Comparison

Contacts Cleaner vs TidyByte

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Cleaner

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Your contacts are a mess. We can fix that. Over the years, your contact list has become cluttered with duplicates, outdated numbers, and mystery contacts you don't recognize. Contacts Cleaner makes it effortless to take back control. MERGE DUPLICATES Automatically detect and merge duplicate contacts. Keep all the important details like phones, emails, addresses in one clean entry. REMOVE GHOST CONTACTS Find and delete "ghost" contacts: entries with missing names or no phone numbers, that serve no purpose. SWIPE TO CLEAN Review contacts one by one with our intuitive swipe interface. Swipe right to keep, left to delete. It's that simple. SAFE BACKUPS Every cleanup creates an automatic backup stored safely on your device. Changed your mind? Restore anytime. Your data never leaves your phone. 100% PRIVATE We take privacy seriously. Contacts Cleaner works entirely offline: no accounts, no cloud uploads, no tracking. Your contacts stay on your device, always. Download now and experience the satisfaction of a perfectly organized contact list. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TidyByte

This app offers a fast and private way to clean your photo library. It uses a swipe-based interface and smart tools to identify duplicates, blurry shots, screenshots, and more, freeing up significant storage space on your device.

Highlights
  • Swipe to delete/keep photos
  • Duplicate photo finder
  • Blurry and similar photo detection
  • Screenshot and chat media cleaner
  • Live Photo conversion
  • Video and photo compression
  • On-device AI search
Features
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TidyByte is the fastest, most private way to clean up your iPhone photo library — and it's completely free. TidyByte runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo — and stays out of your way while it cleans. Tired of "Storage Almost Full"? TidyByte turns photo cleanup into something you'll actually finish. Swipe left to delete, swipe right to keep — review your whole library one photo at a time, just like a dating app, and reclaim gigabytes in minutes. Beyond swiping, TidyByte packs a full toolkit of smart cleanup tools that surface exactly what's wasting your space: exact and visual duplicates, near-identical similar shots, blurry or poorly-lit photos, screenshots, screen recordings, chat media saved by messaging apps, burst sequences, and your largest files. Convert Live Photos to stills and compress videos and photos to save even more — without deleting your memories. Your photos never leave your phone. TidyByte does 100% of its processing on-device using Apple's Vision and Photos frameworks, including a local AI search that finds photos from a plain-language description. There is no backend, no account or login, no ads, and no tracking of any kind. Nothing is uploaded, ever. TidyByte is free, with no in-app purchases and no paywalls. Every feature is available to everyone. Features: • Tinder-style swipe to review photos and videos — swipe to delete or keep • Duplicate finder — exact (SHA-256) and visually similar duplicates • Similar photos — group near-identical shots taken close together • Blurry photo detection — find out-of-focus and poorly-exposed shots • Screenshot cleaner — round up and clear screenshots • Screen recording cleaner — clear forgotten screen recordings, largest first • Chat media cleaner — review what WhatsApp, Telegram and other messengers saved • Burst cleaner — pick the best from burst sequences • Smart Categories — sort photos by content type, with on-device AI search in plain words • Large file finder — surface the biggest files in your library • Live Photo converter — turn Live Photos into stills to save space • Video compression — shrink videos while keeping them watchable • Photo compression — re-encode photos to reclaim space • Storage dashboard — see what's using your space at a glance • Activity & savings — track everything you've cleaned and total space freed • Home Screen widget and Siri shortcuts for one-tap cleanups • Optional cleanup reminders via local notifications Free up space. Keep your privacy. Clean with a swipe.

Screenshots

Contacts Cleaner4 screens
TidyByte4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TidyByte at Free against Contacts Cleaner's $0.99. Contacts Cleaner's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

TidyByte is free to download; Contacts Cleaner costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Contacts Cleaner versus TidyByte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts CleanerTidyByte
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZiad YassineSaksham Mittal

In-app purchases

None

Contacts Cleaner

No in-app purchases

None

TidyByte

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Cleaner free?
Contacts Cleaner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TidyByte free?
TidyByte is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Cleaner or TidyByte have ads?
Neither Contacts Cleaner nor TidyByte shows ads.

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