"Common to" OR "Common in"

Question

Which preposition is used with common when I mean to say that these features are common in/to all the applications? Is there another way to write this type of a sentence?

Answer 1

OP should probably use to in his exact context. The (slight) difference can be illustrated by...

1: DNA is common to all life on earth
every instance of "life" on earth contains DNA ("common to" = always present in).

2: DNA is common in all life on earth
DNA is commonly found, unexceptional, in all life on earth ("common" = widespread).