# Cleansmith: Photo Cleaner — Organizer, Cleanup Duplicates

> App to clean duplicate, similar, and large media files, compress photos/videos, and organize gallery. (iPhone/iPad app by Monocraft.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cleansmith-photo-cleaner/id926090192 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Monocraft](https://appshunter.io/developer/411889945)
- Category: Utilities, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 4,077 App Store ratings · 1,040 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 89 MB
- Languages: Russian, Vietnamese, American English, Arabic, Dutch, Danish, Hebrew, Indonesian, European Spanish, Italian and 14 more
- Released: 2014-10-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cleansmith-photo-cleaner/id926090192/reviews.md

## What is Cleansmith?

As the first and original duplicate cleaner, Cleansmith (formerly Photo Cleaner) is designed to reclaim your valuable storage space by identifying and removing duplicates, similar media, and large files instantly.

Our advanced Compression feature further reduces the size of photos and videos with minimal quality loss, helping you save gigabytes of space without sacrificing your precious memories.

◎ Main Features
1) Smart Delete
Find and remove unnecessary media with our powerful scanning options:
- Auto Search Categories: Our proprietary algorithm automatically detects Duplicates, Similar Photos/Videos, Large Files, Blinking/Closed Eyes, and Low-Resolution media. Start by clearing out duplicates to free up GBs quickly.
- Deep Search (NEW): On-device AI analysis catches similar photos and videos that regular scans miss — cropped or edited shots, and videos saved in different quality or formats.
- Media Types: Clean up specific types like Screenshots, Selfies, and Bursts.
- Albums: Select items from your custom albums to streamline and clear.
- Sort & Filter: Cleansmith provides all kinds of sorting and filtering options (Date, File Size, Favorites, Hidden, On Device vs. iCloud), so you can find exactly what you want to delete.

2) Organize Gallery
- Keep your gallery neat and clutter-free. Cleansmith helps you quickly sort unsorted photos and videos into specific albums, ensuring every memory is exactly where it belongs.
- Sort your custom albums by size, name, or item count to manage your collection at a glance.

3) Photo & Video Compression
- Reduce photo and video sizes with our smart compression feature. Perfect for high-storage videos and large photo collections, save up to 95% of space with minimal quality loss, freeing up valuable storage.
- Compression feature also preserves the following format: GIF, Live Photo, Burst and Slomo
- Shrink Live Photo: Option to remove the video component from Live Photos to convert them into still images and save space. Removing the photo component from Live Photos is also possible.

4) AI Magic Eraser
- Remove unwanted people, objects, or background elements from photos with our advanced Magic Eraser, giving your photos a clean, professional look effortlessly.

5) Smart Utilities
- Storage Monitor: Check storage of all your albums from the side menu
- Home Widgets: Add widgets to monitor album storage
- Private Album: Keep your sensitive photos and videos safely locked away in a secure folder.

◎ Privacy-First: 100% Local Cleanup
You don't need an internet connection to use Cleansmith because it works 100% offline on your phone. Your privacy is our top priority.

◎ We Value Your Feedback
Your experience matters to us! For questions or suggestions, reach out to us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photocleaner

If you liked using Cleansmith, please rate us in App Store!

## Key features

- Duplicate and similar media detection
- Large file identification
- Photo and video compression
- Gallery organization
- AI Magic Eraser for object removal
- Storage monitoring
- Private album

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Subscription | $22.99 | per year |
| Premium Subscription | $4.49 | per 7 days |
| Premium Subscription | $2.49 | per month |
| Premium Subscription | $3.99 | per month |
| Premium Subscription | $22.99 | per year |
| Premium Subscription | $22.99 | per year |
| Premium Subscription | $4.49 | per 7 days |
| Premium Subscription | $4.49 | per 7 days |
| Premium Subscription | $29.99 | per year |
| Premium Subscription | $6.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium Subscription | $7.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium Subscription | $1.99 | per 7 days |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Premium | $34.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Cleansmith?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 💾 Frees up storage space
- 🗂️ Helpful for organizing photos
- 📹 Video cleaning feature is great for creators

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional issues with adding wrong photos to albums
- 💸 Aggressive paywall and subscription model
- 📱 Compatibility issues on iPad
- 🔄 Slow loading and crashes during use

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Deleting photos sometimes removes them from albums
- Compression fails to retain original photo/video attributes
- Landscape mode not supported on iPad

**Most requested features**

- Add ability to select time range for cleaning
- Bring back old version's features and UI
- Add option to delete entire albums except favorites
- Improve sorting and filtering options for compression

## Recent user reviews (10 of 1,040)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cleansmith-photo-cleaner/id926090192/reviews.md

### 1/5 — App compression issue / unusuable after update

*2026-08-20*

As another person had stated, the app recently does not compress photos anymore. As was my primary usage of the app, I’ve paid over $130 in subscription fees for this app, and it isn’t useable at all. It will not compress a single photo, I am fortunate, if even one, compresses. It crashes, freezes, and will not work. I’ve periodically attempted it, waited, left the app open thinking it could be lagging, restarted my device, have no storage issues using only 20%. This app may have just flunked or disabled the feature to properly work, to save on funds. And I wish that they would just not change it, or reimpliment it. Allow us just to use the app, please… I have waited over two weeks for this to resolve, and decided to change my review after immense disappointment. There is no functionality, and these problems keep reoccurring. I cannot tell if it is a lack of integrity and greed to remove functions from this cleaner app. But I will move on and buy another app, and regret forever paying money for an unusable app, if this keeps occurring. It’s disappointing.

**Developer response:** Hello, and thank you for your patience — we're sorry for the frustration.

Version 6.5.0 contained a bug that made bulk compression freeze or fail after the first few items, which is exactly what you describe. We found the cause and fixed it in the next update: v6.5.1.

If compression still doesn't work for you after the update, please contact us through our Facebook page (https://facebook.com/photocleaner) so we can investigate your case directly. Thank you for supporting the app all this time.

### 2/5 — Basically unusable

*2026-08-12*

This was my go-to app for compressing my photos and getting rid of storage. At first I was able to shrink down almost 3gb worth of photos every day. Recently the past few weeks it crashes at just trying to compress 100mb worth of photos. I updated to see if it would fix it and the process just freezes every 5 photos and you have to cancel and then continue to keep going. And that’s if you’re lucky to get it to work like that. I don’t want to babysit the process. I confirmed it’s not because of my storage I have a lot of gb left and I always close every app. I hope they fix this eventually then I might change my rating. Because this is the only free app that doesn’t charge for mass photo compression. The only limit is your patience. It used to be good, now with this update it’s basically unusable for me.

### 5/5 — Top

*2026-04-28, version 6.3.6*

Спасибо. Чётко. Легко.

### 3/5 — De

*2026-04-15, version 6.3.5*

Q

### 5/5 — Higher

*2026-02-28, version 6.3.4*

Hhhjj

### 5/5 — life saver 🧎‍♀️

*2026-02-08, version v6.3.3*

chatgpt recommended me this, amazing app it cleaned like 20 gb from my phone cause i had like 10k photos and 1k videos on a 64 gb phone this app saved me and its also free huge W

### 4/5 — 写真の全画面表示時の選択

*2026-01-21, version v6.3.3*

とても良いアプリですがひとつ要望が。
写真を全画面表示表示してる状態でも写真を選択できて削除できるようにして欲しいです。大きな画面でチェックして削除したいので。

### 1/5 — Broken

*2026-01-17, version v6.3.3*

App broke and ads no longer increase the limit of items you can delete after playing

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2025-12-11, version 6.3.1*

Excelente

### 4/5 — Update has made it worthless to me!  (Now improved.)

*2025-12-10*

My primary use of this app was to compress recent photos and videos where I didn’t need the resolution that was captured. As redesigned, the compress screens don’t have any filtering or sorting options which makes finding recent videos and photos close to impossible.

Nov 18,  2024Update:  Thanks for adding the sorting by date to the Compress section, but I still need to select from individual folders as well just videos or just photos to compress. 

Please consider these and all possible sorting and filtering options.

Dec 2025 Update:  They backed out some of the UI changes they made a year ago, and this app is back to very good. 

Idea:  I would like to see a filter of compressed/uncompressed (so I could compress anything that isn’t already compressed)...or a “select all uncompressed” option.

**Developer response:** Hello, thank you for updating your review. 
We're glad to hear you are satisfied with the recent changes.

Regarding your suggestion about filtering uncompressed items: This feature is already available. Please check the Manage Compressed menu in the app. There, you can easily view and manage items based on their compression status.

If you have any trouble finding it, please let us know. Thanks for your support!

## Frequently asked questions about Cleansmith

### What does Cleansmith do?

Cleansmith is designed to help you reclaim valuable storage space on your device. It identifies and removes duplicate, similar, and large media files. Additionally, it offers features to compress photos and videos with minimal quality loss, organize your gallery, and remove unwanted objects from images.

### What are the main features of Cleansmith?

Key features include Smart Delete for finding and removing duplicates, similar media, and large files; Gallery Organization to keep your photos tidy; Photo & Video Compression to save space; AI Magic Eraser to remove unwanted elements from photos; and Smart Utilities like Storage Monitor and Private Album.

### Is Cleansmith free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases for advanced features and functionality. This allows users to try out the core cleaning capabilities before committing to any purchases.

### Is Cleansmith compatible with my device?

While specific compatibility details are not provided, the app is designed for mobile devices. It operates 100% offline on your phone, prioritizing user privacy and ensuring no internet connection is required for its cleanup functions.

### How does Cleansmith help save storage space?

It saves space by identifying and deleting duplicate or similar photos and videos, which often consume significant storage. The compression feature further reduces the file size of photos and videos, allowing you to store more memories without sacrificing quality.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.5.1 — 2026-08-21

- NEW — Compression preview: see the estimated result size before you compress, and compare original vs. compressed quality with a drag slider.
- Redesigned compression screens: one grid shows each item turning into its compressed version with a live progress summary, plus quality presets (High / Balanced / Small).
- Fixed: bulk compression could stall every few items.
- UI improvements and bug fixes.

### 6.5.0 — 2026-08-11

- NEW — Deep Search: on-device AI analysis finds similar photos and videos that a regular scan misses, including cropped, rotated, or edited photos and videos saved in a different quality or format.
- UI improvements and bug fixes.

### 6.4.2 — 2026-06-22

- Magic Eraser is now free for everyone — erase unwanted objects, people, and backgrounds from your photos with no limits.
- Performance improvement
- UI improvements and bug fixes.

### 6.4.1 — 2026-06-19

- Magic Eraser is now free for everyone — erase unwanted objects, people, and backgrounds from your photos with no limits.
- UI improvements and bug fixes.

### 6.4.0 — 2026-05-14

- The AI ​​Eraser has been completely revamped.
 • Automatic Mode: AI automatically detects objects in photos. Select and erase with a single tap.
 • Text Mode: Automatically recognizes text in photos and cleanly removes it.
 • Manual Mode: Accurately removes only the areas painted with your finger.
 • Two Engines: v1 and v2
- Fixed Arabic layout
- Bug fixes

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