Clean Now:Clean Up Storage vs Boosty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage
This app helps free up iPhone storage by identifying and deleting duplicate or similar photos and videos. It also offers features to clean up contacts, compress videos, and securely store private files.
- Delete duplicate photos
- Clean similar photos and videos
- Contact cleanup and merging
- Secret storage for private files
- Video compression
- Smart scan cleanup
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Do you often encounter the problem of insufficient iPhone storage space? Clean Now, the Swiss Army Knife of mobile phone cleaning, says goodbye to the cluttered and bloated content of your mobile phone, and welcomes a lightning-fast experience! [Quickly organize the album and optimize the mobile phone space] Swipe left - delete unnecessary photos/duplicates Swipe right - keep your most important memories You will be surprised to find that there are so many useless photos in the album! [Smart Cleaner, Quick Scan Cleanup] Optimize performance: Clear unnecessary files to make your device run smoothly, just like a new one. Free up space: Reclaim valuable storage space and make room for new applications, photos and memories. [Delete confirmation, safe use] Final review right: You have the final review right over your album, and all deletion operations will be confirmed by you. Security Cleanup: It can run locally (offline) on your phone without the need for internet connection, and no one can abuse your photos. Main functions: [Delete duplicate photos] Just one click, instantly find and clean up all duplicate photos to free up your storage space. [Clean up similar photos and videos] No need for manual comparison, intelligently identify similar photos or videos, automatically recommend and retain the best results, and help you easily manage your albums. [Contact Cleanup] Automatically identify and merge duplicate contact information in your address book, making your address book neater. [Protect files with secret storage] Protect privacy and save personal photos and videos in private folders that only you can access. [Video Compression] Freely select the compression ratio, and one-click operation can complete the compression, saving space and ensuring quality and quantity. [About Subscription] Users can subscribe to the advanced features of Clean Now and access all features without restrictions. Users can choose a free trial to experience product features. The subscription price can be billed weekly, monthly, or annually, and the fee will be calculated according to the rate selected by the user. Clean Now adopts an automatic renewal mode. If the user needs to cancel the subscription, the renewal must be turned off 24 hours before the end of the current cycle. Users can turn off and cancel subscriptions and trials in their iTunes account. It will automatically renew after the free trial ends. If you need to turn it off, please cancel it manually. Privacy Policy: https://www.lightningcleaner.com/user_agreement.html User Agreement: https://www.lightningcleaner.com/user_agreement.html Contact Us: shandianqingli@gmail.com
Boosty
This app helps you free up storage space on your device by removing duplicate photos, videos, and old calendar events. It also organizes your contacts and speeds up your phone's performance, potentially extending battery life.
- Remove duplicate photos and videos
- Organize and merge contacts
- Clean up past calendar events
- Speed up device performance
- Free up storage space
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Boost your device with the best assistant for removing unnecessary duplicates from your device - Boosty Cleaner. Get rid of a lot of useless information and extend the battery life in one touch. Speed up your device by clearing it of data you no longer need and that only takes up memory. The app will effectively free up space for new information and make your life easier! Boosty features: - REMOVING DUPLICATE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. Today, the memory of our devices is severely overloaded. We store a lot of old photos, unnecessary duplicates and screenshots. Boosty will remove all duplicates, similar files, large videos that take up a lot of memory. All this will make it easier and faster for you to use your gallery. You will no longer have to waste time to find the video or photo you need, as the gallery will be put in order. - CONTACT ORGANIZATION. Boosty will merge identical numbers and organize their finding in the phonebook. Deletes incomplete contacts that are not useful to you. Finding the right phone number is now even easier. - CALENDAR CLEANUP. We plan so many events and often forget to delete them when they pass. The app will analyze and effectively get rid of past events and clear space on your device. - BOOST YOUR DEVICE'S WORK. Get rid of all unnecessary files that have accumulated over a long period of use in a few seconds, just enjoy the high speed. It's so fast and easy! The result will pleasantly surprise you! Don't waste your time searching for necessary information for a long time. We've thought of everything for you. Clean your device and maximize its speed by extending battery life with Boosty. Subscription info: There are 3 subscription options after 3 days of free trial: - Boosty Cleaner Weekly; - Boosty Cleaner Monthly; - Boosty Cleaner Yearly. - Subscriptions will auto-renew unless canceled. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews 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, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use https://my.forms.app/form/61e9c41ced8dd61528184e5d https://my.forms.app/form/61e9c53bed8dd6152818500b
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Verdict
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage and Boosty both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Clean Now:Clean Up Storage's written reviews are positive against 28% of Boosty's. Clean Now:Clean Up Storage also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ratings volume (9.7K vs 641). Boosty's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Clean Now:Clean Up Storage sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 3 months and Boosty sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clean Now:Clean Up Storage has 9.7K ratings behind it against 641, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Clean Now:Clean Up Storage's written reviews are positive against 28% of Boosty's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clean Now:Clean Up Storage | Boosty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9.7K ratings) — better | 4.2 (641 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews — better | 27.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.7K — better | 641 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #174 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APPADIX COMPANY LIMITED | ELMAND WORLD LTD |
Customer experience
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage
Boosty
User reviews
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage
From 9.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🔒 Secure
- 💡 Innovative features
- 🚀 Lightning-fast cleanup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Not fully free
- 🤔 Confusing/misleading
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Boosty
From 641 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Identifies duplicate photos and storage issues
- ⚡ Free trial available for premium features
Room to improve
- 💰 Aggressive paywall - most features locked behind subscription
- 🐢 Extremely slow performance and loading issues
- ❌ Misleading functionality - doesn't automatically clean, requires manual deletion
- 📱 Doesn't actually improve storage despite promises
- 🚫 Poor customer service - unresponsive to cancellation requests
Bugs and requests
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes or crashes
- Inability to cancel/unsubscribe
- Deleting important files
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to selectively delete files
- Improved duplicate detection
- Virus/malware removal capabilities
Boosty
Reported bugs
5 issues- App fails to load content completely
- Storage increases instead of decreasing after use
- Subscription cancellation option not available in app
- Email notifications about payments not being sent
- Persistent prompts to subscribe even after declining
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic photo and file deletion without premium subscription
- Actual storage optimization that works
- Improved app performance and faster loading times
- Better transparency about what features are free vs. paid
In-app purchases
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage
- Lightning Cleaner 1 Quarter3 Days trial$7.993 Months
- Lightning Cleaner 1 Week3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- introductory offers for week7 Days trial$9.997 Days
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- Lightning Cleaner 1 Weak$9.997 Days
- Lightning Cleaner 1 Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Lightning Cleaner 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lightning Cleaner 1 Year$39.991 Year
- Lightning Cleaner Lifetime$49.99
Boosty
- Weekly Discount$1.997 Days
- Weekly$3.997 Days
- Weekly with free trial3 Days trial$3.997 Days
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- Weekly with free trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Weekly with free trial3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Weekly$7.997 Days
- Yearly with trial7 Days trial$27.991 Year
- Yearly with trial7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly with trial3 Days trial$69.991 Year
Questions
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