Software Compare Additions List

2025-05-19 21:42

(Everything in this document is subject to change)

Key

  • Application to add

  1. Comparison to add for specific chart in category

  1. Comparison to add for entire category

Comparisons to add

  • Trust > Non-profit in Browsers, Music, Photos, Search Engine, and Youtube Frontends

  • Trust > bug bounty

  • Quantum Resistant Encryption

Services to add

Browsers

Desktop

  • Zen (When out of beta)

  • Opera

  • Opera GX

  • Trivalent

  • GNOME Epipahny

  1. Tab folders

  2. Tab groups

Android

  • Cromite

  • Vanadium (When released outside of GrapheneOS)

  • Opera

iOS

  • Opera

  1. Encrypted Sync

  2. Bypass Paywalls

  3. Block Newsletter

  4. Block Open in App

  5. V8 Optimizer / JIT toggle in chromium

  6. Built in email aliasing

  7. fingerprinting protection

  8. Telemetry

  9. Tracking URL redirection

  10. Blocks Facebook and Google Logins

  11. Language Preference protection

  12. Mention that individual script blocking could be potentially harmful https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/introducing-softwarecompare-objective-data-to-find-software-that-fits-your-needs/21520/15https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/introducing-softwarecompare-objective-data-to-find-software-that-fits-your-needs/21520/15

Music

Free

  • Tidal

  • Amazon Music

  • Deezer

  • Bandcamp

  • SoundCloud

  • Pandora

Operating Systems

Mobile

  • Calyx OS

  • Lineage OS

  • murena OS

Desktop (to add)

  • Whonix

  • Windows

  • MacOS

  • Fedora

  • Silverblue

  • Secureblue

  • QubesOS

  • TailsOS

  • Ubuntu

  1. Encrypts Drive by default

  2. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security_Features_Matrix

TV (to add)

  • Google TV

  • Amazon FireOS

Photo Apps

  • Immich

  • Peergoes

Search Engines

  • Swiss Cow

  • MetaGer (Paid Only)

  • Kagi (Paid Only)

  • mojeek

  1. Re-rank search results

VPNs

  1. Multiple identities per connection

  2. Triple Hop by Default

  3. Supports Torrenting

  4. Self-Hostable

  5. Quantum Resistant Encryption

  6. https://wiki.safing.io/en/Portmaster/Feature

Youtube Frontends

  • Grayjay

Categories to add

Android Keyboards

  1. Gboard

  2. FUTO Keyboard

  3. Simple Keyboard

  • Speech to text

  • Swipe to type

  • Gifs

Auth Apps

  1. Aegis

  2. Ente Auth

  • E2E encrypted sync

  • import/export codes

  • tags

  • Search

  • Open Source

Calendar Apps

  1. Apple

  2. Google

  3. Proton

  4. Tuta

  • Mobile widget

  • E2E encrypted sync

  • sync

Currencies

  1. Apple Pay

  2. Cash

  3. CashApp

  4. Google Pay

  5. Monero

  6. Venmo

  7. ZCash

  8. Zelle

  • Fungibility

  • Liquidity

  • Payments not tied together

Crypto Wallets

  1. Backpack

  2. Brave

  3. Cake

  4. Coinbase Wallet

  5. Ledger

  6. MetaMask

  7. Phantom

  8. Proton Wallet

  9. Trezor

  • Coin control

  • Supports Monero

  • Built in Staking

  • ZCash Shielded Transactions

  • Bitcoin Silent Payments

  • Lightning

  • Litecoin MWEB

  • Native Bridging

  • Pay with Crypto

Desktop Environments (Linux)

* Probably just going to be the Desktop Environments section with a preface that it’s exclusive to Linux

  1. Budgie

  2. Cinnamon

  3. Cosmic (when out of beta)

  4. Deepin

  5. Gnome

  6. Hyprland

  7. i3 Tiling WM

  8. KDE

  9. LXDE

  10. LXQt

  11. MATE

  12. Pantheon

  13. Unity

  14. Xfce

DNS Providers

  1. NextDNS

  2. Rethink DNS

  3. Quad9

  • Custom filter lists

  • Block sites by category

  • Default Ad block

  • Default Tracker Blocking

  • Block specific TLDS

  • Block Newly registered domains

Email Services

  1. Gmail

  2. iCloud

  3. Mailbox.org

  4. Outlook

  5. Proton

  6. Tuta

  7. Yahoo

Email aliasing

  1. Addy.io

  2. Brave (When it releases)

  3. Duckduckgo

  4. SimpleLogin

  • PGP Support

  • Send from alias

  • Block email trackers

Maps

  1. Apple

  2. Google

  3. OSMand

  4. Organic

  • Open Source Mapping Information

  • Offline Maps

  • Night Mode

  • Satellite View

  • Public Transit View

  • Wheelchair accessibility

  • Voice Directions

  • Real time traffic information

  • Road Closures

  • Police Warnings

  • Restaurant Reviews and Ratings

Messengers

  1. Briar

  2. Facebook

  3. iMessage

  4. Session

  5. Signal

  6. SimpleX

Password Managers

  1. 1Password

  2. Apple

  3. Bitwarden

  4. Proton Pass

  • Email aliasing support

  • Credit card aliasing support

  • Group sharing passwords

  • Sharing passwords