# Is Tapatalk a data hog?

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**Created:** [August 28, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tapatalk-a-data-hog/632965 "2012-08-28T20:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tapatalk-a-data-hog/632965/1 "2012-08-28T20:56:45Z")

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I think this is an ATMB question. Anyhoo…

I have onavo data tracker on my android phone. It warns me when I install programs known by onavo to guzzle on my 500MB of data, the way an H2 guzzles on gas. YouTube, daily motion, stuff like that.

I recently got one such warning for Tapatalk, which I installed a few weeks back primarily for the SDMB. Is that just because users who use it, use it to excess, or does it take a heavy data drain per minute? I can’t imagine what would do it…it’s all text, right? 😕

Just looking for the opinion of posters and mods on here. What has been your experience with the mobile dope?

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**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tapatalk-a-data-hog/632965/2 "2012-08-30T10:16:19Z")

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I don’t use Tapatalk as my phone is not that advanced.

I know you were asking for first hand experience of SDMB users - but you were about to slip off the bottom of the first page with 0 responses. And I was both bored and curious, so I went looking elsewhere.

According to this site, Tapatalk should reduce data use: [Praise for Tapatalk.](http://www.blogtechnika.com/tapatalk-is-an-easy-way-to-access-your-favorite-forums-in-mobile-phones/)

Over at a Blackberry user board, they had a thread asking about Tapatalk data usage. It doesn’t appear to be an issue for them:  
[Blackberry user thread.](http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-bold-9930-9900-f235/does-tapatalk-use-up-lot-data-723794/)

There was one recent thread at what may have been a Tapatalk developer forum, but I lost the link. There seemed to be an issue with a memory leak hogging resources?, but whether that would affect data usage, I don’t know.

From what I’ve read, when I upgrade my phone I will most likely load up Tapatalk.

That’ll probably be in 2 years though. I’ll let you know then.

Regards,  
Snerky Snerk

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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tapatalk-a-data-hog/632965/3 "2012-08-30T16:33:38Z")

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Thanks Snerky Snerk!