CCleaner vs Phone Cleaner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CCleaner
This app helps you declutter your device by cleaning up photos, videos, and contacts to reclaim storage space. It offers features to organize your media library, compress large files, and secure sensitive content in a private vault. The intuitive interface makes it easy to free up space with just a few taps.
- Media Cleaner
- Contact Cleaner
- Photo and Video Optimizer
- Clean Share
- Quick Clean
- Secret Files
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Tidy up your iPhone and reclaim storage space. CCleaner for iOS helps you swiftly clean up your photos, videos, and contacts. - Bring order to chaos: Declutter your iPhone’s photo and video library and organize your contacts. - Reclaim storage space: Remove unwanted media and contacts from your device. - Powerful, but simple: Like CCleaner, the world’s leading PC optimization tool, CCleaner for iOS comes with a simple and intuitive UI, so anyone can declutter their iPhones with just a few taps. - Keep sensitive photos and videos private: Don’t let others sniff in your sensitive media. Hide photos and videos from prying eyes and keep them locked in your private vault. ** Features: - Swipe Clean - Swipe one way to keep, and the other way to delete. AI automatically organizes your gallery within the app into helpful groups like by month, trips, large files, and similar photos, so you can clean up your way. - Media Cleaner - Find and delete unwanted, duplicate, or similar photos, images, screenshots, and large videos. * - Contact Cleaner - Clean up and organize your phone book or recover contacts if needed. - Photo and Video Optimizer - Free up storage by compressing your large photos and videos - Clean Share - Post photos and videos online without revealing location, time, or other sensitive data. - Quick Clean - With just one tap, CCleaner will scan and identify items you can choose to remove. - Secret Files - Hide sensitive photos and videos from others in a private vault. ** *The free version is limited to identifying old, large images and screenshots. Cleaning of duplicate, similar, and bad photos is included only in the paid version. **The free version is limited to 10 images or videos. Privacy Policy available at https://www.ccleaner.com/legal/general-privacy-policy Terms and Conditions info at https://www.ccleaner.com/legal/end-user-license-agreement
Phone Cleaner
Reclaim storage space and enhance device performance with this comprehensive utility. It intelligently identifies and removes duplicate photos, compresses videos, and organizes contacts. Secure sensitive data with a private vault feature.
- Smart duplicate photo removal
- Video compression
- Private photo vault
- Contact organization
- Speed booster for device performance
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Phone cleaner to free device storage: review duplicate and similar photos, compress large videos and keep private photos in a secure vault on your phone and tablet. Review your photo library, screenshots and similar-photo suggestions. Choose what to keep before confirming deletion. Similarity is a suggestion, so check every selection. Save smaller video copies and compare the result before deciding whether to delete an original. File size and quality depend on the source and compression settings. Protect selected files in an encrypted private vault. Vault backups stay on this device. They do not provide recovery after losing the device or deleting the app. Photo permission is optional, with limited-library access supported. Photo and video processing happens on your device. Review contacts and large media individually. The cache tool only clears the app's own disposable files. Start with the free tier and its daily action limits. Premium includes the private vault and paid features through an auto-renewing subscription. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Privacy: https://www. odel. dev/privacy? appId=cleanmasterx Terms: https://www. odel. dev/eula? appId=cleanmasterx
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Verdict
CCleaner and Phone Cleaner both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Phone Cleaner's written reviews are positive against 27% of CCleaner's. Phone Cleaner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). CCleaner's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CCleaner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Phone Cleaner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for CCleaner against 4.8 for Phone Cleaner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CCleaner has 3.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of CCleaner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Phone Cleaner's.
CCleaner ships an update every 3 weeks, Phone Cleaner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCleaner | Phone Cleaner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.1K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piriform | OGUZ DELIOGLU |
Customer experience
CCleaner
Phone Cleaner
Bugs and requests
CCleaner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Deleting contacts and data unexpectedly
- Inability to use license key on iOS
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to clear cache and junk files
- Option to recover deleted contacts and data
- Support for license key activation on iOS
Phone Cleaner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CCleaner
- CCleaner Subscription$3.997 Days
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- CCleaner Subscription$4.991 Month
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- Annual limited offer$22.991 Year
- CCleaner Subscription$27.991 Year
- CCleaner Subscription3 Days trial$27.991 Year
- Lifetime subscription$39.99
- Lifetime subscription$49.99
- Lifetime subscription$59.99
Phone Cleaner
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Annually Subscription$29.901 Year
- Premium Lifetime$89.99
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