Does Swype affect battery life

[GripnRip]

I noticed a few days ago Friday that my battery all of a sudden started draining faster; a lot faster. I did a FDR Tuesday night and through most of the day Thursday it was much better. Thursday evening i started reinstalling apps to test if it was actually better and noticed as soon as i did that the phone was never sleeping again. My up time and awake time were almost the same as soon as i reinstalled everything. So last night I uninstalled everything again except for swype. I'm going to watch it today but I'm not sure what to expect. Have you seen swype affect your battery life.

FYI the apps I uninstalled

IMDB
Mint
Yelp
Nesoid Lite
Epicurious
Big Oven
Spades
Pandora
DirecTV

P.S. At the point I noticed my battery being affected, i hadn't even used half of these apps. All I had done was log into my account on Pandora and quit the program, log into yelp. That's it. After that my phone sat idle for 2-3 hours (screen off) but affording to the battery monitor it was awake and running the whole time. "Android System" was my main battery user.

 

[jsward12]

Yes its a killer. I used it for 3 or 4 days and my battery life suffered greatly. Its an amazing tool and hopefully they will tweak it once its no longer a beta product.

 

[bitrot]

I haven't seen any effect at all on the battery life since I started using Swype.

 

[axisofoil]

I regularly have mid-heavy use charges last me 18-20 hours using swype. I don't think it has any effect on battery life.

 

[takirb]

I haven't seen any effect at all on the battery life since I started using Swype.

^^ditto^^

 

[jimdroid]

^^ditto^^

^^tritto^^

 

[ryohei47]

Quatto

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G

 

[GripnRip]

Ok, so far with just Livestrong, Weather Channel, Fring, and Swype my battery seems to be doing much better. Has anyone had issues with the apps i listed in the OP?

 

[leegseegs]

Quatto

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G

quintitto

 

[Deleted User]

I haven't seen any effect at all on the battery life since I started using Swype.

Agreed, same here.

 

[jgalan14]

i doubt it was swype i intalled last nite and my bettery still the same, but then again i don't use it all the time

 

[takirb]

Ok, so far with just Livestrong, Weather Channel, Fring, and Swype my battery seems to be doing much better. Has anyone had issues with the apps i listed in the OP?

Only app i have in common with the OP is Pandora, which does kill my battery if ran constantly. I can't speak for the other apps though