Large iCloud backup size for some apps

Was poking around trying to get my backup down to size and noticed a few apps are major offenders:
Facebook - 28 MB
Words for Friends - 3.6 MB
Yelp 8.7 MB
NYC Mate - 68.3 MB
I'm not a programmer but it seems to me the only thing that should be getting backed up is perhaps my login credentials. This shouldn't be an enormous file that gets uploaded each night. One of those apps NYC Mate doesn't even have a login, so I wonder what it's sending to the cloud.
So, this is more of a curious gripe than a complaint. Should we be telling app developers to slim down what gets backed up each night in the interest of preserving bandwidth? Or is this a non-issue?

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If it still won't back up, you may have an app or something in your camera roll that is causing the backup to fail. To locate which one, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage, tap the name of your device under Backups, under Backup Options tap Show All Apps, then turn them all to Off (including camera roll) and try backing up again. If the backup is successful, then the camera roll and/or one of your apps is causing the backup to fail and you'll have to located by process of elimination. Turn the camera roll On and try backing up again. If it succeeds, turn some of your apps to On and try backing up again. If it succeeds again, turn some more apps to On then try again; repeat this process until it fails. Eventually you'll be able to locate the problem app and exclude it from your backup.

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