Comparison

Clean Up vs Relay

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

Head to head
About

Clean Up

This utility app uses AI to identify and suggest deletion of duplicate or low-quality photos and videos, freeing up valuable device storage. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all data locally on your device. Easily manage your storage and keep only your best memories.

Highlights
  • AI-powered duplicate photo detection
  • Defective video identification
  • Manual review and selection
  • On-device data processing
  • User-friendly interface
  • Storage space optimization
Features
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Tired of your device running out of space? Then Cleanup App is the perfect tool for you. We use the latest AI algorithms to instantly help you free up storage on your device. Cleanup App identifies photos with defects, such as duplicates, blurriness, poor lighting, low resolution, or motion blur, and suggests them for deletion. You can manually review and manage the selection at any time to ensure you preserve the shots you want to keep. We do the same for videos, identifying and deleting those with defects like blurriness, poor lighting, low resolution, or unstable footage, helping you free up even more space. Our app was built with privacy in mind to fully protect your files. That is why our AI algorithms work entirely on your device. No information ever leaves your phone or is shared with anyone else. Cleanup App is a next generation storage cleaner built on advanced technology, designed with attention to detail to make the process as user-friendly as possible. * In order to use Cleanup App you need to purchase the annual, lifetime or weekly service. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and auto-renews at the same price unless disabled in iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your subscription can be managed in your iTunes Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy: https://cleanupapp.lilucat.com/legal/privacy Terms: https://cleanupapp.lilucat.com/legal/terms

About

Relay

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Get every text you wish to the place where you actually need it. Relay automatically forwards the iPhone messages that you choose to Telegram, WhatsApp, Email, Slack, and other destinations. One Apple Shortcut. Set up in 60 seconds. Runs forever. Advanced features like Quiet Hours, Duplicate Detection, Activity History, Approval, Smart Filters etc. makes Relay unique and powerful. REAL THINGS PEOPLE USE RELAY FOR Read OTPs on your laptop while your phone charges in another room. Get bank transaction alerts in Slack so your finance team sees them live. Forward delivery codes to WhatsApp so your partner can let the courier in when you are out. Mirror texts from a travel SIM to your primary chat when you are abroad. Share OTPs with a parent or partner who needs them across devices. Pipe verification codes into a private Telegram chat for searchable history. Send incoming SMS to your own webhook for automations like n8n, Make, or Zapier. Keep delivery, banking, and personal texts visible on your work computer without picking up the phone. WHERE YOU CAN FORWARD Telegram, with one tap pairing or your own bot WhatsApp, forwarding to a contact with one tap to confirm Email, any inbox: Gmail, Outlook, ProtonMail, custom domains Slack, post to any channel via webhook Discord, post to any channel via webhook Microsoft Teams, post via Power Automate flow Webhook, any URL for your own tooling Phone, forward to another iPhone via Shortcuts Free includes up to 3 destinations. Relay Pro unlocks unlimited - send the same text to multiple places at once. SMART ROUTING Decide where each kind of message goes. Bank alerts to email. OTPs to Telegram. Delivery codes to WhatsApp. Personal texts stay private. Filter by category, sender, or keyword. Combine criteria with AND inside a rule and OR across rules. QUIET HOURS Pause forwarding to specific destinations during specific hours. No 3am Slack pings. Day of week control. Overnight windows handled cleanly. LIGHT TRANSFORMS Customize how forwarded texts read at the destination. Add the sender as a prefix. Strip promotional footers. Remove bracketed prefixes so the message arrives clean. YOUR MESSAGES STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Every SMS, every routing rule, and every classification result lives on your iPhone. Relay never uploads your message content to our servers and never shares it with anyone except the destinations you choose. No account, no sign-in, no profile, no cloud sync of your messages. HOW IT WORKS For Relay to work properly, you have to configure an automation using Apple Shortcuts for the app to get access to new incoming SMS. Relay cannot directly access your text messages or messaging history. When the Shortcut automation runs, the message content and sender name pass through Relay, classify on device, and forward only to the destinations you have pre-configured. You can even set up a confirmation step before anything is forwarded. Setup takes 60 seconds. Runs forever. Never needs touching again. RELAY PRO Relay is free to use. For advanced use cases, you can opt for a paid subscription of Relay Pro, which unlocks unlimited forwarding, unlimited destinations, unlimited smart-filter rules, and your full activity history. Multiple subscription plans are available — weekly, monthly, and annual, with a free trial on the annual plan. Pricing is shown in your local currency at checkout. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://relaysms.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://relaysms.app/privacy

Screenshots

Clean Up4 screens
Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clean Up and Relay are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Relay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clean Up ships an update every 2 weeks, Relay weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clean Up versus Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClean UpRelay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLilucatNorth Studio

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Clean Up

Subscriptions2
  • Cleanup Pro3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Cleanup Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • CleanUp Pro$39.99
3 purchases

Relay

Subscriptions3
  • Relay Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Relay Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Relay Pro Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Clean Up free?
Clean Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Relay free?
Relay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clean Up or Relay have ads?
Both Clean Up and Relay show ads.
Which is updated more often, Clean Up or Relay?
Clean Up ships an update every 2 weeks, and Relay weekly. Most recently, Clean Up was updated on October 24, 2026 and Relay on October 9, 2026.

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