eBay vs Temu

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Temu scores 83 and eBay 63, so Temu is 20 points ahead.

63of 100

eBaycom.ebay.mobile

version 6.275.0.3

83of 100

Temucom.einnovation.temu

version 4.90.0 ahead by 20

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: Temu leads on 4 axes, eBay on none; 2 axes are level.
Trackers: eBay carries 6 trackers, Temu 4 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: eBay may ask for 6 permissions, Temu 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 Temu +30

eBay 70 1 security problem found.

Temu 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Temu +15

eBay 29 6 tracking tools found.

Temu 44 4 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene level

eBay 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Temu 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

eBay 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Temu 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Access Temu +30

eBay 48 Asks for 5 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

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

Background Temu +40

eBay 54 Runs 3 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

Temu 94 Runs no background service and does not start by itself.

TrackerseBay 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 eBay

AppsFlyerFacebook ShareOpenTelemetry (OpenCensus, OpenTracing)

In both

Facebook SDKFirebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMob

Only in Temu

Adjust

Dangerous permissionseBay 6 · 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 eBay

CAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_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: eBay, Temu.