Comparison

AI Cleaner vs EmpiricCommander File Manager

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

Head to head
About

AI Cleaner

This app helps you reclaim storage space on your iPhone by identifying and removing duplicate photos, similar images, large files, and outdated contacts. Its intuitive interface allows for quick organization and efficient cleaning with just a few taps.

Highlights
  • Duplicate & Similar Photo Cleaner
  • Swipe to Clean Interface
  • Photo Compression
  • Contact Cleanup
  • Calendar Event Remover
  • Private Vault
Features
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AI Cleaner helps you free up storage space and organize your iPhone in seconds. Over time, your phone fills up with duplicate photos, similar images, oversized files, outdated contacts, and unnecessary calendar events. AI Cleaner scans your device and helps you remove clutter quickly with a simple, intuitive interface. Instead of manually scrolling through thousands of photos, AI Cleaner intelligently detects what’s taking up space and lets you clean your device in just a few taps. Key features include: • Duplicate & Similar Photo Cleaner AI Cleaner automatically finds duplicate and visually similar photos so you can keep the best shot and remove the rest. • Swipe to Clean Quickly review photos and swipe to delete or keep them. Cleaning your gallery becomes fast, simple, and efficient. • Photo Compression Reduce the size of large photos while maintaining visual quality. Free up valuable storage space without losing your memories. • Contact Cleanup Detect duplicate contacts, merge entries, and remove incomplete contacts to keep your address book organized. • Calendar Event Remover Find and remove outdated or unnecessary events that clutter your calendar. • Private Vault Securely store private photos and videos in a protected vault. Keep your personal content hidden and protected with an extra layer of privacy. Whether your storage is nearly full or you simply want a cleaner, more organized phone, AI Cleaner makes it easy to take back control of your space. Review clutter, remove what you don’t need, and keep your device running smoothly. Terms & Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

EmpiricCommander File Manager

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A real file manager for iPad - and for Mac and iPhone. Two panes side by side, drag between them, and move files where they belong without exporting or round-tripping through the Files app. PHOTOS OFF YOUR PHONE The Files app cannot see your photo library. EmpiricCommander can: browse your albums like folders and copy them to a USB-C drive, your NAS, SFTP, S3 - any destination, no account required. Originals are copied byte for byte with EXIF and location intact, a second run copies only what is new, and Free Up Space deletes a photo only after the copy has been read back and verified. THE WHOLE LOOP, NO MAC NEEDED Clone a repository over HTTPS or SSH, open a file in the built-in editor with syntax highlighting, stage your changes, commit, and push - on iPad and iPhone, without a separate terminal app. A commit log with a rendered branch and merge graph shows what happened, per-file diffs show exactly what changed, and merge conflicts are resolved in-app, per file. A REAL SSH TERMINAL An interactive shell to your server, from inside the file manager, on Mac, iPad and iPhone. iOS ships no ssh binary, so this is a full client implementation rather than a wrapper around a system tool. CONNECT TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE SMB network shares (your NAS, Mac, or Windows PC), SFTP with key authentication, S3 and S3-compatible storage, FTP, WebDAV, Azure Blob, Dropbox, and more - browsed, copied, and moved like local folders. Your connection list syncs across your devices through iCloud; passwords stay in the Keychain and are never uploaded. BUILT FOR REAL FILE WORK - Dual-pane on Mac and iPad, with a tab bar on iPhone. - Streaming transfers, including remote to remote, with progress that survives leaving the app. - Folder Sync in four modes, and Compare Folders with SHA-256 verification so you can prove a copy is byte-for-byte identical. - Batch rename with regex, numbering and dates, previewed before it runs. - Browse inside ZIP archives like folders; create ZIP and TAR/GZ; read password-protected archives. - Duplicate finder, disk-usage treemap, checksums, permissions editor. - Quick Look plus rich preview for CSV, JSON, Markdown, YAML, TOML and source code. - Full hardware-keyboard support on iPad: arrows, shift-selection, Tab, Esc, Return, Space. SHORTCUTS List, upload, download and sync folders on your saved servers from the Shortcuts app, without opening EmpiricCommander. Save a folder sync as a set and run it when the app launches or from a shortcut. ON-DEVICE AI Describe a batch rename in plain words, or summarize a document, using Apple Intelligence. It runs entirely on your device: no account, no API key, no per-use cost, and your filenames and file contents never leave the device. ONE PURCHASE, THREE PLATFORMS Buy once and use EmpiricCommander on your Mac, iPad and iPhone - one device of each type. Not a subscription. This major version and all of its updates are included. PRIVACY No tracking. Diagnostics are strictly opt-in.

Screenshots

AI Cleaner4 screens
EmpiricCommander File Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Cleaner at none against EmpiricCommander File Manager's 1. EmpiricCommander File Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. EmpiricCommander File Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Cleaner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Cleaner ships an update every 4 days, EmpiricCommander File Manager every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AI Cleaner versus EmpiricCommander File Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI CleanerEmpiricCommander File Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHbrothers L.L.C.Burlac Mihail

In-app purchases

None

AI Cleaner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

EmpiricCommander File Manager

One-time1
  • EmpiricCommander Pro$49.99

Questions

Is AI Cleaner free?
AI Cleaner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EmpiricCommander File Manager free?
EmpiricCommander File Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI Cleaner or EmpiricCommander File Manager have ads?
Neither AI Cleaner nor EmpiricCommander File Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI Cleaner or EmpiricCommander File Manager?
AI Cleaner ships an update every 4 days, and EmpiricCommander File Manager every 2 days. Most recently, AI Cleaner was updated on October 31, 2026 and EmpiricCommander File Manager on November 13, 2026.

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