. Some of them are more demanding than others on our iPhone's battery. Among them, there are some that use a lot of battery during a certain period of time (for example, when we use a streaming app to watch a movie) and others that consume less, but do so constantly and sustainably.
The latter are something like "vampires" that stealthily suck energy from our battery. Basically it is about social media apps, browsing apps and email apps. Despite their harmless appearance, these apps usually require the continuous use of certain functions such as the camera, GPS, Internet connection in the background, etc.
Each user must make the decision to evaluate which applications to use and which to do without. What we can do is mention some of the ones that consume the most battery:
- Facebook, because of its constant group notifications and pop-up features.
- Instagram, for the same reasons as Facebook (although in its case it consumes slightly less battery).
- TikTok, since, due to its way of use, it is designed for long sessions which consume battery.
- WhatsApp, especially when we share and download images and videos.
- X (formerly Twitter), for the same reasons as WhatsApp.
- YouTube, an application that, by its very nature, consumes large resources on our iPhone.
How to know the battery consumption of each application
A more effective way to know which apps are consuming our iPhone's battery at full speed is to consult it with the means that the phone itself offers us. These are the steps to follow to perform this check:
- First let's go to the app «Settings» of the iPhone.
- Then we click on the section "Drums". Within this section it is possible to enable certain functions, such as enabling the low power mode.
- Let's go to option "Last 10 days", where a list is shown of the applications that we have used with the corresponding percentage of battery use for each of them.
Another way to monitor the state of the battery and at what rate it is decreasing is to configure the iPhone to the battery percentage is displayed on the screen. The great advantage of this is that, just with a simple glance at the screen, we will know exactly the percentage of battery charge. Having an exact figure is always better than relying on cartridge icons or the old "stripe" system, which is also used to indicate network coverage.
Tips to save iPhone battery
Now that we know which applications use the most battery on the iPhone, how to detect them and how to measure the state of the battery with the highest degree of reliability possible, the question that arises is that. What to do to save battery? These are some of the things we can do:
- Activate dark mode, a solution that can save an estimated 20%.
- Turn off Bluetooth when we are not going to need it.
- Deactivate the sound of the buttons and notifications through vibrations.
- turn off siri Yes or we are going to use it.
- Disable the “Lift to wake” function.
- Do not abuse the wireless charging system, since in many cases this leads to overheating that affects the useful life of the battery.