CosmicCleaner vs Deflector ◇
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CosmicCleaner
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Cosmic Cleaner is a fast, friendly way to win back storage on your iPhone. A space-themed interface, on-device intelligence and zero ads. — FREE GIGABYTES IN MINUTES — Cosmic Cleaner scans your photo library and shows where your space is going: screenshots you forgot, large videos, old media you'll never open again, selfies, Live Photos and more. Tap a category, review the previews, select, hit Free. Done. — SMART CLEANUP TOOLS — • Similar Photos — finds near-duplicate shots with Apple's on-device Vision framework and recommends the sharpest one to keep. Delete the rest in one tap, with live progress. • Cosmic Sweep — swipe through your gallery: left to delete, right to keep. Review your picks before anything is removed. • Screenshot Smart (OCR) — reads your screenshots on-device and sorts them into Receipts & Payments, Chats, Memes, Articles & Web, Tickets & QR, Codes & Passwords and Other. Trash the noise, keep what matters. — CATEGORIES THAT ACTUALLY HELP — • Screenshots — captured from your screen, rarely revisited. • Large Videos — anything over 50 MB. • Large Photos — RAW, Pano, HDR over 5 MB. • Selfies — front-camera photos. • Live Photos — motion photos that quietly eat space. • Old Media — photos and videos older than 1 year. • All Videos — every clip in your library. — COSMIC SCORE & JOURNEY — Get a single space-health score for your device and follow your Cosmic Journey: total space freed, photos and videos cleaned, daily streaks and achievements you unlock along the way. — iCLOUD AWARE — LOCAL and iCLOUD badges on photos, plus a Photo Library card that shows how much of your library is stored on this iPhone and how much lives in iCloud — so you delete what actually takes up device space. — SAFE DELETION — Every deletion goes through iOS's own confirmation dialog, and removed items go to Recently Deleted in Photos, where you can recover them for 30 days. — PRIVACY FIRST — Your photos are scanned and analysed on your device and never leave it. No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. The app's only contact with our servers is a version check against cosmiccleaner.app, so it can tell you when an update is available; it sends no personal data. — DESIGNED FOR iOS 17+ — Built natively in SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad, in dark mode, with a deliberate cosmic aesthetic that makes cleanup feel like exploration. Reclaim space from the void. Download Cosmic Cleaner.
Deflector ◇
Create custom buttons for your iPhone's Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch to trigger any shortcut. On specific Japanese iPhones, utilize the Side Button for voice assistant shortcuts. Requires initial setup within the Shortcuts app.
- Dynamic Island shortcut buttons
- Lock Screen shortcut buttons
- Apple Watch shortcut buttons
- Voice assistant shortcuts (Japan)
- Shortcuts app integration
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With Deflector, you can add buttons to the Dynamic Island, Lock Screen and Apple Watch to run any shortcut. On supported iPhones in Japan, you can use your preferred voice assistant using shortcuts with the Side Button. To use Deflector, you need to set up an automation in the Shortcuts app. The automation is available within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Deflector ◇ at every 2 weeks against CosmicCleaner's every 6 months. CosmicCleaner's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CosmicCleaner ships an update every 6 months, Deflector ◇ every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | CosmicCleaner | Deflector ◇ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Degteari | Cizzuk Shihu |
In-app purchases
CosmicCleaner
No in-app purchases
Deflector ◇
No in-app purchases









