

With Greenify, users can hand pick which lower priority apps should take a nap. The benefit to this over app-killer programs: your phone uses less battery waking up a sleeping app than it does to restart an app you had stopped, or killed. Greenify helps extend battery life by automating the hibernation process rather than stopping the app. While they share similar features, I especially highlight what sets them apart from the rest.Įditors' note: This story was originally published Apand updated most recently on February 8, 2016. Here are five of my favorite battery-boosting apps. While both are terrific, you can do even more to keep your phone going longer between charges. How to customize your Android's battery indicator (screenshots).I am able to achieve a much longer battery life as well as keep my phone from getting slowed down due to background applications. It’s really a wonderful app that helps my phone become much more usable. This means that the Facebook application will be automatically stopped and you will no longer have to worry about it draining all of your battery and eating up your phone’s resources. After a period of phone inactivity, Greenify will kick in and begin hibernating applications that are not currently being used. You will be able to launch Facebook normally, once you are done you may close the application and continue use of your phone as normal. For example, let’s say you choose to have Greenify manage the Facebook application. Greenify works by ‘hibernating’ applications that you have selected. You can click the little plus sign in the application to begin adding apps to the hibernation list. By default, no applications are selected. With the app installed, you can launch it to adjust which applications you would like to be managed. But that’s super easy to get on most phones.

It is worth noting right off the bat that this app requires root access on your phone. The app that I use to keep my other apps under control is called Greenify.
