LG ThinQ vs Tuya

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Tuya scores 59 and LG ThinQ 46, so Tuya is 13 points ahead.

46of 100

LG ThinQcom.lgeha.nuts

version 5.2.12500

59of 100

Tuyacom.tuya.smart

version 7.11.4 ahead by 13

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: Tuya leads on 3 axes, LG ThinQ on 2 axes; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: LG ThinQ carries 12 trackers, Tuya 6 trackers; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: LG ThinQ may ask for 9 permissions, Tuya for 9 permissions.

The six axes

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

Security Tuya +30

LG ThinQ 70 1 security problem found.

Tuya 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Tuya +20

LG ThinQ 1 12 tracking tools found. It is 13 points below the bottom of the scale, so the total loses 2.2 more.

Tuya 21 6 tracking tools found.

Build hygiene LG ThinQ +10

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

Tuya 69 The app passes 9 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

LG ThinQ 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 262 MB; 2.3 MB of it is unused files.

Tuya 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 186 MB; 2.0 MB of it is unused files.

Access LG ThinQ +12

LG ThinQ 20 Asks for 7 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Tuya 8 Asks for 7 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access.

Background Tuya +40

LG ThinQ 18 Runs 5 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

Tuya 58 Runs 2 kinds of background service.

TrackersLG ThinQ 12 · Tuya 6

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

Only in LG ThinQ

AltBeaconDynatraceFacebook SDKFacebook ShareGoogle Tag ManagerMixPanelmParticleSalesforce Marketing Cloud

In both

AppsFlyerFirebase AnalyticsFirebase PerformanceGoogle AdMob

Only in Tuya

Facebook AdsPangle

Dangerous permissionsLG ThinQ 9 · Tuya 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 LG ThinQ

READ_PHONE_NUMBERSREAD_PHONE_STATE

In both

ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGERECORD_AUDIOWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Only in Tuya

READ_CALENDARWRITE_CALENDAR

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: LG ThinQ, Tuya.