# Does Glide app take up no memory on phone? Big advantage compared to other apps

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186
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**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186 "2020-03-05T03:33:01Z")
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### Author: ![vijay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vijay/32/3259_2.png) [@vijay](https://community.glideapps.com/u/vijay)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186/1 "2020-03-05T03:33:01Z")

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One big advantage compared to other apps would be that a glide app takes up no memory on phone. Could you confirm if this would be true?

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### Author: ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186/2 "2020-03-05T03:44:41Z")

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This is not true.

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### Author: ![vijay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/vijay/32/3259_2.png) [@vijay](https://community.glideapps.com/u/vijay)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186/3 "2020-03-05T03:46:53Z")

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Ok. Since I see only a link added to the Home screen, I thought, it is just like a web app, with only the URL link on the phone. Does the memory used by the app increase along with usage, like other apps such as whatsapp?

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/does-glide-app-take-up-no-memory-on-phone-big-advantage-compared-to-other-apps/5186/4 "2020-03-05T04:26:09Z")

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I think there is some caching which will use some storage on the phone. I would say my app is pretty data heavy, but takes a relatively small amount of space on the phone (less than 1mb). I don’t have a lot of images, but it still seems considerably smaller than most regular apps.