Comparison

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ vs Smart Cleaner

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

Head to head
About

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ

This app helps free up storage space on your iPhone by identifying and deleting duplicate files, similar photos, large media, and junk files. It offers tools to organize apps and media, with options for automatic contact backup and recovery.

Highlights
  • Identify and delete junk files
  • Find similar and duplicate photos
  • Organize apps and media
  • Automatic contact backup
  • Sort photos and videos by criteria
  • Free up storage space
Features
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Running out of space because of too many photos or junk files? You need an iPhone cleaner that's fast, easy to use, and great at clearing your cache and organizing apps. With just a few taps this powerful phone cleaner will find similar photos, large media, and other junk files, then give you the option to clean and delete them from your storage. It's that fast! You don't need to worry about your phone's memory or about running out of space. This smart phone cleaning app can clean your iPhone in seconds, and it's so easy to use you'll want to run it every single day. It's an advanced space cleaner, storage booster, and all-around smart cache and app cleaner, and best of all, it's free! With one tap you can SEARCH for: • Duplicate files and empty contacts • Similar photos or blurry photos • Burst photos you didn't mean to take • Large files and junk files • Expired calendar events • Long videos Next, use the SMART CLEANING feature to remove all of these files, or choose the categories one by one. You can now DELETE anything that's taking up space to free up storage instantly. There are even more powerful features you can use to make it easy and fun to clean and organize your phone's apps, media, and files. Turn on AUTO BACKUP to keep a safe copy of your contacts. If you delete anything important, you can quickly recover it. You can also sort photos and videos by name, date, and size to help you determine which ones you no longer need. Download this powerful phone cleaner for iPhone and iPad right now, for free. Keep your photos and contacts in order, delete old and unused junk files, and free up space on your iPhone with ease. Phone Cleaner Premium Subscription: Phone Cleaner offers several subscription choices of various duration and pricing. These packages include weekly ($3.99 USD) and yearly ($29.99 USD) package. You will be able to delete more useless photos and videos, manage contacts and get rid of ads. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one week"/"one year" package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package (weekly or yearly package). Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Unused portions of free trials will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Privacy Policy: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#terms/

About

Smart Cleaner

Organize your photo gallery with tools to find and remove duplicate or similar images. Quickly delete unwanted photos with a swipe and secure private pictures in a password-protected vault. Free up storage space efficiently.

Highlights
  • Duplicate photo finder
  • Bulk photo remover
  • Video cleaner
  • Photo vault with password lock
  • Swipe to delete photos
Features
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Tidy Cleaner is a versatile tool that helps you organize albums faster and easier. What about duplicate photos? Our phone gallery is filled up with tons of duplicate and unnecessary photos. As Tidy Cleaner, we find duplicate photos and we gather them in a row so that you can easily keep or delete them. It’s not just duplicate photos. We realized that deleting photos is hard and boring. Quick Cleaner lets you delete your photos with a swipe easily. Now, it's very fast and fun to clean up your memory. And finally, there is the need of Photo Vault. Everybody has some photos that they want to hide and make accessible only for them. You can easily hide and lock your photos with the password you are going to choose. Those photos will be only accessible by you so that you will not worry again if there is any possibility that someone else will see it. [Feature List] -- Photo Cleaner - Finds duplicate or similar photos on your iPhone or iPad and helps you delete them to save storage space on your device. -- Video Cleaner - Scans big videos on your device and cleans them easily and quickly. -- Bulk Photo Remover - Group by day, month, or year, or delete them all with just one tap. Terms and Conditions: https://pixeljaw.com/privacy-policies/tidy_cleaner_tos.html Privacy Policy: https://pixeljaw.com/privacy-policies/tidy_cleaner_pp.html

Screenshots

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ4 screens
Smart Cleaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Cleaner Ⓞ at 80% against Smart Cleaner's 33%. Phone Cleaner Ⓞ also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (58 vs 13). Smart Cleaner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Phone Cleaner Ⓞ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Smart Cleaner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Phone Cleaner Ⓞ's written reviews are positive against 33% of Smart Cleaner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ ships an update every 5 weeks, Smart Cleaner every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Phone Cleaner Ⓞ versus Smart Cleaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone Cleaner ⓄSmart Cleaner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (58 ratings) — better3.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings58 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCRandel Smith

Customer experience

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ

All ratings57 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Smart Cleaner

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Phone Cleaner Ⓞ

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly VIP Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly VIP Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Smart Cleaner

Subscriptions5
  • Cleaner Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.497 Days
  • Cleaner Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Cleaner Pro 6 Months$16.996 Months
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  • Cleaner Pro Yearly$19.491 Year
  • Cleaner Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Phone Cleaner Ⓞ free?
Phone Cleaner Ⓞ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Cleaner free?
Smart Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phone Cleaner Ⓞ or Smart Cleaner?
Phone Cleaner Ⓞ is rated higher. Phone Cleaner Ⓞ averages 4.3 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Smart Cleaner averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Phone Cleaner Ⓞ or Smart Cleaner have ads?
Phone Cleaner Ⓞ shows ads; Smart Cleaner does not.
Which is updated more often, Phone Cleaner Ⓞ or Smart Cleaner?
Phone Cleaner Ⓞ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Smart Cleaner every 11 days. Most recently, Phone Cleaner Ⓞ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Smart Cleaner on November 3, 2026.

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