Google Play services vs Android Accessibility Suite

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Android Accessibility Suite scores 85 and Google Play services 42, so Android Accessibility Suite is 43 points ahead.

42of 100

Google Play servicescom.google.android.gms

version 26.37.37 (260400-994713346)

85of 100

Android Accessibility Suitecom.google.android.marvin.talkback

version 17.0.1.926549743 ahead by 43

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: Android Accessibility Suite leads on 5 axes, Google Play services on none; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Google Play services carries 4 trackers, Android Accessibility Suite none; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Google Play services may ask for 16 permissions, Android Accessibility Suite for 4 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security Android Accessibility Suite +30

Google Play services 70 1 security problem found.

Android Accessibility Suite 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Android Accessibility Suite +53

Google Play services 47 4 tracking tools found.

Android Accessibility Suite 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.

Build hygiene Android Accessibility Suite +7

Google Play services 62 The app passes 8 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Android Accessibility Suite 69 The app passes 9 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

Google Play services 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 218 MB; 446 KB of it is unused files.

Android Accessibility Suite 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Access Android Accessibility Suite +53

Google Play services 1 Asks for 10 of 11 kinds of permission; 4 kinds of special access. It is 53 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 8.8 more.

Android Accessibility Suite 54 Asks for 5 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background Android Accessibility Suite +60

Google Play services 24 Runs 6 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

Android Accessibility Suite 84 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersGoogle Play services 4 · Android Accessibility Suite 0

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

Only in Google Play services

Firebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMobGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager

In both

none

Only in Android Accessibility Suite

none

Dangerous permissionsGoogle Play services 16 · Android Accessibility Suite 4

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 Google Play services

ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONBODY_SENSORSCAMERAREAD_CALL_LOGREAD_CONTACTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_SMSRECEIVE_SMSSEND_SMSWRITE_CALL_LOGWRITE_CONTACTSWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONREAD_PHONE_STATERECORD_AUDIO

Only in Android Accessibility Suite

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: Google Play services, Android Accessibility Suite.