Comparison

DeDuplicate vs File Cleaner

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

Head to head
About

DeDuplicate

This app scans your cloud storage for identical files and allows you to remove duplicates, freeing up valuable space. It efficiently identifies exact duplicates using file hash values without downloading your files, ensuring privacy and speed.

Highlights
  • Scans cloud storage for duplicate files
  • Removes extra copies to free up space
  • Efficient and fast scanning
  • Accurate detection using file hash values
  • Privacy-first, local processing
  • Supports multiple cloud services
Features
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Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and other cloud services don’t offer built-in tools to find and remove duplicates. If you store many files in the cloud, it’s easy to lose control and waste space. Automatic mobile backups make this problem even worse. DeDuplicate scans your cloud storage, finds identical files, and lets you remove the extra copies to free up space. How it works: 1) Log into your account. 2) Choose one or more folders (or the entire drive) and start the scan. Scan time depends on the NUMBER of files, not their size. 3) Review the detected duplicates and optionally ignore some of them. 4) Confirm the operation. What makes DeDuplicate different: • Efficient and fast: files are NOT downloaded. DeDuplicate uses metadata provided by cloud services, so it saves bandwidth, requires no extra storage, and scans are very quick (e.g. ~100,000 files in under 10 minutes, depending on network speed). • Accurate detection: only EXACT duplicates are detected using file hash values. File names are ignored; contents must be identical. • Privacy-first: everything runs locally on your device. The app connects directly to cloud providers, with no intermediary servers and no file data collection. • Cross-platform support. DeDuplicate currently supports the following cloud services: (PERSONAL ACCOUNTS - see notes below!) • OneDrive • Dropbox • Google Drive (∗) • MEGA • Box • pCloud • Yandex.Disk IMPORTANT: DeDuplicate is designed and tested primarily with PERSONAL/CONSUMER ACCOUNTS. Business, school, or enterprise accounts may behave differently and are not fully supported yet. Improving support for those account types is planned for a future update! NOTES ABOUT GOOGLE DRIVE: - Due to recent changes in Google’s requirements for third-party apps, DeDuplicate currently does not have a “verified” status. You can still use Google Drive normally, but signing in requires a small workaround, which is explained step by step inside the app! - Google proprietary file types (such as Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.) are treated specially by Google Drive and are NOT included in DeDuplicate’s scan. WHY DO YOU NEED THIS APP? Until now, the only practical way to remove duplicates from cloud storage was a very time-consuming workaround: downloading everything to your computer, using one of the many “offline” duplicate-file utilities, and then syncing the changes back to the cloud. In the worst-case scenario, this even means re-uploading everything from scratch. That’s hardly a viable option when you have over 500 GB of unorganized cat pictures :) DeDuplicate is actively developed. If you encounter any issues, please take the time to contact us!

About

File Cleaner

Safely identify and delete duplicate files from your device. Select folders, scan for exact duplicates using secure hashing, and review results before removing unwanted copies. It prioritizes user safety with default retention of one original file and clear confirmation steps.

Highlights
  • Find and remove duplicate files
  • Scan selected folders
  • Secure SHA-256 hashing
  • Review grouped duplicates
  • Manual file selection for deletion
  • On-device scanning
Features
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File Cleaner scans the folder you choose in Files or iCloud Drive and identifies exact duplicate files by content. Find exact duplicate files. Review them before cleaning. Keep the copy you want. Review duplicate groups, see file sizes and locations, choose which copy to keep, and remove only the files you approve. Everything runs locally on your device. No account, no uploads, and no tracking. Key features • Scan folders in Files and iCloud Drive • Find exact duplicate files • Review duplicate groups before cleaning • Choose which copy to keep • See how much space can be recovered • Share a duplicate-file report • Fully on-device processing

Screenshots

DeDuplicate4 screens
File Cleaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DeDuplicate at 48% against File Cleaner's 0%. DeDuplicate also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). File Cleaner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($1.99 vs $7.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DeDuplicate costs $7.99 and File Cleaner $1.99 up front. DeDuplicate sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. File Cleaner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DeDuplicate holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeDuplicate has 129 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of DeDuplicate's written reviews are positive against 0% of File Cleaner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeDuplicate ships an update every 2 weeks, File Cleaner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
DeDuplicate versus File Cleaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeDuplicateFile Cleaner
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.5 (129 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings129 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaolo PuglieseOpsOh LLC

Customer experience

DeDuplicate

All ratings129 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative46.0%

File Cleaner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DeDuplicate

One-time2
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • No Ads - Lifetime$7.99
None

File Cleaner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeDuplicate free?
DeDuplicate costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is File Cleaner free?
File Cleaner costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DeDuplicate or File Cleaner?
DeDuplicate is rated higher. DeDuplicate averages 4.5 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while File Cleaner averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do DeDuplicate or File Cleaner have ads?
Neither DeDuplicate nor File Cleaner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeDuplicate or File Cleaner?
DeDuplicate ships an update every 2 weeks, and File Cleaner every 3 months. Most recently, DeDuplicate was updated on October 14, 2026 and File Cleaner on October 7, 2026.

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