Do Applications affect card drop rates when idling?

I haven't noticed an application making drops take longer.I usually just leave the game in the background when watching a movie,etc.Some cards drop in a few minutes,some take longer.

Nope

Nope. I have played bf4,titanfall,MWO, and lots of other non steam games while idling or using idle master. Used several other applications with no issues. The issues someone will run across will be on their end of things...They cant run several apps at once because of their rig. Or they run several games at once on steam and wonder why card drops are slow.

Since everyone is saying nope, I should say something different... how about "Neigh"

Thanks for the replies guys. From the answers it seem I might not be clear enough - what I mean are applications that is bought on and launches from steam (such as the Magix PC check and YouNeedABudget). They show up on your steam status (for example, "Udgard is currently on XXX application."), so I was worried that it might affect the card drop rates.

Nay.

I'd suggest looking into using Idle Master. There's a thread about it on these forums. Its a great little program for getting those card drops.