Do you leave apps running in the background or close them?

[felloffthetruck]

Do you keep a bunch of apps running in the background or do you always close them out?

I guess its my OCD but I'm constantly closing apps and never have any running in the background.

Looked at my wife's phone last night and she had a million apps running in the background.
Felt a little sick after seeing that.

 

[pantlesspenguin]

I close them out every night as I'm setting my alarm for the next morning.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

I never close background apps ... I am an iOS noob coming from Android, so I don't know if this holds true on iOS, but in Android the system handles the background apps as needed. In other words, it will automatically "close" the older apps as more resources are needed for foreground apps, I'd imagine iOS works similar to this. Constantly closing apps could be more taxing for the device because every time you open an app it's starting from scratch again. So, if you have apps you use routinely it's probably best to let them run in the background - 1) they'll likely load faster for you and 2) it may save some juice.

Again, I am an iOS NOOB! So please, if I am wrong someone feel free to correct me.

 

[TwitchyPuppy]

Oh I close them as soon as I'm done using them haha!
OCD obliges

 

[Truman82]

No I'm not closing them as it isn't needed in iOS.

 

[dannejanne]

Never ever. It's most often more counter productive than what you may think to keep closing apps manually. I would advice not thinking about it at all.

 

[MizWylie]

I close them for the joy of doing it. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe.

 

[Rob Phillips]

I never close an app unless it's acting up. iOS handles memory quite well on its own. Actually, closing out apps can hurt battery life because your phone has to reload an app every time you use it rather than simply calling it back up from the background.

 

[1dtbrown]

How do iOS apps get updates if you do not close them.

I am new here as well.

 

[decypher44]

Whether I need to or not, I close my apps immediately after I'm done with them. It's just "automatic" with me.

 

[kataran]

iOS is very resourceful. It's not needed and time consuming to close apps after use

 

[Quis89]

I never close an app unless it's acting up. iOS handles memory quite well on its own. Actually, closing out apps can hurt battery life because your phone has to reload an app every time you use it rather than simply calling it back up from the background.

This.

 

[Jcblack3310]

I close mine when I am done using them. Seems to help with battery life and the fluidity of the device.

 

[TLD1]

Those who say closing apps is pointless, and not at all needed with iOS are absolutely correct. Closing out apps on iOS is pointless because they run apart from the OS...not in conjunction with.

 

[Rob Phillips]

How do iOS apps get updates if you do not close them.

I am new here as well.

It just happens.

 

[TheLegoJoker]

I never close mine but my wife and our kids always close theirs. They act like I'm some kind of villain because I don't close them. My wife will pick up my phone occasionally and close them out like she's helping me, only to shame me by saying "33 apps open! That's terrible!"

 

[TripleOne]

I never close em up

 

[Just_Me_D]

To answer the thread question, I do both. For the most part, I leave opened apps alone and let iOS manage them when I'm done using them, but every other day or so, I manually close them. Why? Because I want to...

 

[YankInDaSouth]

I never close mine but my wife and our kids always close theirs. They act like I'm some kind of villain because I don't close them. My wife will pick up my phone occasionally and close them out like she's helping me, only to shame me by saying "33 apps open! That's terrible!"

LOL ... this made me chuckle

 

[mmohn01]

Maybe it's OCD, but I close them out every time unless I'm using multiple apps at the same time.