Google 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 Google 47, so Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google is 40 points ahead.

47of 100

Googlecom.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

version 17.66.12.ve.arm64

87of 100

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

version googletts.google-speech-apk_20260817.01_p0.966249458 ahead by 40

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 5 axes, Google on none; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Google carries 1 tracker, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google none; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Google may ask for 15 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 Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +30

Google 70 1 security problem found.

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

Tracking Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +21

Google 79 1 tracking tool found.

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

Build hygiene Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google +13

Google 54 The app passes 7 of 13 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 level

Google 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 263 MB; 628 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

Google 1 Asks for 11 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access. It is 43 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 7.2 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 +56

Google 18 Runs 6 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.

TrackersGoogle 1 · 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 Google

Firebase Analytics

In both

none

Only in Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google

none

Dangerous permissionsGoogle 15 · 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 Google

ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_CALENDARREAD_CALL_LOGREAD_CONTACTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATEREAD_SMSSEND_SMSWRITE_CALENDARWRITE_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: Google, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google.