Comparison

Clean Up Photos vs Countdown Pro

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

Head to head
About

Clean Up Photos

Easily organize your photo library with intuitive swipe gestures. Quickly sort through screenshots, Live Photos, and videos, keeping only the memories you cherish. Review and recover items from a temporary trash before permanent deletion.

Highlights
  • Swipe to sort photos, screenshots, Live Photos, and videos
  • Keep favorites with a tap
  • Undo changes anytime
  • Browse library by month
  • Revisit past memories with 'On This Day'
  • Review items in Trash Preview before permanent removal
Features
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CleanKit helps you clean and organize your photo library with fast, intuitive gestures. Swipe right to keep, swipe left to remove, and review your photos naturally. Clean up screenshots, photos, Live Photos, and videos while staying in control of every decision. Need to clean thousands of photos? Use gesture-based batch management to quickly select, delete, favorite, or organize multiple photos at once. Add photos directly to albums while reviewing, turning cleanup into a simple and seamless workflow. Rediscover your memories with Photo Map. Explore photos by location and revisit the places behind your favorite moments. Why CleanKit - Swipe to clean photos, screenshots, Live Photos, and videos - Batch manage photos with intuitive swipe gestures - Select, delete, favorite, and organize multiple photos at once - Add photos directly to albums while cleaning - Keep favorites with one tap - Undo anytime if you change your mind - Browse your library by month - Rediscover memories with Photo Map and On This Day - Review items in Trash Preview before permanent removal Designed for control Nothing is deleted immediately. Photos move to Trash Preview first, giving you time to review, recover, or remove them whenever you choose. Designed for privacy Your photos stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is shared. CleanKit Pro Unlock premium features with CleanKit Pro. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://cleankit.gitbook.io/about/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://cleankit.gitbook.io/about/terms-of-use

About

Countdown Pro

Track important upcoming and past events with customizable countdowns. Monitor days remaining or elapsed for birthdays, holidays, goals, and more. Organize your dates with tags and filters, and view them on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdowns
  • Days-left and days-since tracking
  • Emoji, photo, and color customization
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Repeating events and reminders
  • Shareable countdown cards
  • Offline use
Features
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Countdown Pro helps you track every important day in one simple app. Create countdowns for birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, exams, deadlines, weddings, holidays, trips, milestones, personal goals, bills, subscriptions, and more. Check how many days are left, or how many days have passed. FEATURES • Unlimited countdowns • Track upcoming and past events • Days-left and days-since tracking • Emoji, photo, and color customization • Tags, search, filtering, and grouping • Repeating events and reminders • Shareable countdown cards • Offline use with no account required PRO FEATURES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Single-event and multiple-event widgets • Detailed time display • Lunar date support for birthdays and anniversaries • Archive past events USE COUNTDOWN FOR • Birthdays and anniversaries • Weddings and holidays • Vacations and trips • Exams, assignments, and deadlines • Meetings and work events • Fitness goals and personal milestones • Bills, renewals, and subscriptions Countdown is built to be fast, simple, and easy to check every day. Keep all your important dates organized and never miss what matters. SUPPORT & LEGAL • Contact: support@richsoft.app • Privacy Policy: https://richsoft.app/countdown/privacy • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clean Up Photos4 screens
Countdown Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clean Up Photos at 4.2 against Countdown Pro's 3.6. Clean Up Photos also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Countdown Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clean Up Photos sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Countdown Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clean Up Photos holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Clean Up Photos's written reviews are positive against 81% of Countdown Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clean Up Photos ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Pro every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clean Up Photos versus Countdown Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClean Up PhotosCountdown Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer祎 王Rich Soft Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Clean Up Photos

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Clean Up Photos

Subscriptions3
  • CleanKit Pro (1 Week)$1.997 Days
  • CleanKit Pro (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • CleanKit Pro (1 Year)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • CleanKit Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
1 purchases

Countdown Pro

One-time1
  • Widget Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Clean Up Photos free?
Clean Up Photos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Pro free?
Countdown Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clean Up Photos or Countdown Pro?
Clean Up Photos is rated higher. Clean Up Photos averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Countdown Pro averages 3.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Clean Up Photos or Countdown Pro have ads?
Neither Clean Up Photos nor Countdown Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clean Up Photos or Countdown Pro?
Clean Up Photos ships an update every 5 weeks, and Countdown Pro every 4 days. Most recently, Clean Up Photos was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Pro on October 17, 2026.

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