Snapchat vs WhatsApp Business
Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Snapchat scores 59 and WhatsApp Business 48, so Snapchat is 11 points ahead.
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: Snapchat leads on 4 axes, WhatsApp Business on 1 axis; 1 axis is level.
- Trackers: Snapchat carries 1 tracker, WhatsApp Business none; fewer is better.
- Dangerous permissions: Snapchat may ask for 9 permissions, WhatsApp Business for 11 permissions.
The six axes
Each axis is one short rule applied to both apps, with the one thing that decided its number underneath.
TrackersSnapchat 1 · WhatsApp Business 0
The advertising, analytics and attribution SDKs recognised in each app. What only one of them carries is what sets it apart.
Dangerous permissionsSnapchat 9 · WhatsApp Business 11
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.
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: Snapchat, WhatsApp Business.