- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-11-09
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/11/09/apps-are-getting-way-too-big-that-s-three-quarters-of-a/
- Categories: note, technology

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Apps are getting way too big. That's three quarters of a Gigabyte. For an email client? Digging into it more, the iOS (phone) app alone is still around [300 MB](https://dotipa.app/?app=Gmail), with another 60MB for framework; 160MB for localizations and 100MB of assets, fonts and icons. Just insane.

![Gmail update on the iOS App Store showing a 713.5 MB download](/assets/images/blog/2026-11-09-gmail-app-size.jpg)