Android people, our troubles are never ending. I sincerely might switch to iOS soon but as we wait for that to happen, let’s get to uninstalling some apps that are battery hogs, data hogs and RAM hogs.
Thanks to Avast, that antivirus company, has released a report that reveals which apps on the Google Play Store are feasting on our battery, RAM and most importantly, on our data.
20 Battery Draining Apps
- Samsung AllShare
- Samsung Security Policy Updates
- Beaming Service for Samsung
- ChatON Voice & Video Chat
- Google Maps
- WhatsApp Messenger
- AppLock
- DU Battery Saver
- Samsung WatchON
- Samsung Video Editor
- Netflix
- Spotify Music
- Snapchat
- Clean Master
- LINE: Free Calls & Messages
- Microsoft Outlook
- BBC News
- ES File Explorer File Manager
20 Data Hogging Apps
- Yahoo! Japan
- Firefox Browser fast & private
- The Weather Channel
- WhatsApp Messenger
- Google Chrome
- DU Battery Saver
- Facebook Lite
- Google Play Home
- Netflix
- Spotify Music
- Snapchat
- BBC News
- LINE: Free Calls & Messages
- Microsoft Outlook
- Clean Master
- Samsung WatchON
- Amazon for Tablets
- PicsArt Photo Studio & Collage
20 RAM Hog Apps
- Samsung AllShare
- ChatON Voice & Video Chat
- Samsung Push Service
- Google TalkBack
- Google Play Music
- Google Maps
- Google Play Newsstand
- Google Plus
- ChatON
- Google Hangouts
- Samsung WatchON
- Google Docs
- Samsung Media Hub
- SHAREit
- Samsung Video Editor
- Google Text-to-Speech
- Clean Master
- LINE: Free Calls & Messages
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
20 Storage Hungry Apps
- Amazon Kindle
- Facebook Messenger
- CosmoSia
- Google Quick Search Box
- Google Maps
- Google Chrome
- Firefox Browser fast & private
- Tango – Free Video Call & Chat
- Spotify Music
- Snapchat
- LINE: Free Calls & Messages
- Samsung Video Editor
- SoundCloud – Music & Audio
- PicsArt Photo Studio & Collage
- Amazon Shopping
- BBC News
- Clean Master
- Photo Grid
In the report, Avast recommends that you uninstall an app like Facebook and access the social media site through your browser. Other apps like Google Docs can be replaced by Microsoft Word which is less strenuous on your RAM.
For the apps you cannot delete, you should try reducing their notifications and also limiting their background activities. The worrying part is that you don’t need to open apps such as Facebook, Instagram and Chrome open for them to chew through your data.
In case you are running out of storage, consider clearing the cache on your Facebook, Instagram and Kindle app, for those who have them.
