Comparison

Phone Cleaner vs Clean Up

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

Head to head
About

Phone Cleaner

This app helps you reclaim storage space on your device by identifying and removing unnecessary photos and videos. It offers features to find duplicates, similar images, blurred photos, and large or short video files, allowing you to review and delete them efficiently.

Highlights
  • Find duplicate photos
  • Detect similar photos
  • Identify blurred photos
  • Review screenshots
  • Find large videos
  • Fast local scanning
Features
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Your iPhone says "Storage Almost Full." Clean Now shows you exactly why — and clears it in minutes. Clean Now scans your camera roll and finds the photos and videos quietly eating your storage: duplicates, near-identical bursts, blurry shots, forgotten screenshots, and oversized videos. Every category tells you how many gigabytes you'd get back, before you delete a thing. SWIPE CLEAN Work through your library one photo at a time, organized month by month so it never feels endless. Swipe left to delete, right to keep. Your decisions are saved — photos you've kept never come back, and you can stop anytime and pick up exactly where you left off. WHAT CLEAN NOW FINDS - Duplicate photos — exact copies stored twice - Similar photos — burst shots and near-identical frames - Blurred photos — out-of-focus shots you'd never keep - Screenshots — receipts, memes, and directions you've long forgotten - Large videos — the biggest files on your phone - Short videos — accidental clips and quick recordings BEFORE ANYTHING IS DELETED - See exact file sizes for every category - Review everything you've selected - Confirm before a single photo is removed PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every scan runs entirely on your device. Your photos are never uploaded, never sent to a server, and never seen by anyone but you. Good to know: deleted photos move to Recently Deleted in the Photos app for 30 days. To recover the storage right away, empty that album. SUBSCRIPTION Clean Now requires an active subscription, and includes a 3-day free trial. Weekly $7.99 or Yearly $39.99. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://cleannowsupport.github.io/cleannow-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cleannowsupport.github.io/cleannow-legal/privacy.html

About

Clean Up

This app helps you reclaim storage space on your device by identifying and removing duplicate photos, large videos, and unnecessary files. It offers tools to manage your photo library, compress videos, and secure private media.

Highlights
  • Duplicate photo detection
  • Large photo and video identification
  • Video compression
  • Screenshot management
  • Secure folder for private media
  • Album management
  • Bin for deleted items
Features
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Clean up — Photo & Video Cleaner Your iPhone camera never stops. Burst shots, duplicate saves, screenshots you forgot about, videos from years ago — they pile up silently until your storage is full and your library feels like a mess. Clean up is built to fix that, feature by feature, at whatever pace works for you. Swipe to Review The fastest way to clear out your camera roll. Go through your library one photo at a time and swipe to keep, delete, or save to favorites. Your progress is saved automatically so you can pick up exactly where you left off. Duplicate Detection Clean up scans your library for exact duplicates and near-identical shots — burst sequences, edited copies, re-saved images — and groups them together. Review each group and keep only the best one. Large Photos A fast size scan surfaces your heaviest photos ranked from largest to smallest, so you get the biggest storage wins first without scrolling through thousands of images. Large Videos Videos are one of the biggest storage drains on any iPhone. Clean up finds and ranks large videos in your library so you can review, select, delete, or compress the ones you no longer need. Video Compression Shrink large videos directly inside the app. Choose your compression level, keep the original or replace it, and reclaim space without deleting anything. Screenshots Your native iOS Screenshots album, directly in the app. Browse saved receipts, instructions, and memes you captured and never needed again. Large Files Pick any folder from your Files app and Clean up will rank everything inside it by size — photos, videos, documents, and other files — so you know what is taking up space. Album Management Create new albums, rename existing ones, delete albums you no longer use, and add photos to any album without leaving the app. Browse your full album library with search, thumbnails, and item counts. Secure Folder Lock private photos behind Face ID or Touch ID. Photos in the secure folder are stored locally on your device and are never uploaded, synced, or shared. Favorites Save the photos that matter most with a single swipe. Your favorites are collected in one place so they are easy to find, share, or back up. Bin Deleted photos go to your bin first. Review what is there, restore anything you want back, or clear the bin when you are ready. Achievements Clean up tracks your progress over time — photos reviewed, space freed, sessions completed — and rewards milestones as you go. Built for Privacy Every scan, review, compression, and deletion happens on your device. Clean up does not upload your photos, does not require an account, and does not connect to any server for media cleanup. Your library is yours. Subscription Information Clean up may offer auto-renewable subscriptions that unlock premium features. Subscription plans, duration, and pricing are shown clearly on the purchase screen before confirmation. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account may be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://clean-up-site.lovable.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Phone Cleaner4 screens
Clean Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Clean Up at free with in-app purchases against Phone Cleaner's subscription. Clean Up also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Phone Cleaner's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Phone Cleaner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Clean Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Phone Cleaner against 5.0 for Clean Up. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone Cleaner ships an update every 4 days, Clean Up every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Phone Cleaner versus Clean Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone CleanerClean Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermarco Antonio TricaricoShant Harbedian

Customer experience

Phone Cleaner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clean Up

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Phone Cleaner

Subscriptions2
  • Clean Now Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Clean Now Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Clean Up

Subscriptions2
  • Gallery Weekly Premium3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Gallery Yearly Premium$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Phone Cleaner free?
Phone Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clean Up free?
Clean Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phone Cleaner or Clean Up?
Phone Cleaner and Clean Up are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Phone Cleaner or Clean Up have ads?
Neither Phone Cleaner nor Clean Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phone Cleaner or Clean Up?
Phone Cleaner ships an update every 4 days, and Clean Up every 3 months. Most recently, Phone Cleaner was updated on November 5, 2026 and Clean Up on November 5, 2026.

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