Comparison

CCleaner vs A4

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

A4

Features
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This is the Bluetooth speaker control APP, here you can connect to the speaker, there are many functions, such as music, microphone, guitar volume can be adjusted. In the individual interface there are balancing functions, but also see red sound, high school bass and so on. Let you do not need to touch the Bluetooth speaker, you can control the speaker within a certain distance

Screenshots

CCleaner4 screens
A41 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A4 at none against CCleaner's 9. A4 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. CCleaner sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. A4 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CCleaner ships an update every 3 weeks, A4 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CCleaner versus A4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCCleanerA4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiriformGUANDDONG TIANPU TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO.,LTD.

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

A4

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

CCleaner

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time3
  • Lifetime subscription$39.99
  • Lifetime subscription$49.99
  • Lifetime subscription$59.99
None

A4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CCleaner free?
CCleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A4 free?
A4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CCleaner or A4 have ads?
CCleaner shows ads; A4 does not.
Which is updated more often, CCleaner or A4?
CCleaner ships an update every 3 weeks, and A4 every 5 days. Most recently, CCleaner was updated on October 30, 2026 and A4 on October 14, 2026.

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