Comparison

Sync with Google Drive vs Storage Cleaner

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

Head to head
About

Sync with Google Drive

This app automatically backs up your phone's photos and videos to Google Drive, preserving your album and folder structure. It ensures your cloud storage mirrors your device's library, uploading edited media and Live Photos. The service offers a one-way sync, never deleting files from your phone.

Highlights
  • Automatic photo and video backup
  • Preserves album and folder hierarchy
  • Uploads edited media
  • Supports Live Photos
  • One-way sync to Google Drive
  • Mirror or backup photo library
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Sync for Google Drive synchronizes your phone’s photo library, including the album and folder hierarchy, to Google Drive. For users who like to organize their photos into folders and albums, Sync offers many advantages over uploading your photos and videos to Google Drive and manually recreating your folder structure on Google Drive. - Sync automatically creates folders and albums you may have created in your phone’s photo library on Google Drive. - Uploads the video component for Live Photos. - Uploads the edited versions of photos and videos. - Mirror or backup your photo library. - Synchronize your entire photo library or only certain folders and albums. In summary, each time you run Sync, it will make sure any changes to your phone’s photo library are updated on Google Drive, overwriting, renaming, uploading, and moving items to Google Drive trash if needed. Sync will also NEVER delete any photos from your phone. Sync performs a ONE-WAY sync only, making a folder in your Google Drive account match your phone’s photo library. Any changes made on Google Drive will not be synced to your phone, rather, the changes on Google Drive will simply be overwritten the next time you run a Sync. Free Plan The free plan is limited to syncing up to 3 top-level folders and albums and up to 200 photos. Premium Plan Our affordable premium plan removes all restrictions and unlocks access to all future features. Subscription Pricing and Terms - Annual or monthly subscription billing will start immediately after you subscribe and will auto-renew each year or month. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least one day before the renewal date within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings in the App Store. - Subscriptions are non-refundable, so please choose this option carefully. - Please refer to the In-App Purchases section for pricing. Terms of Use — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy — https://sync.photosplus.app/privacy.php

About

Storage Cleaner

Organize your contacts, free up phone storage, and protect private media. This app offers contact syncing, duplicate deletion, photo compression, and a secure vault for sensitive files. Manage your address book and device space efficiently.

Highlights
  • Sync contacts across devices
  • Delete duplicate contacts
  • Compress photos and videos
  • Secure media vault
  • Home screen widgets
  • Caller ID and contact organizer
Features
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Your iPhone is full. Cleanup fixes that in minutes. Cleanup is a photo, video and contacts cleaner that finds what is eating your storage, shows you exactly how much space it takes, and lets you free it up in one tap. Everything is analysed on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and you always decide what goes. FREE UP SPACE IN ONE TAP • Smart Clean: review and remove the clutter Cleanup finds, all at once • Duplicate photos and duplicate videos, grouped so you keep the best one • Similar photos and burst photos: keep your favourite, clear the rest • Large photos and large videos: see the biggest space hogs first • Screenshots, screen recordings and Live Photos in their own tidy lists • A live total of how much space you can free before you delete anything SWIPE TO CLEAN Go through your library the fun way. Swipe right to keep, swipe left to archive, then review everything before it is deleted. Filter by screenshots, selfies, people, pets, food, nature, travel, documents, memes, blurry or dark photos, or jump in at random. It is the fastest way to declutter your camera roll. COMPRESS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Shrink big files without losing what matters. Choose High, Balanced or Maximum Savings, see the estimated savings first, and keep your original until you decide to replace it. A smart video compressor and photo compressor in one. PRIVATE VAULT Hide private photos, videos and contacts behind a PIN and Face ID. Vault items are encrypted and stay on your device. CLEAN UP YOUR CONTACTS • Find and merge duplicate contacts • Spot contacts with no name, phone number, email or birthday • Browse birthdays and back up your contacts, then restore them any time STAY CLEAN, EFFORTLESSLY • Live Activity and Dynamic Island progress while Cleanup scans • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing space you can free • Optional weekly or monthly reminders with real numbers • Your impact: total space freed, cleanups and your weekly streak PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos, videos and contacts never leave your device. Cleanup works with the items you give it access to, including limited photo access. Deleted photos and videos stay in Recently Deleted in the Photos app for about 30 days, as iOS requires. Cleanup cannot clean iOS system files, memory or other apps. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese and Indonesian. CLEANUP PRO (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Try Cleanup free for 3 days, or keep using the free version with ads and limits. Cleanup Pro unlocks unlimited Smart Clean and Swipe, photo and video compression and the private Vault, and removes ads. Prices may vary by country and are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://spacify.adxsdk.com/terms-conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://spacify.adxsdk.com/privacy-policy.html Support: https://spacify.adxsdk.com

Screenshots

Sync with Google Drive4 screens
Storage Cleaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Storage Cleaner at 88% against Sync with Google Drive's 0%. Storage Cleaner also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Sync with Google Drive's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sync with Google Drive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Storage Cleaner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Storage Cleaner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storage Cleaner has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Sync with Google Drive's written reviews are positive against 88% of Storage Cleaner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sync with Google Drive ships an update every 2 months, Storage Cleaner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sync with Google Drive versus Storage Cleaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSync with Google DriveStorage Cleaner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixegram, LLCStephen Kuyper

Customer experience

Sync with Google Drive

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Storage Cleaner

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sync with Google Drive

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$19.991 Year
5 purchases

Storage Cleaner

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Duplicate Contact Remover$3.99
  • Remove Duplicate Photo/Video$3.99
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  • Merge Google Contact$4.99
  • Video Compress$4.99

Questions

Is Sync with Google Drive free?
Sync with Google Drive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Storage Cleaner free?
Storage Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sync with Google Drive or Storage Cleaner?
Storage Cleaner is rated higher. Sync with Google Drive averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Storage Cleaner averages 4.5 from 16 ratings.
Do Sync with Google Drive or Storage Cleaner have ads?
Neither Sync with Google Drive nor Storage Cleaner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sync with Google Drive or Storage Cleaner?
Sync with Google Drive ships an update every 2 months, and Storage Cleaner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sync with Google Drive was updated on October 11, 2026 and Storage Cleaner on October 6, 2026.

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