[iMore Question]

I am allowed only 5G of data a month. I have been playing Pokemon Go and I have noticed that my data is already cut in half and I've got 3 more weeks before it resets. Could Pokemon Go be eating my data or could it be something else?

[robertk328]

You'll have plenty. I've used it a lot since my last data reset July 9, and it's only at 142MB. Looking at that, I think that's taken me to nearly level 13.

[Matty]

You'll have plenty. I've used it a lot since my last data reset July 9, and it's only at 142MB. Looking at that, I think that's taken me to nearly level 13.

even people aged 53 are playing this game. Always puts a smile on my face lol

i was actually about to ask the same question about data since i only get 250mb per month. Thanks for the answer!

[robertk328]

even people aged 53 are playing this game. Always puts a smile on my face lol

i was actually about to ask the same question about data since i only get 250mb per month. Thanks for the answer!

I'm 10 years younger than that
I'm glad it doesn't use a ton.

[StayClassy101]

Reports vary based on the phone you use, some people as well as Niantic itself said Pokemon go uses approx .01gb/hr. i would just set Data alerts for your phone to be safe.

[metllicamilitia]

Since it's release, I've played it a minimum of 2-4 hours a day, usually just walking and hatching eggs. Last weekend I played all day Saturday and Sunday, so roughly 5-10 hours each day. In that time, I used less than half a gig of data.

[robertk328]

Since it's release, I've played it a minimum of 2-4 hours a day, usually just walking and hatching eggs. Last weekend I played all day Saturday and Sunday, so roughly 5-10 hours each day. In that time, I used less than half a gig of data.

Half a gig since the start is just last weekend?

[StayClassy101]

I second this. Just the weekend or since the launch of it?

[Ron7624]

I'm 66 and on level 18.
I've seen lots of old folks lol playing Pokemon Go
I haven't seen very much data usage on my end, just battery. My data usage is barely up as far as I can tell.
OP, maybe you have been doing something else to get a big hit on your data?

[robertk328]

You can always go to Settings -> Cellular and scroll down to Pokmon Go to see how much data has been used. That way you'll know if it was the game or something else.

[qbnkelt]

Pokemon Go uses less data than the App Store, in my case.
Not a whole lot.

[metllicamilitia]

Half a gig since the start is just last weekend?

I second this. Just the weekend or since the launch of it?

Less than half a gig used since the game launched.

[robertk328]

Less than half a gig used since the game launched.

Cool - thanks.

[Vikas Dhar]

The Pokemon Go consumed just about 17MB of data for our entire 54 minutes of game play and we are just pleased with the data consumption as there is a lot of hype regarding the amount of data used by the game. So I were to play 1 hour every day for 30 days I would use about 510 mb which is less than 1 gig? Did you play the Ingress game more than an hour or did it actually use more data than Pokemon Go