According to experimental data from mobile device performance testing platform AnTuTu in 2023, when running Insta Pro APK and the official Instagram app together on Android 12, the memory usage increased from 320MB for a single app to 580MB (an 81% increase). For low-end models (e.g., less than 4GB of RAM), the probability of an application crash increases to 34%. For example, on the Samsung Galaxy A32, the dual-switch operation caused the CPU temperature to peak at 48 ° C, which is 9 ° C higher than the single application scenario, and caused an average of 3 frame rate fluctuations per second (from 60FPS to 22FPS). In addition, the background service of Insta Pro APK consumes about 15MB of traffic per hour, and when stacked with Instagram’s 12MB, users’ daily data costs increase by 27%.
From the perspective of account security, Meta’s server will detect the abnormal behavior of the same device logging in to multiple clients. A study in 2022 showed that 23% of users who used both Insta Pro APK and the official app experienced temporary account suspensions within 30 days, while only 0.7% of users who used the official app were blocked. For example, the Insta Pro APK’s API request frequency (1.2 times per second) far exceeded the official Instagram SDK limit (0.5 times per second), and the risk control mechanism was triggered 61% of the time when it was double-open. In 2021, Meta filed a lawsuit against third-party app Instander for “interfering with server stability,” resulting in a $1.8 million settlement from the developer, and similar protocol reversals by Insta Pro APK could trigger the same legal consequences.
The technical compatibility test showed that the Insta Pro APK had seven feature conflicts with the latest version of Instagram (v285.0), such as the story upload failure rate increased from 5% to 19%, and the private message synchronization delay increased from 1.3 seconds to 4.8 seconds. On the Huawei P40 Pro, the dual switch resulted in a 22% reduction in battery life (from 8.1 hours to 6.3 hours) and a 15% reduction in charging efficiency (only 41% charge in 30 minutes). According to the 2023 Third-party App Ecology White Paper, such conflicts add 14 minutes to users’ daily operating time, equivalent to an annual hidden time cost of about 85 hours, far exceeding the maintenance efficiency of official apps alone.
In terms of privacy risk, the permission request of Insta Pro APK contains seven out-of-range access (such as call logs, sensor data), and when overimposed with Instagram, the exposure rate of sensitive data of the device increases from 12% to 29%. For example, its data encryption protocol only uses the AES-128 standard, while Instagram has upgraded to AES-256, and the dual-open man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) success rate has increased to 8.7% (single application 3.1%). In 2020, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that similar third-party tools had a 17% chance of leaking users’ geolocation data, while Insta Pro APK had a 24% risk because its cache was unencrypted.
Market feedback shows that the bad reviews of “double-open crash” in Google Play account for 41% of the total negative reviews of Insta Pro APK, such as a user feedback that when running two applications on Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 at the same time, 6 flash backs were triggered within 30 minutes, and the device storage write error rate increased by 15%. According to AppBrain, such issues have caused the uninstallation rate of users to jump from 19% to 53% within seven days, and the average time for customer service to process complaints has increased to 72 hours (4 hours for the official app). Although some users tried to run through virtual machine isolation, tests showed a 40% reduction in startup speed (from 3 seconds to 5.2 seconds) and a residual risk of cross-application data theft of 11%.