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IKEA vs LC Waikiki

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. IKEA scores 80 and LC Waikiki 60, so IKEA is 20 points ahead.

80of 100
IKEAcom.ingka.ikea.app

version 5.11.0 ahead by 20

60of 100
LC Waikikicom.lcwaikiki.android.global

version 4.0.64

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 level
IKEA 100 No security problem found.
LC Waikiki 100 No security problem found.
Tracking IKEA +45
IKEA 46 5 tracking tools found.
LC Waikiki 1 10 tracking tools found. It is 2 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 0.3 more.
Build hygiene IKEA +29
IKEA 93 The app passes 13 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
LC Waikiki 64 The app passes 9 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
IKEA 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 75 MB; 186 KB of it is unused files.
LC Waikiki 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 57 MB; 131 KB of it is unused files.
Access IKEA +44
IKEA 62 Asks for 4 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
LC Waikiki 18 Asks for 8 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
Background level
IKEA 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.
LC Waikiki 78 Runs no background service, but starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersIKEA 5 · LC Waikiki 10

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

Only in IKEA
IndoorAtlasOpenTelemetry (OpenCensus, OpenTracing)Optimizely
In both
Firebase AnalyticsFirebase Performance
Only in LC Waikiki
AdjustFacebook SDKFacebook ShareGoogle AdMobGoogle AnalyticsHuawei AdsHuawei Mobile Services (HMS) CoreInsider

Dangerous permissionsIKEA 3 · LC Waikiki 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 IKEA
none
In both
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERA
Only in LC Waikiki
READ_CONTACTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_NUMBERSREAD_PHONE_STATERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

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: IKEA, LC Waikiki.