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AliExpress vs Temu

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Temu scores 83 and AliExpress 57, so Temu is 26 points ahead.

57of 100
AliExpresscom.alibaba.aliexpresshd

version 8.177.3

83of 100
Temucom.einnovation.temu

version 4.90.0 ahead by 26

Who is ahead on what

The longer bar is the better one on every axis; a score is the mean of its six axes. The arithmetic behind each is on the app's own card.

The six axes

Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.

Security Temu +30
AliExpress 70 1 security problem found.
Temu 100 No security problem found.
Tracking Temu +18
AliExpress 26 6 tracking tools found.
Temu 44 4 tracking tools found.
Build hygiene Temu +17
AliExpress 62 The app passes 8 of 13 checks of how well it was built.
Temu 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
AliExpress 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Temu 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Access Temu +72
AliExpress 6 Asks for 8 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access.
Temu 78 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
Background Temu +16
AliExpress 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.
Temu 94 Runs no background service and does not start by itself.

TrackersAliExpress 6 · Temu 4

The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.

Only in AliExpress
Facebook ShareHuawei AdsHuawei Mobile Services (HMS) CorePangle
In both
Facebook SDKFirebase Analytics
Only in Temu
AdjustGoogle AdMob

Dangerous permissionsAliExpress 9 · Temu 2

The permissions Android asks the user about at run time: the camera, the microphone, the location, the contacts and the like. An app may need one for what it does; asking is not the same as using.

Only in AliExpress
CAMERAREAD_CALENDARREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_CALENDARWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
In both
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Only in Temu
none

Where this comes from

Both are the apps' public cards: what anyone may know of an app, from its newest public version - one Google Play installed, and out in the world. Each card has the score's lines and the earlier versions: AliExpress, Temu.