Good question. We haven't heard any complaints about battery life so far. If you'd like you can check out Simplenote to judge for yourself: http://simplenoteapp

Good question. We haven't heard any complaints about battery life so far. If you'd like you can check out Simplenote to judge for yourself: http://simplenoteapp.com http://simplenoteapp.com You do have control over the granularity of your updates. For example, we spoke to a game developer who would want to disable Simperium while a game is being played, and then enable it again at the end of levels. These coarse changes are supported since they'll resolve automatically when the client comes back online.