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F-Droid vs Figshare

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re close.

F-Droid

F-Droid is an Android app store and software repository that distributes only free and open source apps, installable via its website or client app without an account, with anti-features like ads or tracking flagged.

Figshare

An open access repository where researchers upload, preserve, and share research outputs such as datasets, figures, images, videos, and code, with citable DOIs. It also offers hosted repository services for institutions and publishers.

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Trackers are what each homepage loads before cookie consent; changes count since we started checking each site weekly. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.