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binwiederhier committed Mar 26, 2023
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## How much battery does the Android app use?
If you use the ntfy.sh server, and you don't use the [instant delivery](subscribe/phone.md#instant-delivery) feature,
the Android/iOS app uses no additional battery, since Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) is used. If you use your own server,
or you use *instant delivery* (Android only), the app has to maintain a constant connection to the server, which consumes
about 0-1% of battery in 17h of use (on my phone). There has been a ton of testing and improvement around this. I think it's pretty
decent now.
or you use *instant delivery* (Android only), or install from F-droid ([which does not support FCM](https://f-droid.org/docs/Inclusion_Policy/)),
the app has to maintain a constant connection to the server, which consumes about 0-1% of battery in 17h of use (on my phone).
There has been a ton of testing and improvement around this. I think it's pretty decent now.

## Paid plans? I thought it was open source?
All of ntfy will remain open source, with a free software license (Apache 2.0 and GPLv2). If you'd like to self-host, you
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