1. Photo Editing Apps
Photo editing apps demand a great deal of processing power, memory, and storage from your phone. It takes a lot of your phone for apps to edit high-resolution images, and those with special effects like filters and retouching take even more. Their large RAM consumption and heavy storage use can put a strain on your phone’s speed.
2. Battery Saver Apps
iOS already does a stellar job at managing your battery power efficiently and offering settings like Low Power Mode to conserve power. Most battery saver apps that you can download on iPhone are redundant and serve the same functions you can already find in your phone’s settings. Basically, they’re taking up storage space and battery without giving you anything of value back.
3. Retail Apps
Retails apps are unnecessary because you can shop online and check on orders via a shop’s website. In addition to this, many retail apps run background processes for tracking and to send you notifications (which is another feature that takes up battery and slows your phone). Retail apps also cache images, videos, and user data and many use third-party software to track users and for advertising purposes.
4. Games
Intense graphics and animations are the biggest reason why games take up so much processing power on your phone. They may also be the reason why your phone feels sluggish — try deleting or offloading those games on your phone that are the busiest and most advanced.
5. Old Messaging Apps
If you still have an old messaging app on your phone, such as Kik or Viber, its code is likely outdated and it probably isn’t optimized for your phone’s newer model. It could also be running in the background and be inefficient in its memory capabilities and responsiveness. The best thing you can do for your phone is delete these apps.