Comparison

Steps vs Cleanup Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Steps

Features
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Steps turns anything you do in a fixed order into a timer that runs itself. A HIIT circuit. A recipe. A morning routine. You write the steps once, set how long each one takes, and press start. Steps counts down, tells you when to move on, and keeps going while your phone is in your pocket. THE TIMER KEEPS ITS PLACE The countdown is anchored to the clock, not to the app being open. Lock your phone, take a call, come back ten minutes later — the routine is exactly where it should be, on the right step, with the right time left. BUILT AROUND HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK • Categories hold routines; routines hold timed steps • Auto-advance moves through a circuit on its own • Or turn it off, and each step waits for a tap — better for cooking, where "until it looks right" beats a fixed timer • Rest between steps, with a per-step override when one needs longer • Leave a duration at zero and the step simply waits for you • Every step can carry an instruction, shown large while it runs WHILE IT RUNS • One enormous countdown, readable from across the kitchen • A notification at every step boundary, so it works from your pocket • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Sound, haptics, and a countdown cue for the last three seconds • Skip forward, jump to any upcoming step, or start from the middle ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app runs the same routines with haptics on your wrist — useful when your hands are busy or your phone is across the room. Favourites appear first, in the order you arranged them on your phone. EVERYTHING IN SYNC Turn on iCloud and your routines are on every device, in step. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics. Your routines are yours: they live on your device and in your own iCloud, and nobody else can see them. Available in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

About

Cleanup Pro

This app helps you reclaim storage space by identifying and removing duplicate photos, videos, and screenshots. It also offers tools to compress videos, merge contacts, and organize your media library. Local-only processing ensures your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Duplicate photo and video cleanup
  • Contact merging
  • Video compression
  • Screenshot management
  • Photo to PDF export
  • Single-tap cleaning
Features
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Key Features Duplicate Photo Cleanup: Detect and delete identical or similar images Duplicate Video Cleanup: Find redundant videos and free up storage Contacts Merge: Automatically merge duplicate contacts and consolidate info Video Compression: Shrink videos without visible quality loss Screenshot Cleanup: Sort, preview, and bulk-delete old screenshots Chat Photo Cleanup: Remove unwanted messaging app images Photo to PDF: Export any selection of photos as high‑quality PDF files High-Resolution Photo Cleanup: Find high-res photos and delete them Photo Organizer: Sort all photos by specific filters to easily find clutter Why Cleanup Pro? Single-Tap Cleaning: Your entire library optimized in seconds Lifetime Access for $1—no hidden fees, no ads, no trials Local-Only Processing keeps your data private and secure Make room for what matters—download Cleanup Pro today!

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Cleanup Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Steps at Free against Cleanup Pro's $0.99. Cleanup Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 135 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Steps is free to download; Cleanup Pro costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 135 months, Cleanup Pro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steps versus Cleanup Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsCleanup Pro
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 135 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAymhiHassan Sheikh

In-app purchases

None

Steps

No in-app purchases

None

Cleanup Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cleanup Pro free?
Cleanup Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steps or Cleanup Pro have ads?
Neither Steps nor Cleanup Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Cleanup Pro?
Steps ships an update every 135 months, and Cleanup Pro every 3 days. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cleanup Pro on October 17, 2026.

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