Apktool vs Vivisect

Apktool

6.0 #47 in Reverse Engineering Tools

About Apktool

Vivisect

7.1 #12 in Reverse Engineering Tools

About Vivisect
ApktoolVivisect
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windowsapi, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows
Free planYesYes
DecompilerNoNo
Firmware analysisNoYes
Analysis modestatichybrid
Plugin APINoYes
Supported platformsAndroid—
Supported architectures—i386, amd64, ARMv7, Thumb16, Thumb, AArch64, MSP430, H8

Both are listed in Best Reverse Engineering Tools. On Everything Xiaomi, Vivisect scores higher on our published basis.