4 Surprising Pre-Installed Apps That Are Taking Hours Off Of Your Battery Life

Apple Maps

Apple Maps is probably one of the more useful and oft-used apps on your iPhone, but any app that uses GPS is also going to be taxing on your battery. Since this isn’t one that you’ll quit using anytime soon, it’s a great idea to keep a charger around while you’re planning on calling up directions on your phone.

Notes

Notes is a fantastic built-in app that you can use anytime you need to quickly jot down a grocery list, a poem that comes to mind, an email that you want to craft but not yet send - you get the idea. The problem with using notes is that we tend to forget to delete our files and, as a result, these can take up space and battery power. Although Notes won’t drain a significant amount of battery, it’s a good idea to delete files every now and then.

Podcasts

The Podcasts app is a great one for downloading your favorite podcast episodes. But it may also be downloading episodes of shows that you’ve subscribed to — and if you forget to keep on top of this app, you can find yourself with a slew of files that take up space and battery power. It’s important to maintain this app and delete files when necessary.

Safari

Safari is your built-in iPhone browser — but it isn’t the most efficient one out there. Safari runs videos, ads, and scripts. You can minimize the impact that it can have on your phone by closing windows and not leaving several open at one time.

These apps shouldn’t take up as much iPhone battery power as Facebook, Instagram, and other highly resource-intensive apps, but if you’re of the mind that every little bit helps, try changing the way you use these built-in apps.