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If you really want to get to the heart of which apps are worth your time and which are not — as well as which apps are actually bad for your phone — there’s no better person to ask than someone who has worked for Apple. Tech experts are cautious not to download and use apps that can destroy their battery or put them at risk of a privacy breach. Andrew Cunningham, founder of DailyPest and a former engineer at Apple, spoke to SHEFinds.com about the one app no Apple employee has on their phone anymore in 2020.
To start off, the one application that Apple employees would never be caught dead with downloaded onto their phones is actually not a single app, but a type of application, Cunningham says. Any and all apps that claim they can prolong your battery life are a waste of space and time, according to the expert.
One such app that Cunningham mentions is the popular Battery Doctor app. “Battery boosting or RAM boosting apps are 100 percent ineffective,” Cunningham says. Other examples of these apps include Atomic Battery Life, Battery Care, and Battery Life Doctor.
So why does Cunningham say he avoids these apps? Simple: they tax your phone and are not worth the trouble. “These apps claim to monitor the usage of every other app on your device, requiring excessive permission to do so, and all the while draining your battery itself as it is constantly running in the background,” Cunningham says. “You should avoid these battery draining apps at all costs, and keep your phone healthy while doing so.”
A better way to preserve your iPhone battery is by deleting apps that are notorious battery killers, such as Facebook, or at the very least turning off their ability to autoplay videos. Another good tip is to charge your phone a few times throughout the day so that it retains a charge of between 40 and 80 percent. As Cunningham mentions, apps that promise to deliver better battery results aren’t the ideal solution.
