How To Ensure Faster App Download Rates

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Most users of the internet must have experienced poor quality of downloads on one or more occasions. Today, merely using a smartphone is not enough; the user needs to install apps in the device for maximum functionality. While few apps are installed in a mobile device at the time of purchase, several others have to be downloaded from the internet or from the app stores before installing them in the device. Slow download rates often affect the user’s interest to use a mobile application. Here we list for you ways to ensure faster mobile app downloads:

1. Do not download too many apps at the same time – It is understandable that more than one mobile application is required for you to complete daily tasks; but it is recommended that you do not download more than one app at a time. Running too many applications at the same time will not only lead to slow download rates, but may also cause the device to hang while performing tasks like calling or sending text messages. Also avoid using other internet facilities like browsing while there is an ongoing download.

2. Use a download manager – Mobile market researchers ...
... suggest the use of download managers for accelerating the rate of downloads of applications. The most popular and highest selling download managers in the contemporary market are Firefox download manager and Google download manager. These not only help in increasing the speed at which apps are downloaded, but also ensure ease of usage. Moreover, it gives the device user the freedom to select different app download options such as accelerate or pause. An alternative to download managers is the p2p (peer to peer) software that enhances the rate of file downloads.

3. Pay attention to the memory space – There are several mobile apps which take up huge memory space. It is important for a mobile application user to check the available space before proceeding with downloading an app. If there is no or limited memory, it leads to slow rate of download of a mobile application and disruption in the working of a mobile device. It is also important to remember that if the size of an app file is big, it will take a long time to download. Therefore, it is recommended that mobile application users do not disrupt the download process of an app by thinking that its speed is low before checking on the size of the file.

A research report released towards the end of 2012 shows that the download rates of apps running on different OS platforms varies. For example, a user may not be able to download an iOS mobile application as fast as he/she is downloading an Android app. Features and functionalities of multiple operating systems often play a major role in deciding the rate of download of apps for the platforms. Again, music apps may be downloaded faster than communication apps. Hence, there are several factors that need to be researched well before complaining about the download speed of a mobile application.

Users of mobile apps must also remember that devices should not be used for purposes such as making or taking calls, messaging, or using the camera and music player functions when the app download process is on. This often is the main cause of slow download rates.

The author is associated with a well known enterprise mobile application development companies India, with headquarter in Dallas. The enterprise mobility consulting firm has providing healthcare app development solutions on major mobile platforms.