Gemini vs ChatGPT

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Gemini scores 96 and ChatGPT 68, so Gemini is 28 points ahead.

96of 100

Geminicom.google.android.apps.bard

version 1.0.995038376 ahead by 28

68of 100

ChatGPTcom.openai.chatgpt

version 1.2026.279

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: Gemini leads on 4 axes, ChatGPT on none; 2 axes are level.
Trackers: Gemini carries none, ChatGPT 2 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Gemini may ask for none, ChatGPT for 9 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security level

Gemini 100 No security problem found.

ChatGPT 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Gemini +31

Gemini 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.

ChatGPT 69 2 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene Gemini +22

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

ChatGPT 71 The app passes 10 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

Gemini 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

ChatGPT 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 89 MB; 347 KB of it is unused files.

Access Gemini +84

Gemini 100 Asks for none of the 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

ChatGPT 16 Asks for 9 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background Gemini +30

Gemini 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

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

TrackersGemini 0 · ChatGPT 2

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

Only in Gemini

none

In both

none

Only in ChatGPT

Datadog RUMSegment

Dangerous permissionsGemini 0 · ChatGPT 9

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 Gemini

none

In both

none

Only in ChatGPT

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_CALENDARREAD_CONTACTSREAD_PHONE_STATERECORD_AUDIOSEND_SMSWRITE_CALENDAR

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: Gemini, ChatGPT.