Monitoring battery usage on your iPhone and iPad helps you understand how both apps and system activities consume power. Apple’s iOS and iPadOS provide detailed insights into how each app impacts your battery life, offering a clear breakdown of foreground and background usage. By regularly reviewing this data, users can identify power-hungry apps and make adjustments to prolong battery life.
The Battery settings display an overview of how your device uses power, highlighting individual app usage. This information allows you to track battery consumption over different time periods and spot apps that may be draining more power than expected. Monitoring app activity and general battery usage is key to maintaining optimal performance, especially on devices used frequently throughout the day.
With the ability to view detailed app usage, users can take informed steps to optimize their battery life. Limiting background processes or adjusting usage habits for high-consumption apps helps reduce unnecessary battery drain and ensures a longer-lasting charge.
Steps to monitor battery usage on iPhone and iPad:
- Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
Access the Settings app by locating the gear icon on your home screen.
- Scroll down and tap Battery.
Battery shows overall power consumption trends and provides details on specific app usage.
- Review the battery usage graph to see overall power consumption trends.
- Scroll down to view the Battery Usage by App section.
This section breaks down how each app uses the battery during both active use and background activity.
- Tap Last 24 Hours or Last 10 Days to switch between time periods.
- Review each app’s percentage of battery usage.
This helps you identify apps with high consumption that may need optimization or limited use.
- Note apps with high consumption, both when the screen is on and in the background.
If certain apps are draining too much battery in the background, consider disabling background refresh for those apps.
- If necessary, adjust settings for apps using excessive battery in the background.
Navigate to Settings > General > Background App Refresh to limit or disable background activity for specific apps.
Mohd Shakir Zakaria is a cloud architect with deep roots in software development and open-source advocacy. Certified in AWS, Red Hat, VMware, ITIL, and Linux, he specializes in designing and managing robust cloud and on-premises infrastructures.
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