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Old 03-09-16 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dr_lha
I heard complaints that the companion app sucks battery from the phone as well? Did you experience that? I get good battery life using Cyclemeter + RFLKT (maybe 7-10% battery drop per hour), so any drain worse than that would make it pointless.
I haven't run the companion application long enough to notice one way or another.

Is the companion app needed for text notifications etc?
Yes. That's what sends them to the ELEMNT via BlueTooth.
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