Clean Links Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Clean Links: URL Cleaner
Rating: 4.9 (85 reviews)

Clean Links: URL Cleaner

Numen Technologies Limited

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

Customer Experience

Positive experience92.5% of reviews

Neutral5.0% of reviews

Negative experience2.5% of reviews

~ Based on 40 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Clean Links Safe?

Clean Links: URL Cleaner appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Clean Links is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 85 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

98.8% of ratings point to a safe experience

0.0% of ratings suggest some concerns

1.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 85 App Store ratings for Clean Links.

Is Clean Links Legit?

Clean Links: URL Cleaner appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Clean Links is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Does not clean Instagram links

Needs to be updated to strip tracking query string from IG links

Aalpine1046

11 days ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! Instagram and a number of other websites recently started adding many new tracking parameters to their links. Version 1.1.0, released yesterday, addresses this: Instagram links now drop the new randomly named share-tracking parameters (such as rpxt, obrf and srtk) that Instagram adds when you copy a link, and links from LinkedIn, Netflix, eBay, AliExpress and Daily Mail are cleaned of their new trackers too. Please update to 1.1.0, and if you come across an Instagram link that still isn't cleaned, let us know and we'll take a look.

Völlig unnütz!

Jede von mir bisher eingefügte URL sah nach der Bereinigung genauso aus wie zuvor. Und das bei definitiv verseuchten Tracker-Links.
Also für mich ohne Funktion und daher Appfall für die Tonne!

A(Appellina (҂◡̀_◡́)ᕤ

17 days ago

Response from developer

Danke für dein Feedback, und schade, dass Clean Links bei dir nichts bereinigt hat. So soll es natürlich nicht sein. Magst du mir ein oder zwei der betroffenen Links an support@cleanlinks.app schicken? Dann schaue ich mir genau an, warum die Tracker nicht entfernt wurden, und baue die Korrektur in ein kommendes Update ein.

Simple

I haven’t used this for very long but I appreciate software built just for the love of the game. It’s a simple concept and done well enough.

MLMarcel Laverdet

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks, Marcel. It really is built for the love of the game. If you run into a link it doesn't clean properly, let us know at support@cleanlinks.app and we'll add support for it.

Perfect

Love it, still the best link cleaner I've tested. And the app dev is super fast responsive. They fixed my little complaint about the text color over the weekend (took less than 4 days). Thank you!

Aappleuser9999999999

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words and the thoughtful suggestion! I used to wear blue-blocking glasses at night (these days I mostly avoid screens after dark), so I know exactly what you mean. Version 1.0.24 adds an Accent Color option in the About screen (tap ⓘ). Choose Monochrome and the app's buttons, links and icons stay visible with a red Color Filter. Orange also works well in Dark Mode. You can also have it switch automatically: add the Clean Links filter to your Sleep or evening Focus (Settings › Focus › Sleep › Add Filter), or pair the new "Change Accent Color" Shortcuts action with "Set Color Filters". Blue stays the default for daytime.

Very useful but desperately needs...

... the ability on iOS to be used in the share sheet and to return a new share sheet popup. Lots of apps export a link full of cruft; being able to send it to clean links, *then* to the intended destination, would be a dream come true.

SStopHasslingMe

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! Clean Links already includes an iOS Share extension, so when an app uses Apple’s standard share sheet you can send a link to Clean Links to remove the tracking cruft. Unfortunately, quite a few apps replace the system share sheet with their own sharing UI, often because they want to measure taps and shares. In those cases, iOS doesn’t give Clean Links a way to appear there. We’d love it if every app supported the native share sheet too!

Un grand pas pour la vie privé et la sécurité

Le suivis du web ne devrait en réalité se limiter qu’à l’audimat via le ping et l’ip et autres adresse MAC pour le SEO. Seul les comptes enregistrés en devient l’outil de suivis pour la part commerciale. Clean Links nous l’apporte au travers de tout nos OS. Coupant ainsi la route aux espions commerciaux utile aux criblage mafieux. Il ne reste plus qu’au web de nous débarrasser des cookies… Peux l’on pensé, vous l’avez fait.

MMgga_

4 months ago

Response from developer

Merci beaucoup pour ce message ! Vous résumez très bien la raison d'être de Clean Links : ouvrir et partager des liens sans les traceurs commerciaux, sur tous vos appareils Apple. Merci pour votre soutien !

On ne peux osez espéré mieux

Nous revoilà au commencement tel que le permette à l’époque Netscape. Un Web libre ou la valeur commercial n’en devient plus le maitre mot. Au passage ont peut repenser à tout les pages web imprimé en PDF avec des liens sans doute encore plausiblement actifs. Mais avec cette application j’en comprends que les liens de suivis s’en trouve nettoyé avant l’ouverture. Votre navigateur exposé au usage sérieux peux également être distinct d’un usage surf ce qui permet de diminué notre finger-print face aux renifleurq du web.

MMgga_

4 months ago

Response from developer

Merci pour ce bel avis ! C'est exactement l'idée : Clean Links retire les paramètres de suivi des liens avant que vous ne les ouvriez ou ne les partagiez. Bonne navigation !

Easy to use

This app is very important for privacy, these apps don’t exist in the app store, so this is a rare find. Removes youtube and amazon tracking urls, amazing! Thank you!

Ffatboy_666

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you! We're glad Clean Links is helping with YouTube and Amazon links. We add support for more sites in almost every update.

Good

Works perfectly to stop YouTube taking. I expect I’ll be using this app quite a lot

Aaeryn_n

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! We're glad Clean Links is keeping YouTube's tracking out of your links.

Awesome app

So pumped for the new Mac app! I’ve tried recreating it myself with shortcuts and it’s just not the same! Such a great app. Thanks for all your hard work!

DDerekbunch

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you, Derek! We're glad you're enjoying the Mac app. Try turning on clipboard monitoring in Settings so links are cleaned automatically whenever you copy them.

Awesome

Works well and is without ads itself. Thanks!

LLukas39472

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks, Lukas! Clean Links will stay free of ads and tracking.

Amazing app but wish it was more stable/consistent

Thanks for a great tool! However, could you please look into a few bugs on iOS? (I couldn’t find a feedback form in-app)
1) the share sheet UI can leave in xpid parameters in Amazon
2) the Safari extension often doesn’t work. After pressing the button, the UI just flashes but there’s no message indicating any links were cleaned—which can be confirmed by inspecting hyperlinks on the page. This also happens on Amazon.

Mmyownmoxie

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the thoughtful review and the bug reports! Recent updates remove more Amazon tracking parameters, including xpid, so please update to the latest version and try again. For the Safari extension, could you email support@cleanlinks.app with an example page where nothing gets cleaned? That's the best way to reach us, and it will help us track the problem down.

Good but lingering bug spoils it

It’s a fantastic app, but Facebook marketplace links have been broken for months. Instead of just getting rid of the question mark and everything after, it gives a weird spammy ad link.

I’ll update my review once that’s fixed, because it’s a really irritating bug.

CConcernedConnoisseur

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words, and sorry about the Facebook Marketplace issue. Clean Links is completely free and built with privacy as the priority. We usually ship a couple of updates each month, but link cleaning is a constant cat-and-mouse game as services change how their URLs and redirects work. Since you posted this review, we’ve added a number of new cleanup rules for Facebook and Facebook Marketplace based on reports like yours, so there’s a good chance this issue has already been fixed. If you still encounter a link that Clean Links handles incorrectly, please send it to support@cleanlinks.app or join our Discord so we can investigate it. User reports are incredibly helpful in keeping Clean Links up to date. Thanks again for using Clean Links and for taking the time to report this.

Love this app! No thrills and no BS - it does exactly as advertised

Want to get rid of trackers and other non-necessities attached to your shared links from YouTube, etc? Use this app. It does as advertised. And, the developer makes other apps that are equally as wonderful and are not slop. Give it a try, it’s free. 😋

JJoseph777111

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you, Joseph, for the kind words about Clean Links and our other apps! No frills and no tracking is exactly what we're aiming for.

Clean Links

Prima App, funktioniert sehr gut auf meinem iPhone und iPad.

👨👨🏻‍💼👨🏽‍🚒

6 months ago

Response from developer

Vielen Dank für die tolle Bewertung! Schön zu hören, dass Clean Links auf Ihrem iPhone und iPad so gut funktioniert. Übrigens gibt es Clean Links auch für den Mac.

Clean Links

Ist es vielleicht möglich, Clean Links auch für den Browser iCab Mobile bereitzustellen?

HHenryRahmig

6 months ago

Response from developer

Vielen Dank für die Bewertung! Browser-Erweiterungen sind auf iPhone und iPad leider nur in Safari möglich, daher können wir keine Erweiterung für iCab Mobile anbieten. Sie können Links aus iCab aber über das Teilen-Menü an Clean Links senden, um sie zu bereinigen.

Disappeared

Seemed to all then gone

SSaGRevieW

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review. Is there anything we can do to improve the app for you?

nützliche App✔️

Hilft sehr dabei, saubere Links zu speichern bzw. weiterzugeben.

FFontspitz

7 months ago

Response from developer

Danke für den Hinweis und für die 4 Sterne. Du hast recht: „reinigt in jeder App“ war zu pauschal formuliert. Clean Links funktioniert nicht in jedem App-Flow gleich, weil es davon abhängt, was iOS im Teilen-Menü bzw. über Erweiterungen zulässt. Den applink.insta…-Fall habe ich notiert und ich werde die Beschreibung klarer machen. Du erreichst uns dazu jederzeit unter support@cleanlinks.app oder über Discord / X (@CleanLinksApp), damit wir uns den konkreten Fall ansehen können.

Great until it isn’t

This app is not suitable for devs. More often than not, it gets in your way and modifies your clipboard content the way you don’t want it to.

MMultiShiv19

7 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review and the feedback. The clipboard watcher is an optional feature in the macOS version of the app and cleaning up text on clipboard is yet another optional feature under it. Based on your feedback, we've made changes to the "Clean Copied Text" feature to ignore code on the macOS pasteboard in the latest update (1.0.14). I hope that addresses the issue. If not, please feel free to contact us on our Discord or X (@CleanLinksApp) or email us at support@cleanlinks.app.

Works well, but still connects to network

Great option for QR codes, but really needs a way to prevent automatically expanding short links. This can still attribute a click to you if the original URL was targeted or shared only to you.

NNeutron-conveyor-squeeze

8 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. You’re right that some short links require a network request to resolve. Clean Links only does that when the final destination cannot be determined from the URL alone, which is common with URL shorteners and some ad-network redirects. Those requests go directly from your device to the destination, not through our servers, and we do not log the links you clean. We also use isolated requests with no persisted cookies or browsing history, and we strip tracking parameters before and after redirects. We mention this in our FAQ under “Is this really local?” Edit: Based on your feedback, we've added an "Allow network requests" toggle in the app settings and for shortcuts. I hope that addresses this issue. If not, please feel free to get in touch with us on Discord or X (@CleanLinksApp) or email us at support@cleanlinks.app