[alimbada]

> I get mail, I read mail, I can write mail.

That's exactly what the Gmail app does too. What other features does it offer that the Mail app doesn't? If none, then why does it need to be so huge?

I picked on Gmail because it's the most recent culprit that I have noticed creeping (sometimes jumping) up in app size but it isn't the only one guilty of this. Like I said in my original comment, the Reddit app is 13MB and does a bit more than the Gmail app. I can read/write posts and comments and view images; similar features to Gmail, but I can also watch gifs and videos. Can someone explain why there is an order of magnitude of discrepancy between the two apps sizes?

[ceeK]

They're probably using several bloated SDK's within their app for core Google services, view elements etc etc. If they're using dynamic linking, they have to include these in the binary even if they only use a small percentage of the libraries.

That's potentially one explanation.