Which apps to kill?

[mpossoff]

How do you know which apps to kill that run in the background? It's obvious the calculator app doesn't run in the background.

Is there an app that tells you which apps are running in the background that will drain your battery?

 

[Kyotoma]

Why don't you just kill off all of them to preserve your battery life?

 

[rusty2192]

OR kill none of them because they are designed to only run when needed. Apps that use GPS are a little different, but a compass arrow shows up on top of the screen when they are running. You may gain back a little bit of memory, but that's only needed when when things start to feel a little slugish (only happened to me a handfull of times since iOS 4 came out.

Apple put a lot of thought into their multi-tasking in iOS. It may not allow for ultimate freedom, but it does very well for the way it was designed.

 

[shandyman]

OR kill none of them because they are designed to only run when needed. Apps that use GPS are a little different, but a compass arrow shows up on top of the screen when they are running. You may gain back a little bit of memory, but that's only needed when when things start to feel a little slugish (only happened to me a handfull of times since iOS 4 came out.

Apple put a lot of thought into their multi-tasking in iOS. It may not allow for ultimate freedom, but it does very well for the way it was designed.

exactly this. it's not multitasking in the way a computer does it, so it doesn't really matter if you close them or not.

 

[applefanDrew]

OR kill none of them because they are designed to only run when needed. Apps that use GPS are a little different, but a compass arrow shows up on top of the screen when they are running. You may gain back a little bit of memory, but that's only needed when when things start to feel a little slugish (only happened to me a handfull of times since iOS 4 came out.

Apple put a lot of thought into their multi-tasking in iOS. It may not allow for ultimate freedom, but it does very well for the way it was designed.

I agree with this but I would and always do kill GPS apps I'm not using. The background GPS uses battery more than any of the other background processes. But mostly, the user really doesn't need to worry about it.

 

[Agent-P]

I agree with this but I would and always do kill GPS apps I'm not using. The background GPS uses battery more than any of the other background processes. But mostly, the user really doesn't need to worry about it.

Agreed. The only apps I kill are gps apps and apps such as Skype that stay connected in the background (Skype in particular is a huge battery drain to leave running).

 

[PNutts]

How do you know which apps to kill that run in the background? It's obvious the calculator app doesn't run in the background.

Is there an app that tells you which apps are running in the background that will drain your battery?

To answer your question, the one I see most folks talk about (and one of the ones I use) is "SYSTEM Manager for Memory, Processes, Battery and Network" from AppHome. They have a free Lite version.

 

[batting1000]

I kill all apps each time before I lock my iPod.

 

[macingman]

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I kill all apps each time before I lock my iPod.

Sounds like a huge hassle for something which has little effect on performance/battery life.

 

[batting1000]

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Sounds like a huge hassle for something which has little effect on performance/battery life.

It's just something I prefer to do, even though I know it doesn't effect battery life a lot.