Re: Textra users...
It's the data #. But... I have chomp, verizon messages, Google Messenger all installed and none of them have more than 6mb in the data category. Textra = 187mb...
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I'm sure part of it has to do with the level of customizability in Textra. The ability to save individual settings for all your contacts (or however many you choose) adds up more than it would in the data of an app without that ability or with options for that. The fact I can set individual alert tones for each contact is one of the things that keeps me using Textra, and coming back when I try something different.
As I recall, Google Messenger has only basic customization.
Verizon Messages is something I was surprised I liked quite a bit...but then discovered all the customization you can do person by person is for a *conversation* and not a contact. So, deleting a conversation also deletes any personalization for that person (folks who don't clean up finished conversations wouldn't really notice but I delete conversations when they've run their course). The next message you receive will be with default settings you have set for the app. I assume that also means less info is being saved as data.
I also tried out Chomp recently. I ended up back with Textra pretty quickly. Nothing bad at all about Chomp, and I don't recall specifically what it lacked that I missed (the other thing I like about Textra after contacts customization is font settings...I think I liked the display of text better with Textra than Chomp and Chomp didn't allow me to tweak).
FYI, my App storage is 8.3 MB, and Data is 57.17 MB. My data is large, yours seems huge, but I also don't know how much customization you've done, how many active conversations you might have going on etc.
For me, the larger storage needed is absolutely worth it. Textra is the best for me.