Comparison

Smart Cleaner vs Storage Cleaner

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

Head to head
About

Smart Cleaner

This utility app helps free up device storage by identifying and removing duplicate photos, unnecessary files, and large videos. It offers smart photo analysis and clear storage insights to optimize device performance and organization.

Highlights
  • Duplicate photo removal
  • Large video deletion
  • Unnecessary file cleanup
  • Smart photo analysis
  • Storage usage insights
  • Performance optimization
Features
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Smart Cleaner: Clear Storage is your all-in-one solution to free up space, organize your device, and keep everything running smoothly. Designed for speed, simplicity, and efficiency, it helps you take control of your storage in just a few taps. Over time, your device fills up with duplicate photos, unnecessary files, and unused content that quietly takes up valuable space. Smart Cleaner scans your device intelligently to identify what you don’t need, so you can clean smarter, not harder. Powerful Cleaning Tools Quickly remove duplicate photos, similar images, large videos, and unnecessary files. Advanced algorithms help detect clutter while keeping your important data safe. Smart Photo Analysis Sort through your gallery effortlessly. Find blurred shots, screenshots, duplicates, and similar images in seconds, making it easy to decide what stays and what goes. Storage Insights Understand what’s taking up space on your device. Get a clear overview of your storage usage and identify the biggest space-wasters instantly. Fast & Efficient No complicated steps. No technical skills needed. Clean your device in just a few taps with a smooth and intuitive experience. Safe & Secure Your privacy matters. All scans are performed locally on your device, ensuring your personal data stays protected at all times. Optimize Performance Freeing up space doesn’t just give you more storage, it helps your device run faster and more efficiently. Why choose Smart Cleaner? - Easy-to-use interface - Intelligent cleaning suggestions - Fast scanning and results - Safe file management - Designed for everyday use Whether your storage is almost full or you just want to stay organized, Smart Cleaner: Clear Storage makes it simple to keep your device clean, optimized, and running at its best. Download now and enjoy a lighter, faster, and more organized device. Terms of service: https://sites.google.com/view/smartcleanerclearstorage/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/smartcleanerclearstorage/privacy-policy

About

Storage Cleaner

Features
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FreeUp finds the photos and videos you can actually get rid of: byte-identical duplicates, burst runs, near-identical shots of the same moment, screenshots, and the videos eating most of your space. It cleans your photo library, and only your photo library. It cannot delete app caches, "System Data", or another app's files, because iOS does not let any app do that — and anything that says otherwise is not doing what it claims. It also tells you the part every cleaner leaves out: deleting photos moves them to Recently Deleted, where iOS keeps them for 30 days. Nothing is freed until you empty that album yourself. FreeUp takes you there, then measures your free space before and after and reports the real difference. SCANNING AND REVIEWING ARE FREE, AND 5 DELETES A DAY Finding your duplicates, bursts and screenshots is free, and so is reviewing them. The free plan then deletes 5 photos a day. No advert to watch, and nothing held back — the counter sits on the home screen and under the delete button. Pro removes the daily limit. NOTHING IS EVER DELETED FOR YOU Exact duplicates are confirmed byte-for-byte before FreeUp calls them identical, and look-alikes are only ever a suggestion. Each group arrives with the best shot badged and protected and the rest ticked, so a hundred photos take one tap — untick whatever you want to keep. Favourites are never pre-selected. WHAT IT FINDS • Exact duplicates — the same file saved twice, confirmed by reading both copies through • Burst runs — grouped by the camera itself, so there is nothing to second-guess • Screenshots — found by iOS, so the count is exact • Similar photos — the same moment shot twice, compared entirely on your iPhone • Photos saved out of chat apps, listed by where they came from • Large videos — sorted by real size, with compression that keeps the date and place HONEST ABOUT SIZES iOS publishes a size for a video but not for a photo. So FreeUp counts photos exactly, measures video sizes exactly, and measures the bytes of anything you choose right before you confirm. No number here is a guess, and it says when something could not be measured rather than printing a figure it does not have. PHOTOS THAT LIVE IN iCLOUD If "Optimize iPhone Storage" is on, some originals are in iCloud and only a small copy is on the phone. Deleting those frees iCloud storage rather than iPhone storage, and FreeUp says which is which instead of folding them into one total. WHAT THIS APP CANNOT DO • App caches and "System Data" — no app can read or delete another app's files • Emptying Recently Deleted — only you can do that, in Photos • Making your iPhone faster or clearing its memory — this app removes photos, nothing else • Finding every duplicate — a copy whose date was stripped cannot be matched, and the app says so PRIVACY No account, no sign-up. Your photos stay on this iPhone — nothing in your library is uploaded or shared. Two things go out: the App Store subscription check and, if you allow it, which advert brought you here. Never a photo. FREEUP PRO Pro removes the 5-a-day delete limit and adds the work that costs something to do: similar-photo comparison across your whole library, the breakdown of photos saved from chat apps, and video compression with a real before-and-after size. What you sorted stays sorted at the limit. Subscriptions: $7.99 per week with a 7-day free trial, or $29.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in Settings on your device after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smart Cleaner4 screens
Storage Cleaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Smart Cleaner at none against Storage Cleaner's shown. Storage Cleaner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Smart Cleaner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Storage Cleaner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Cleaner ships an update weekly, Storage Cleaner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Smart Cleaner versus Storage Cleaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart CleanerStorage Cleaner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKuba NowakEmine Saridogan

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Smart Cleaner

Subscriptions3
  • smartCleanerWeeklyTrial7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • smartCleanerMonthly$19.991 Month
One-time1
  • smartCleanerLifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Storage Cleaner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Smart Cleaner free?
Smart Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Storage Cleaner free?
Storage Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart Cleaner or Storage Cleaner have ads?
Storage Cleaner shows ads; Smart Cleaner does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Cleaner or Storage Cleaner?
Smart Cleaner ships an update weekly, and Storage Cleaner every 2 days. Most recently, Smart Cleaner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Storage Cleaner on October 20, 2026.

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