Block Blast! vs Tile Explorer

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Block Blast! scores 57 and Tile Explorer 52, so Block Blast! is 5 points ahead.

57of 100

Block Blast!com.block.juggle

version 10.8.4 ahead by 5

52of 100

Tile Explorercom.oakever.tiletrip

version 2.3.0

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.

Axes: Tile Explorer leads on 4 axes, Block Blast! on 1 axis; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Block Blast! carries 18 trackers, Tile Explorer 29 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Block Blast! may ask for 1 permission, Tile Explorer for 2 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security Tile Explorer +30

Block Blast! 70 1 security problem found.

Tile Explorer 100 No security problem found.

Tracking level

Block Blast! 1 18 tracking tools found. It is 57 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 9.5 more.

Tile Explorer 1 29 tracking tools found. It is 123 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 20.5 more.

Build hygiene Tile Explorer +6

Block Blast! 71 The app passes 10 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Tile Explorer 77 The app passes 10 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging Tile Explorer +1

Block Blast! 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 172 MB; 1.9 MB of it is unused files.

Tile Explorer 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 257 MB; 454 KB of it is unused files.

Access Tile Explorer +2

Block Blast! 76 Asks for 3 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Tile Explorer 78 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background Block Blast! +6

Block Blast! 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

Tile Explorer 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersBlock Blast! 18 · Tile Explorer 29

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

Only in Block Blast!

ThinkingData Analytics

In both

Amazon AdvertisementAppLovin MAXAppsFlyerFacebook AdsFacebook SDKFacebook ShareFirebase AnalyticsFyberGoogle AdMobIAB Open MeasurementInMobiironSourceMintegralPanglePubMaticUnity AdsVungle / Liftoff

Only in Tile Explorer

AppMetricaAppodeal StackBidMachineChartboostHelpShiftHuawei AdsmyTargetmyTrackerPrebid MobilePubNativeSmaatoYandex Mobile Ads

Dangerous permissionsBlock Blast! 1 · Tile Explorer 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 Block Blast!

none

In both

WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Only in Tile Explorer

READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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: Block Blast!, Tile Explorer.