Cross-platform app frameworks
SwiftUI privacy rating
Apple's declarative UI framework for building apps in Swift across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS.
Summary
SwiftUI scores 35 out of 100 (grade F) on the cross-platform app frameworks criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet open source and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 35 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Closed source. SwiftUI ships as a proprietary framework in Apple's SDKs.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers, and sharing device analytics with Apple is opt-in. Apple web pages load Apple's own analytics by default.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by Apple's hardware sales and paid developer program, with no ads in the framework.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.