Phone vs Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google scores 87 and Phone 68, so Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google is 19 points ahead.

68of 100

Phonecom.google.android.dialer

version 240.0.986973448

87of 100

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Googlecom.google.android.tts

version googletts.google-speech-apk_20260817.01_p0.966249458 ahead by 19

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: Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google leads on 3 axes, Phone on 1 axis; 2 axes are level.
Trackers: Phone carries none, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google none.
Dangerous permissions: Phone may ask for 14 permissions, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google for 1 permission.

The six axes

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

Security level

Phone 100 No security problem found.

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 100 No security problem found.

Tracking level

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

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.

Build hygiene Phone +12

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

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 67 The app passes 8 of 12 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +1

Phone 99 Unpacked, the app is 95 MB; 620 KB of it is unused files.

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Access Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +77

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.

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 78 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.

Background Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +20

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

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 74 Runs 1 kind of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersPhone 0 · Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 0

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

Only in Phone

none

In both

none

Only in Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google

none

Dangerous permissionsPhone 14 · Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google 1

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 Phone

ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_CALL_LOGREAD_CONTACTSREAD_PHONE_NUMBERSREAD_PHONE_STATERECEIVE_SMSSEND_SMSWRITE_CALL_LOGWRITE_CONTACTSWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

RECORD_AUDIO

Only in Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google

none

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: Phone, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google.