Google Assistant alternatives

Google Assistant · com.google.android.apps.googleassistant

We compared Google Assistant with 20 more apps from Productivity & Office using the installer files we serve ourselves: download size, required Android version, how many permissions each app asks for and how many of those are dangerous.

Google Assistant and 20 alternatives

AppSizeMinimum AndroidPermissions
Google Assistant· this app1.5 MBAndroid 6.0 (API 23)3
LinkedIn: Community & Network58.9 MBAndroid 9 (API 28)45 (13 dangerous)
Microsoft Teams149.3 MBAndroid 11 (API 30)73 (19 dangerous)
PDF Scanner app - TapScanner43.7 MBAndroid 9 (API 28)27 (5 dangerous)
File Commander Manager & Vault29.0 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)55 (5 dangerous)
Indeed Job Search69.2 MBAndroid 8.0 (API 26)25 (8 dangerous)
Google Chat23.9 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)18 (5 dangerous)
Naukri: Job Search App India45.2 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)33 (11 dangerous)
hh: Job Search98.9 MBAndroid 8.0 (API 26)38 (7 dangerous)
Webex189.4 MBAndroid 11 (API 30)46 (14 dangerous)
Google Drive69.0 MBAndroid 6.0 (API 23)45 (9 dangerous)
MateAI: AI Virtual Chatbot124.2 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)28 (6 dangerous)
All Document Center72.1 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)24 (5 dangerous)
Google Translate50.4 MBAndroid 8.0 (API 26)19 (4 dangerous)
Google Calendar38.1 MBAndroid 8.0 (API 26)28 (5 dangerous)
Chatbot App — AI Assistant124.0 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)50 (8 dangerous)
Deep Clean Elite — Phone Cleaner26.3 MBAndroid 6.0 (API 23)26 (5 dangerous)
Adobe Acrobat Reader — Edit PDF134.9 MBAndroid 9 (API 28)31 (7 dangerous)
All Document Reader & Viewer8.4 MBAndroid 6.0 (API 23)14 (3 dangerous)
Alarm Clock – Smart Wake-Up, Timer & Stopwatch45.2 MBAndroid 10 (API 29)47 (9 dangerous)
EasyClean — File Cleaner35.8 MBAndroid 7.0 (API 24)28 (7 dangerous)

What the comparison shows

  • The lightest build here is All Document Reader & Viewer (8.4 MB), the heaviest is Webex (189.4 MB).
  • 7 of 20 apps need Android 7.0 (API 24) or newer.
  • All Document Reader & Viewer asks for the fewest permissions — 14, 3 of them dangerous; the average here is 35.

The numbers are computed from the installer files AppLoko serves, not copied from store listings.

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