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Test reports and guides

The comparison matrix shows scores. These reports show how they come about: which feature we checked and how, where an app behaves differently in daily use than on paper, and which number we could not explain.

Every test follows the same order: sign-up, a first week of use, a check of prices and payment model, a run through the safety and verification features, a look at the privacy statements. Anything we could not verify ourselves stays in the text as an open question.

Then there are the guides: cost comparisons across all apps, an overview of verification methods, and the question of which app fits which intent. Where numbers are missing we say so instead of estimating them.

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Every report states the date of its last check. If a provider changes prices, allowances or verification rules, the affected test is updated in the next round and the score in the matrix is corrected with it.

Where we could not check something, it stays in the text as an open question instead of appearing in the table as an estimate. That makes individual reports less complete and the comparison as a whole more reliable.

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