eBay vs IKEA

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. IKEA scores 80 and eBay 63, so IKEA is 17 points ahead.

63of 100

eBaycom.ebay.mobile

version 6.275.0.3

80of 100

IKEAcom.ingka.ikea.app

version 5.11.0 ahead by 17

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: IKEA leads on 5 axes, eBay on none; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: eBay carries 6 trackers, IKEA 5 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: eBay may ask for 6 permissions, IKEA for 3 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security IKEA +30

eBay 70 1 security problem found.

IKEA 100 No security problem found.

Tracking IKEA +17

eBay 29 6 tracking tools found.

IKEA 46 5 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene IKEA +14

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

IKEA 93 The app passes 13 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

eBay 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

IKEA 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 75 MB; 186 KB of it is unused files.

Access IKEA +14

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

IKEA 62 Asks for 4 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background IKEA +24

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

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

TrackerseBay 6 · IKEA 5

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 SDKFacebook ShareGoogle AdMob

In both

Firebase AnalyticsOpenTelemetry (OpenCensus, OpenTracing)

Only in IKEA

Firebase PerformanceIndoorAtlasOptimizely

Dangerous permissionseBay 6 · IKEA 3

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

READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERA

Only in IKEA

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, IKEA.