Block Blast! vs Vita Mahjong

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

57of 100

Block Blast!com.block.juggle

version 10.8.4 ahead by 5

52of 100

Vita Mahjongcom.vitastudio.mahjong

version 3.42.1

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: Vita Mahjong leads on 4 axes, Block Blast! on 1 axis; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Block Blast! carries 18 trackers, Vita Mahjong 29 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Block Blast! may ask for 1 permission, Vita Mahjong 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 Vita Mahjong +30

Block Blast! 70 1 security problem found.

Vita Mahjong 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.

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

Build hygiene Vita Mahjong +6

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

Vita Mahjong 77 The app passes 10 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging Vita Mahjong +1

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

Vita Mahjong 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 227 MB; 188 KB of it is unused files.

Access Vita Mahjong +2

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

Vita Mahjong 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.

Vita Mahjong 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersBlock Blast! 18 · Vita Mahjong 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 Vita Mahjong

AppMetricaAppodeal StackBidMachineChartboostHelpShiftHuawei AdsmyTargetmyTrackerPrebid MobilePubNativeSmaatoYandex Mobile Ads

Dangerous permissionsBlock Blast! 1 · Vita Mahjong 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 Vita Mahjong

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!, Vita Mahjong.