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Shazam vs Spotify

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Shazam scores 80 and Spotify 59, so Shazam is 21 points ahead.

80of 100
Shazamcom.shazam.android

version 16.63.0-261008 ahead by 21

59of 100
Spotifycom.spotify.music

version 9.1.88.2204

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 Shazam +30
Shazam 100 No security problem found.
Spotify 70 1 security problem found.
Tracking Shazam +45
Shazam 71 3 tracking tools found.
Spotify 26 6 tracking tools found.
Build hygiene Shazam +7
Shazam 86 The app passes 12 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Spotify 79 The app passes 11 of 14 checks of how well it was built.
Packaging level
Shazam 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Spotify 100 The phone can use everything in the app.
Access Shazam +46
Shazam 70 Asks for 3 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Spotify 24 Asks for 8 of 11 kinds of permission; no special access.
Background level
Shazam 54 Runs 3 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.
Spotify 54 Runs 3 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.

TrackersShazam 3 · Spotify 6

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

Only in Shazam
Firebase Performance
In both
Facebook SDKFirebase Analytics
Only in Spotify
BranchComScoreGoogle AdMobHuawei Ads

Dangerous permissionsShazam 2 · Spotify 7

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 Shazam
none
In both
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONRECORD_AUDIO
Only in Spotify
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_PHONE_STATEWRITE_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: Shazam, Spotify.