The 10 Worst Apps for Your Phone Battery
- Publish date
- Monday, 1 Aug 2016, 7:43PM

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Smartphone batteries barely last as it is, so anything that's fueling the battery decrease needs to be ditched where possible.Â
A study has helped us obsessive phone users out by finding the top 10 apps that cull your battery. For this particular study, battery usage was measured on Android phones only, but is very likely to apply to Windows and iPhone users as well.
If you need to reserve your phone batt for a night of Pokemon hunting then avoid using these top 10 battery-draining apps on your phone:
10. The Weather Channel
9. WeChat
8. WhatsApp
7. Kik
6. ChatOn
5. Blackberry Messenger
4. Instagram
3. Facebook Messenger
2. Google Maps
1. Facebook
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