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Gmail vs Carrier Services

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Carrier Services scores 80 and Gmail 56, so Carrier Services is 24 points ahead.

56of 100
Gmailcom.google.android.gm

version 2026.10.05.998732664.Release

80of 100
Carrier Servicescom.google.android.ims

version carrierservices.android_20250826_00_RC00.phone ahead by 24

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 Carrier Services +30
Gmail 40 2 security problems found.
Carrier Services 70 1 security problem found.
Tracking Carrier Services +10
Gmail 90 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.
Carrier Services 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.
Build hygiene Carrier Services +19
Gmail 64 The app passes 9 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Carrier Services 83 The app passes 10 of 12 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
Gmail 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 93 MB; 348 KB of it is unused files.
Carrier Services 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Access Carrier Services +22
Gmail 18 Asks for 8 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Carrier Services 40 Asks for 6 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
Background Carrier Services +60
Gmail 24 Runs 6 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.
Carrier Services 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersGmail 0 · Carrier Services 0

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

Only in Gmail
none
In both
none
Only in Carrier Services
none

Dangerous permissionsGmail 8 · Carrier Services 8

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 Gmail
READ_CALENDARREAD_PHONE_STATEWRITE_CALENDARWRITE_CONTACTSWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
In both
CAMERAREAD_CONTACTSRECORD_AUDIO
Only in Carrier Services
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONREAD_CALL_LOGREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_CALL_LOG

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: Gmail, Carrier Services.