Flightradar24 vs Google Earth
Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Google Earth scores 82 and Flightradar24 65, so Google Earth is 17 points ahead.
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: Google Earth leads on 4 axes, Flightradar24 on none; 2 axes are level.
- Trackers: Flightradar24 carries 11 trackers, Google Earth 3 trackers; fewer is better.
- Dangerous permissions: Flightradar24 may ask for 4 permissions, Google Earth for 5 permissions.
The six axes
Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.
TrackersFlightradar24 11 · Google Earth 3
The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.
Dangerous permissionsFlightradar24 4 · Google Earth 5
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.
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: Flightradar24, Google Earth.