Comparison

Clean Links vs delphitools

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

Head to head
About

Clean Links

This utility app removes tracking parameters from URLs, reveals the true destination of QR codes before opening, and allows you to send cleaned links between your devices. It prioritizes user privacy with no accounts, subscriptions, or ads.

Highlights
  • Strips tracking parameters from URLs
  • Reveals QR code destinations before opening
  • Sends cleaned links between Apple devices
  • Unshortens shortened URLs
  • Generates QR codes
  • Safari extension for one-tap cleaning
  • Shortcuts and widget integration
Features
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That link a friend just sent you probably has a dozen tracking parameters glued to the end of it. Clean Links strips them off. It also opens up QR codes so you can read where they actually go before you commit to tapping. The app does a handful of things, and does them without an account, a subscription, or an ad: QR reader that shows you the destination URL first. Quishing scams work because nobody can read a QR code with their eyes, so you scan and hope. This one puts the real address on screen and waits. Link cleaner. Paste anything, get back the same link minus the utm tags, click IDs, and referral junk. Works on links from hundreds of shopping sites, social networks and search engines. Send to Device. Push a cleaned link from your iPhone into your Mac's browser, or over to another iPhone or iPad. If the device is asleep or offline the link waits for it. Unshorten. Feed it a bit.ly or t.co address and it follows the chain to whatever sits at the end. Useful when a shortened link turns up from someone you don't know, which is how most phishing starts. Tracker blocker covering 71+ services, running as a parameter remover across everything you paste. QR generator for making your own codes out of links you trust. Safari extension that cleans every link on a page in one tap. Shortcuts, a Control Center widget, and a share sheet action, if you want the whole thing automated. Nothing leaves your device. There's no analytics SDK in here, no crash reporter phoning home, no account to create. Privacy isn't a feature we bolted on; there was never any data to collect. ■ Send Links Between Your Devices Share a cleaned link from any iPhone, iPad or Mac and it opens where you send it: in your Mac's browser, or from a notification on iPhone and iPad. Links queue up if the device is offline. You can run Shortcuts on your other devices this way too. You'll need Clean Links on each device, iCloud turned on, and the same Apple account. ■ Coming from Hyperduck? Clean Links does the same handoff, adds tracker stripping on the way out, handles more than one Mac, and costs nothing. ■ Link Sharing FAQ ‣ Why not AirDrop? AirDrop needs both devices awake and nearby. This doesn't, and it drops the link straight into a background tab. ‣ Why not iCloud Tabs? Because iCloud Tabs only works in Safari, and the tabs are easy to lose. These open in whatever browser you actually use. ‣ Why not Reading List? Reading List is where links go to be forgotten. Yours open immediately. ‣ Why not Handoff? Handoff wants the devices in the same room. Clean Links supports Handoff anyway, for when they are. ‣ More than one device? Send to several at once. Any iPhone, iPad or Mac signed into the same Apple account with the app installed can receive. ‣ Want to leave a device out? Turn off receiving in that device's settings. ■ Spotted a tracker we don't catch yet? There's a link in Settings to tell us. We'll add them.

About

delphitools

A comprehensive digital toolkit offering over 90 utilities for color conversion, typography calculations, image manipulation, QR code generation, and encoding. It prioritizes user privacy with no accounts, analytics, or network calls, ensuring all operations remain on-device.

Highlights
  • Color converters
  • Typography calculators
  • Image utilities
  • QR code generators
  • Encoding tools
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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delphitools is a collection of colour converters, typography calculators, image utilities, QR generators, encoding tools, and other things you shouldn't need an app for but apparently do, because every time you try to do something simple on the web you end up fighting cookie banners, mandatory sign-ups, and ads for things you'll never buy. No accounts. No analytics. No network calls. Nothing leaves your device. I can't believe I have to say this. There is no reason for a hex-to-RGB converter to phone home. 90+ tools. Runs on iPhone and iPad. Does exactly what it says. Nothing more.

Screenshots

Clean Links4 screens
delphitools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clean Links at every 2 weeks against delphitools's every 3 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Clean Links against 5.0 for delphitools. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 38 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Clean Links's written reviews are positive against 100% of delphitools's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clean Links ships an update every 2 weeks, delphitools every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Clean Links versus delphitools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClean Linksdelphitools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (88 ratings)5.0 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings88 — better38
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB74 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNumen Technologies LimitedRuby Morgan Voigt

Customer experience

Clean Links

All ratings85 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%

delphitools

All ratings32 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clean Links

No in-app purchases

None

delphitools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clean Links free?
Clean Links is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is delphitools free?
delphitools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clean Links or delphitools?
delphitools is rated higher. Clean Links averages 4.9 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while delphitools averages 5.0 from 38 ratings.
Do Clean Links or delphitools have ads?
Neither Clean Links nor delphitools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clean Links or delphitools?
Clean Links ships an update every 2 weeks, and delphitools every 3 months. Most recently, Clean Links was updated on November 5, 2026 and delphitools on November 5, 2026.

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