App Update History Somewhere?

Is there some way to check and see, either on your phone or on itunes, which apps were udpated most recently? A number of apps had updates from the app store this morning and I did the "Update All" and now one of those updated apps is killing my battery. But without a list of which apps were updated, there's no way to know which ones to delete and reinstall. I know that you have a purchase history in itunes but I haven't found any app update history.

I'm amazed that only six of us have this question. It seems like something we should be able to find without keeping a list ourselves.
I'm in a simliar situation in that suddenly my phone is sucking down between 1 and 2 GB of data around 2 AM, but I cant' figure out which app it is. It would be great if I could see what I updated recently to see if removing those from the phone would fix the (very expensive) problem, since anything that I've been running for months or years and not updated should not suddenly be causing me problems.
I'm suspicious of one app in particular, since others have reported problems that sound just like what I've experienced, but I'd like to have a little more data.
Maybe a little over a year after this original question was posted someone will have an idea or an answer?

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