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The main similarities are: Android and iOS are both operating systems for mobile devices. They are both based off of Unix and programmed in C and C++. The main differences are: Android is an open-source OS and iOS is a closed source OS. The iOS kernel type is Hybrid, and the Android kernel type is Monolithic.

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-Android is Close-Source

-IOS is Open-Source

-ANDROID based in linux kernel

-IOS base in darwin kernel

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