eejits Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Working on the iPad Pro and using the Apple Pencil seems to cause a huge amount of battery drain. Looking at the stats I had Affinity Designer on screen for 2hrs 20mins and lost over 65% of my battery life. is this normal or am I being pedantic? George Quote eejits: a curious collection o' creatures - www.eejits-online.co.uk SUPPORT eejits on PATREON. Exclusive Content & Rewards available! www.patreon.com/eejits Get some awesome unique eejits merchandise at https://www.eejits-online.co.uk/shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted November 20, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2019 Hi Eejits, We've never actually tested for battery drain specifically so I'm not certain if this is the expected behaviour. I'd think because of the pencils pressure settings combined with the app it would drain the battery fairly quickly however I'm not sure exactly. Hopefully other users will comment here soon with their average battery lives. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiththfc Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 For me battery drain seems especially noticable on the newest 1.8 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorVonDoom Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I’ve noticed the same on my ipad pro and the latest version 1.10.1, it really eats through the battery. Not sure about previous version as I don’t use it very often, just too cumbersome but used it for a fairly simple project this time. I don’t think using the pencil or not makes much difference, it seems to regardless. I didn’t think it could but even in background it seems to be using battery, but that could be my imagination as I thought it would be suspended. Quote Marc ArtByMarc.me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanvanbeek Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Same here 1.10.1 on iPad Pro. It eatsssss the battery at full capacity within 2 or 3 hours. Didn’t have that problem before. regards, ivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandMagic Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I can confirm latest version eating quickly throughmy battery, charge does not keep up with drainage. this did not occur with previous versions. ipad pro 2017. i do not have this problem with any other app and my battery is still quite healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Pretty sure the battery issues are more to do with iPadOS15 than Serif. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandMagic Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 thanks for replying. if the only app I have open is affinity designer and the battery is draining much faster than if app wasn't open, then wouldn't the problem be with the app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 1:55 PM, SandMagic said: thanks for replying. if the only app I have open is affinity designer and the battery is draining much faster than if app wasn't open, then wouldn't the problem be with the app? No, it also depends what is going on in the background which is entirely in Apple's control. SandMagic 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 17 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said: entirely in Apple's control Allegedly. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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