Drive vs ChatGPT

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Drive scores 77 and ChatGPT 68, so Drive is 9 points ahead.

77of 100

Drivecom.google.android.apps.docs

version 2.26.417.0.all.alldpi ahead by 9

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: Drive leads on 3 axes, ChatGPT on 2 axes; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Drive carries none, ChatGPT 2 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Drive may ask for 4 permissions, 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 ChatGPT +30

Drive 70 1 security problem found.

ChatGPT 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Drive +31

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

ChatGPT 69 2 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene ChatGPT +7

Drive 64 The app passes 9 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

Drive 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 Drive +46

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

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

Background Drive +10

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

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

TrackersDrive 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 Drive

none

In both

none

Only in ChatGPT

Datadog RUMSegment

Dangerous permissionsDrive 4 · 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 Drive

READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

CAMERAREAD_CONTACTS

Only in ChatGPT

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONREAD_CALENDARREAD_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: Drive, ChatGPT.