Nextcloud vs Proton Pass

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Proton Pass scores 92 and Nextcloud 68, so Proton Pass is 24 points ahead.

68of 100

Nextcloudcom.nextcloud.client

version 35.0.1

92of 100

Proton Passproton.android.pass

version 1.41.3 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.

Axes: Proton Pass leads on 5 axes, Nextcloud on none; 1 axis is level.
Trackers: Nextcloud carries 1 tracker, Proton Pass none; fewer is better.
Dangerous permissions: Nextcloud may ask for 7 permissions, Proton Pass 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 Proton Pass +60

Nextcloud 40 2 security problems found.

Proton Pass 100 No security problem found.

Tracking Proton Pass +11

Nextcloud 89 1 tracking tool found.

Proton Pass 100 No tracking tools found; that does not prove there are none.

Build hygiene Proton Pass +6

Nextcloud 86 The app passes 12 of 14 checks of how well it was built.

Proton Pass 92 The app passes 12 of 13 checks of how well it was built.

Packaging level

Nextcloud 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 78 MB; 304 KB of it is unused files.

Proton Pass 100 The phone can use everything in the app.

Access Proton Pass +48

Nextcloud 36 Asks for 5 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.

Proton Pass 84 Asks for 2 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.

Background Proton Pass +20

Nextcloud 54 Runs 2 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

Proton Pass 74 Runs 1 kind of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersNextcloud 1 · Proton Pass 0

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

Only in Nextcloud

Firebase Analytics

In both

none

Only in Proton Pass

none

Dangerous permissionsNextcloud 7 · Proton Pass 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 Nextcloud

READ_CALENDARREAD_CONTACTSREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_CALENDARWRITE_CONTACTSWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

In both

CAMERA

Only in Proton Pass

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: Nextcloud, Proton Pass.