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Gravymouse
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Excessive battery use by App Store over the last 2 days

The last two days, my iPhone 17 ProMax has been using a lot more battery than usual.

Checking the battery usage reveals that the culprit is App Store doing 'something' in the background.

I've never seen it do this before.

Yesterday, it accounted for 55% more battery than usual, and I only manually updated two apps.

Today, its showing that AppStore has used 103% more than usual.

Does anyone know why this is happening, of have any tips to stop it?

Posted on Oct 14, 2026 12:10 PM

1 reply

WheelieNick
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)

Oct 14, 2026 2:49 PM in response to Gravymouse

Try and force restart your iPhone to see if the issues persist


  1. Press and quickly release the volume up button.
  2. Press and quickly release the volume down button.
  3. Press and hold the side button.
  4. When the Apple logo appears, release the side button.


Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256376262