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Voice Access vs Phone

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Voice Access scores 83 and Phone 68, so Voice Access is 15 points ahead.

83of 100
Voice Accesscom.google.android.apps.accessibility.voiceaccess

version 17.1.972728311 ahead by 15

68of 100
Phonecom.google.android.dialer

version 240.0.986973448

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 level
Voice Access 100 No security problem found.
Phone 100 No security problem found.
Tracking level
Voice Access 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.
Phone 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.
Build hygiene Phone +17
Voice Access 62 The app passes 8 of 13 checks of how well it was built.
Phone 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging Voice Access +1
Voice Access 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Phone 99 Unpacked, the app is 95 MB; 620 KB of it is unused files.
Access Voice Access +53
Voice Access 54 Asks for 5 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Phone 1 Asks for 9 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access. It is 27 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 4.5 more.
Background Voice Access +30
Voice Access 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.
Phone 54 Runs 3 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersVoice Access 0 · Phone 0

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

Only in Voice Access
none
In both
none
Only in Phone
none

Dangerous permissionsVoice Access 3 · Phone 14

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 Voice Access
none
In both
READ_CONTACTSREAD_PHONE_STATERECORD_AUDIO
Only in Phone
ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_CALL_LOGREAD_PHONE_NUMBERSRECEIVE_SMSSEND_SMSWRITE_CALL_LOGWRITE_CONTACTSWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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: Voice Access, Phone.