Android with Google
GrapheneOSPick
Operating system
Hardened Android for Pixel phones with no Google services built in and optional sandboxed Play services.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
/e/OS
Operating system in Phone operating systems
De-Googled Android with microG, its own app store and optional Murena cloud, sold preinstalled on several phones.
Privacy passport
4 of 5 checks- No trackingMinimalOnly opt-in or anonymous first-party telemetry, such as crash reports.
- Open sourceYesApps and server code are public, so anyone can check them.
- Only you can read itOn deviceYour data stays on your own device.
- No accountOptionalWorks without an account; one is only needed for extras such as sync.
- FreeYesFree to use.
Where it stands among 9 phone operating systems
No tracking
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Open source
Yes
Partly
Only you can read it
Yes
No account
Yes
No
Free
Yes
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Other phone operating systems
CalyxOS
Operating system
Android without Google apps, using microG so common apps work, with a built-in firewall and VPN options.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
iodéOS
Operating system
Android without Google services, with microG and a built-in blocker for ads and trackers across all apps.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- Account optional
- Free plan
- Android
LineageOS
Operating system4.7k
The widest-supported community Android, keeping older phones updated, with no Google apps unless you add them.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
microG
App15.1k
Open-source stand-in for Google Play Services that lets many apps run on a phone without Google's code.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- Account optional
- Free
- Android
Ubuntu Touch
Operating system
Community Linux phone OS with its own app store and no Google services, for a set of supported phones.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android