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Is VidMate draining
your battery?

Somewhat — it's a moderate background drainer. Here's what 11 anonymous Battery Snitch devices reveal about VidMate.

C
53/100
Drain Score
Grade C — moderate background drain
Blends typical (median) and worst-case (p90) background runtime.
Median / day
5 min
Worst-case (p90)
17h 42m
Share of a full day
<1%
Reports
11
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FAQ

VidMate & your battery

Does VidMate drain your battery?

Somewhat — it's a moderate background drainer. Across 11 anonymous reports, VidMate runs in the background for a median of 5 min per day, earning a moderate Drain Score of 53/100 (grade C).

How much battery does VidMate use in the background?

Typically it runs for about 5 min a day in the background — that's <1% of an entire day. On the heaviest devices it kept running for up to 17h 42m (90th percentile).

How can I stop VidMate from draining my battery?

Restrict its background activity in Settings → Apps → VidMate → Battery → "Restricted", revoke unused permissions, and disable background data if you don't need live updates. Battery Snitch finds the exact apps draining your phone and shows you what to change.

Where does this VidMate battery data come from?

It's crowdsourced from 11 real, anonymous Android devices running Battery Snitch. We rank by the median so a single outlier device can't skew the result — the more reports an app has, the more reliable its grade.

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