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InShot vs FaceApp

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. FaceApp scores 73 and InShot 50, so FaceApp is 23 points ahead.

50of 100
InShotcom.camerasideas.instashot

version 2.231.1551

73of 100
FaceAppio.faceapp

version 12.7.0.3 ahead by 23

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 InShot +30
InShot 100 No security problem found.
FaceApp 70 1 security problem found.
Tracking FaceApp +28
InShot 1 27 tracking tools found. It is 111 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 18.5 more.
FaceApp 29 6 tracking tools found.
Build hygiene FaceApp +2
InShot 77 The app passes 10 of 13 checks of how well it was built.
FaceApp 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
InShot 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 80 MB; 175 KB of it is unused files.
FaceApp 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Access FaceApp +8
InShot 70 Asks for 3 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
FaceApp 78 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
Background FaceApp +20
InShot 64 Runs 2 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.
FaceApp 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersInShot 27 · FaceApp 6

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

Only in InShot
Amazon AdvertisementAppLovin MAXAppodeal StackBidMachineChartboostFyberGIPHY AnalyticsHyprMXIAB Open MeasurementInMobiironSourcemaio by i-mobileMeta Audience NetworkMintegralmyTargetOgury PresagePanglePubNativeSmaatoSuperAwesomeTapjoyUnity AdsVungle / LiftoffYandex Mobile Ads
In both
Facebook SDKFirebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMob
Only in FaceApp
AdjustFacebook ShareFirebase Performance

Dangerous permissionsInShot 3 · FaceApp 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 InShot
RECORD_AUDIO
In both
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Only in FaceApp
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: InShot, FaceApp.