Originally Posted by
mschwett
not sure how/why it matters what the source of the map “image” is, but it does have maps, cached and live. it’s not like any app on a phone is downloading the images directly from satellites ……………
but yes, the two apps are not identical. i also use rideWithGPS and with that and mission control both rubbing and onscreen for most of the time, battery life is around 9 hours.
The more information in the image the more power used. From experience I know it's true while running CAD programs on a laptop. I could be wrong about that theory with images on the phone. I will test that theory running just the map view instead of the satellite view with the same app on the same ride.