With over a million apps to choose from, Android users are indeed spoilt for choice. But beware, many of the most popular apps may not be good for the health of your smartphone.
Anti-virus maker AVG recently released a list of apps and games that slow down the performance of Android smartphones, take too much space or guzzle a little too much battery.
The list includes some of the most used smartphone apps like WhatsApp, Facebook and Candy Crush Saga.
Must have apps
Top 10 performance draining apps (auto-run at start-up)
*Facebook *
Google Play Services
*BBM
*Instagram
*Messenger
*Samsung ChatOn
*Facebook Pages Manager
*The Weather Channel
*KakaoTalk
*WhatsApp Messenger
Top 10 performance draining apps (run by user)
*Snapchat
*Amazon Shopping UK
*Spotify Music
*LINE
*CleanMaster
*Samsung WatchON
*Netflix
*BBC News
*Amazon Shopping (Global)
*Microsoft Outlook
Top 10 battery draining apps (auto-run at start-up)
*Android Firmware Updater
*Beaming Service for Samsung
*Samsung Security Policy Updater
*Samsung ChatON
*Google Play Services
*Facebook
*BBM
*WhatsApp Messenger
*Weather & Clock Widget Android
*WeChat
Top 10 battery draining apps (run by user)
*Samsung WatchON
*Snapchat
*Amazon Shopping UK
*Microsoft Outlook
*BBC News
*Netflix
*LINE
*CleanMaster
*Walmart
*Amazon Shopping (Global)
Top 10 storage hogs (auto-run at start-up)
*Facebook
*Amazon Kindle
*Sp-Mode Mail
*Facebook Pages Manager
*Google Play Services
*Skype
*Instagram
*Tango
*Google (Search)
*WeChat
Top 10 storage hogs (run by user)
*Spotify Music
*Chrome
*Aillis
*LINE
*Amazon Shopping UK
*TripAdvisor
*Amazon Shopping (Global)
*Snapchat
*Clean Master
*Photo Editor by Aviary
Top 10 traffic hogs (auto-run at start-up)
*Facebook
*Yahoo
*Avast Antivirus & Security
*The Weather Channel
*Instagram
*iHeartRadio
*Google Play Services
*APUS Launcher
*Groupon
*WeatherBug
Top 10 traffic hogs (run by user)
*Netflix
*Snapchat
*Tumblr
*BBC News
*CleanMaster
*Samsung WatchON
*Spotify Music
*Photo Editor by Aviary
*Microsoft Outlook
*Tinder
Top 10 performance draining games
*Clash of Clans
*Candy Crush Saga
*Farm Heroes Saga
*Candy Crush Soda Saga
*8 Ball Pool
*My Talking Angela
*Don’t Tap The White Tile
*Despicable Me
*My Talking Tom
*Crossy Road
