Clean Links vs Litterbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clean Links
This utility automatically cleans and resolves shortened or proxied URLs, removing unnecessary tracking tokens. It then places the cleaned URL directly onto your clipboard, ready for sharing or emailing without needing to open a browser.
- Cleans and resolves shortened URLs
- Removes tracking tokens (e.g., UTM)
- Automatically detects URL on clipboard
- Copies cleaned URL to clipboard
- Supports X-Callback-URL Scheme
- Compatible with popular productivity apps
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Clean Links cleans & resolves URLs that have been shortened or proxied. It also removes unneeded tokens such as UTM components. Finally you can share & email links without having to load it in a browser or edit the URL yourself. Simply load the application and it will automatically detect & clean the url on your clipboard, putting the resulting URL back onto your clipboard, ready to use. Clean Links also fully supports the X-Callback-URL Scheme. Which means it's compatible with apps such as: * Things * Tweetbot * Drafts * Notesy * LaunchCenter Pro * and more!
Litterbox
This Safari extension allows you to view individual posts from a social media platform without navigating to the full website. It opens links in a pop-up window for quick viewing and does not share your browsing data.
- View posts in pop-up windows
- Avoids visiting the full website
- Uses official API
- Protects user cookies
- Identifies viewable links
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Litterbox is a Safari extension that opens x.com links in a popup so you can read the one post and leave. - It uses the same API that powers their embed widgets. - It never sends your cookies. - The openable links are marked with a small dot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clean Links at 4.7 against Litterbox's 4.2. Clean Links also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 18.0). Litterbox's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clean Links holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Clean Links's written reviews are positive against 100% of Litterbox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Clean Links ships an update every 6 weeks, Litterbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clean Links | Litterbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brett Terpstra | And a Dinosaur |
Customer experience
Clean Links
Litterbox
In-app purchases
Clean Links
No in-app purchases
Litterbox
No in-app purchases
