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Tapo vs Tuya

Privacy compared: the newest public version of each, scored by the same six rules. Tapo scores 60 and Tuya 59, so Tapo is 1 point ahead.

60of 100
Tapocom.tplink.iot

version 3.21.114 ahead by 1

59of 100
Tuyacom.tuya.smart

version 7.11.4

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 Tuya +30
Tapo 70 1 security problem found.
Tuya 100 No security problem found.
Tracking Tapo +40
Tapo 61 2 tracking tools found.
Tuya 21 6 tracking tools found.
Build hygiene Tuya +5
Tapo 64 The app passes 9 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 Tapo +1
Tapo 100 Unpacked, the base APK is 289 MB; 132 KB of it is unused files.
Tuya 99 Unpacked, the base APK is 186 MB; 2.0 MB of it is unused files.
Access Tapo +12
Tapo 20 Asks for 7 of 11 kinds of permission; 1 kind of special access.
Tuya 8 Asks for 7 of 11 kinds of permission; 2 kinds of special access.
Background Tuya +14
Tapo 44 Runs 4 kinds of background service and starts by itself after a restart.
Tuya 58 Runs 2 kinds of background service.

TrackersTapo 2 · 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 Tapo
none
In both
Firebase AnalyticsGoogle AdMob
Only in Tuya
AppsFlyerFacebook AdsFirebase PerformancePangle

Dangerous permissionsTapo 8 · 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 Tapo
READ_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: Tapo, Tuya.