
Here are some ways your can optimize your app experience: Note: It is much safer to download apps from the official app stores for any mobile platform like iOS, Android, Windows Phone etc, rather than downloading it from websites or unofficial app stores.
Stage 1: Before Download
- Read reviews and ratings to determine whether the app is worth giving it a try
- Check the developer’s portfolio or website for genuineness
- Check the screenshots and video to make sure the app will work as you have imagined it to
- Check the system requirement to ensure that the app will install on your mobile phone
- Check the app size to ensure that there is enough space on your phone
- Check whether the app is free, paid, or based on the freemium model
Stage 2: While downloading
- Check what the app is demanding access to on your smartphone (contacts, GPS, etc)
- If you get warnings signaling the apps is unsafe, pay heed to them by cancelling the app download
Stage 3: After download
- Enable/disable push notifications to avoid battery drainage
- Check/uncheck autoplay videos to prevent mobile data usage
- Check whether the app uses your smartphone gps
- Check whether the app runs only on wi-fi, mobile data or both
- Check whether the app refreshes automatically; if yes, then know the time interval for the refreshes
- Check whether the app stores data that you feed it; if yes, then where
Stage: Before uninstall
15. Check what will happen to your data stored on the app if you uninstall 16. Get a backup of the app on your laptop or hard drive, if possible
Stage 4: After uninstall
17. Check whether all updates or apps related to the uninstalled app are deleted