Comparison

CleanMy®Phone vs LinkSentry

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

Head to head
About

CleanMy®Phone

This app helps you free up iPhone storage by identifying and removing duplicate photos, videos, and screenshots. It uses AI to organize your photo library into categories and offers tools to compress videos and merge duplicate contacts.

Highlights
  • Clean up iPhone storage
  • Delete duplicate and similar photos
  • Merge similar contacts
  • Compress videos
  • Convert Live Photos to stills
  • AI photo organization
  • On-device privacy
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Clean up iPhone storage with CleanMy®Phone — an AI-powered cleaner app crafted by MacPaw. Gently clear years of photos and videos to make room for new memories. Finding the exact photo you’re looking for amidst gigabytes of random shots, useless videos, similar images, and duplicates may seem impossible. CleanMy®Phone trims unnecessary clutter so you can easily access all your memorable moments. Why people use CleanMy®Phone Many iPhone users face common storage and photo-management problems, and CleanMy®Phone helps solve them quickly and safely: • iPhone storage is almost full • Too many duplicate or similar photos • Large videos take too much space • Thousands of screenshots and random images • Need to organize photos automatically with AI • Want a fast, safe way to clean up their iPhone What can CleanMy®Phone cleaner do? • CLEAN UP YOUR IPHONE STORAGE CleanMy®Phone scans your entire library for blurred photos, old screenshots, large videos, and duplicates — and helps you quickly free up space. • DELETE DUPLICATES AND SIMILAR PHOTOS The app finds duplicate and similar shots, helping you choose the best photo and delete the rest. • MERGE SIMILAR CONTACTS CleanMy®Phone detects duplicate and similar contacts — those with repeated names, numbers, or partial matches — and helps you merge them into a clean, organized address book with one tap. • COMPRESS VIDEOS Compress videos with minimal quality loss to instantly reclaim storage. • TURN LIVE PHOTOS TO STILL IMAGES Convert Live Photos into still images to save space in just one tap. • LET AI ORGANIZE YOUR MESSY LIBRARY AI groups your photos into helpful categories — Travel, People, Pets, Food, Documents, Screenshots, Texts, and more — making your library easier to browse and manage. • TREAT YOUR PHOTOS WITH CARE CleanMy®Phone lets you decide which photos and videos the app removes. If you accidentally delete something, you can always recover it from the Recently Deleted folder on your iPhone. Beyond smart cleanup tools, CleanMy®Phone also focuses on privacy, control, and a smooth experience for every user. What makes CleanMy®Phone different? Your privacy stays on your device • CleanMy®Phone works fully on-device • You can mark photos as Sensitive so they're never included in cleanups • CleanMy®Phone doesn't save or upload your pictures anywhere — you're the only one who can access and see your gallery. SUBSCRIPTION INFO You can download the CleanMy®Phone cleaning app for free. The app has a 1-year subscription with a free trial option that allows unlimited access to all features for three days. Your account will be charged for renewal, per your subscription plan, within 24 hours before the end of the 3-day trial period. You can cancel your free trial at any time within 24 hours before converting your account to an auto-renewable subscription. Please note that any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when purchasing an auto-renewing subscription. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in Settings after purchase. By using CleanMy®Phone, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: Privacy Policy: https://macpaw.com/cleanmyphone-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://macpaw.com/cleanmyphone-terms-of-use

About

LinkSentry

Features
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A single malicious message can cost you a lot. LinkSentry lets you inspect the message first — safely, on your iPhone, without ever opening where its rogue links lead. PASTE IT BEFORE YOU TRUST IT Copy the suspicious SMS or email, paste it into LinkSentry, and tap Analyze. You get a plain-language verdict and, more importantly, the reason behind it: the exact domain, the exact wording, the exact mismatch. LinkSentry never visits the address you give it. That matters more than it sounds. A unique link in a scam message can tell the sender that a real person received it — and can expose your IP address — simply by being opened. Every check happens on your device, against the text itself. WHAT IT CATCHES • Free subdomains on site builders, developer previews and dynamic DNS — where much of today's phishing lives, because anyone can create one in minutes without proving who they are • A brand's name used in a domain the brand doesn't own, like fedex-shipping or IRS-connection • Raw IP addresses, link shorteners, and credentials hidden inside a link • Addresses that mix ordinary letters with accented ones, so hotmail can be spelled with characters that only look like the real thing • Domain endings sold cheaply in bulk, favoured by senders who expect to be shut down within days • Lookalike spellings that differ by a character or two • Deceptive subdomains, where the real domain hides at the end instead of the start • Urgency, credential requests, payment demands, and prize bait in the wording SCREENSHOTS AND QR CODES Have a screenshot instead of the text? Pick the image and LinkSentry reads it on your device with Apple's Vision framework. QR codes are decoded and their destination analysed as text, never opened. LEARN, NOT JUST DETECT 21 short lessons across four chapters take you from what an IP address actually is, through DNS, domains, and URLs, to impersonation, phishing, and email authentication. A practice tab then lets you build judgment on harmless, non-clickable examples. HONEST ABOUT ITS LIMITS • "No obvious warning signs" is not a guarantee of safety, and the app says so. • Message-wording analysis covers English and French. Technical link and domain checks are language-independent. • Pasted text and screenshots rarely include the headers needed to verify SPF, DKIM, or DMARC. LinkSentry reports that authentication was not checked instead of pretending otherwise. • The bundled list of known brand domains is a starting knowledge pack, not a global certificate of legitimacy. PRIVACY Nothing you paste leaves your iPhone. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no accounts, no third-party SDKs, no servers. Your analysis history is stored in the app's private storage, encrypted by iOS whenever your device is locked, excluded from device and iCloud backups, capped at the 50 most recent reports, and deletable at any time. PRICING Three free checks, plus the built-in examples, which are always free. One optional purchase unlocks unlimited checks for your Apple Account, for good. No subscription. Fully available in English and French. Privacy policy: https://www.reevesnco.com/linksentry/privacy/ Support: https://www.reevesnco.com/linksentry/ Made by Reeves & Co. https://www.reevesnco.com

Screenshots

CleanMy®Phone4 screens
LinkSentry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LinkSentry at none against CleanMy®Phone's shown. On price, 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

Both are free to download. CleanMy®Phone sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LinkSentry sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CleanMy®Phone versus LinkSentry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleanMy®PhoneLinkSentry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings23K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacPaw Way LtdFrancois REEVES

Bugs and requests

CleanMy®Phone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on large photo libraries
  • Deletes random photos
  • Doesn't detect all duplicates
  • Slow scanning and processing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort by size or date
  • Integration with Google Photos
  • Batch delete duplicates
  • Landscape mode support
  • More customization options

LinkSentry

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

CleanMy®Phone

Subscriptions8
  • Gemini Photos: Monthly Access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Gemini Photos: Monthly Access$4.991 Month
  • Gemini Photos: Monthly Access3 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
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  • CleanMyPhone: Monthly Access$7.991 Month
  • Gemini Photos: Yearly Access$19.991 Year
  • Gemini Photos: Yearly Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • CleanMyPhone: Yearly Access3 Days trial$36.991 Year
  • Gemini Photos: Yearly Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited access$34.99
1 purchases

LinkSentry

One-time1
  • LinkSentry Lifetime Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is CleanMy®Phone free?
CleanMy®Phone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LinkSentry free?
LinkSentry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CleanMy®Phone or LinkSentry have ads?
CleanMy®Phone shows ads; LinkSentry does not.

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