Stocktwits iPhone app drains my battery overnight

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Stocktwits iPhone app drains my battery overnight

I have this app called Stocktwits, which I use on a regular basis, and it's the second time I have noticed it completely drained my battery overnight.

The first time it went from 90% to about 20%, and it had used Gigabytes of mobile data.

Yesterday it took my phone from 73% all the way to 0%.

I have already disabled mobile data usage, but I don't know how to disable this app from running in the background. I don't actually ever want this app to run in the background.

There's no option for background app refresh. And the options in settings are limited to Siri, notifications and mobile battery usage. There's nothing about location usage or anything like that.

What else can I do? (Besides the obvious deleting of the app)

iPhone XR

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 11:25 PM

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Answer 1

jeremy_v

Community Specialist

Jun 29, 2020 12:15 PM in response to ReginaldTheThird

Hi there, ReginaldTheThird!

Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you're having an issue with an app draining your battery. Since the issue is specifically with the one app, I would recommend checking out this article If an app unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won’t open and follow the steps here:

"Reinstall the app

iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Open the Settings app. Tap General, then tap iPhone Storage (or iPad Storage). Tap the affected app, then tap Offload app. Tap Offload app again. Wait a moment for the app to offload, then tap Reinstall App."

Let us know the results and have a great day!

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Answer 2

KiltedTim

Level 10

227,988 points

Jul 23, 2020 1:24 PM in response to ReginaldTheThird

Contact the app developer. That's not an Apple product.

If you can't get a satisfactory answer from them, either live with the problem, or delete the app.

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Answer 3

Treecrap

Level 1

4 points

Jul 23, 2020 1:15 PM in response to maytee275

Same issue here, either this is an anomaly with the latest iOS or Stocktwits is data mining. The electricity and GB’s are being used for something.

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Answer 4

Treecrap

Level 1

4 points

Jul 23, 2020 1:21 PM in response to maytee275

After thinking on it, maybe it’s just trying to constantly update whatever price chart you were on, but the fact that the app is missing from the list of background refresh apps is strange.

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Answer 5

Jul 11, 2020 10:40 PM in response to jeremy_v

I see the same issue. From the battery page looks like the app is running nonstop on background. Manually force closing the app stops this. Can you investigate further?

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Stocktwits iPhone app drains my battery overnight

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