Originally Posted by
Skipjacks
I've never had that issue with Urban Biker and I'm pretty obsessive about battery life and checking battery stats to see what's using battery.
In real world use I get about 4-5 hours out of my bike phone with the screen on (and huge battery)
In testing I've let Urban Biker run with the screen off and it worked for 2 days with GPS on before it drained the battery. (Which is nice so on long trail rides I can keep it running with the screen off and it will still work fine)
It could have been a conflict with some random version of Android. Or you could have gotten a bad version of it and quit before it was patched. That stuff happens. But the app in general isn't a battery hog.
This was some time ago so it likely was an older version which may have been buggy. I think the version I had didn't utilize any maps or anything. At any rate, the apps I use are good enough and I really don't need to use anything else. I usually turn the screen off anyway to save battery life, and I prefer to enjoy the ride and don't bother looking at my phone all the time.