EcoFlow vs Sound Connect

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Sound Connect scores 66 and EcoFlow 62, so Sound Connect is 4 points ahead.

62of 100

EcoFlowcom.ecoflow

version 6.17.4.14

66of 100

Sound Connectcom.sony.songpal.mdr

version 13.3.0 ahead by 4

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: EcoFlow leads on 3 axes, Sound Connect on 3 axes.
Trackers: EcoFlow carries 5 trackers, Sound Connect 2 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: EcoFlow may ask for 6 permissions, Sound Connect for 6 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security Sound Connect +30

EcoFlow 40 2 security problems found.

Sound Connect 70 1 security problem found.

Tracking Sound Connect +23

EcoFlow 38 5 tracking tools found.

Sound Connect 61 2 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene EcoFlow +17

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

Sound Connect 62 The app passes 8 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging EcoFlow +2

EcoFlow 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 496 MB; 818 KB of it is unused files.

Sound Connect 98 Unpacked, the base APK is 125 MB; 2.7 MB of it is unused files.

Access Sound Connect +8

EcoFlow 34 Asks for 6 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.

Sound Connect 42 Asks for 5 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background EcoFlow +14

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

Sound Connect 64 Runs 2 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersEcoFlow 5 · Sound Connect 2

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

Only in EcoFlow

Facebook SDKFacebook ShareFirebase Performance

In both

Firebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMob

Only in Sound Connect

none

Dangerous permissionsEcoFlow 6 · Sound Connect 6

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 EcoFlow

RECORD_AUDIO

In both

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Only in Sound Connect

ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION

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: EcoFlow, Sound Connect.