Comparison

VideoSweep vs TidyByte

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

Head to head
About

VideoSweep

Features
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VideoSweep helps you quickly find and clean up large, long, or duplicate videos in your photo library. The app shows your videos in a clear list with thumbnails, duration, capture date, and detected file size. You can sort by size, length, or date, apply useful filters, and select multiple videos at once. This makes it easy to spot the clips that take up the most storage, such as long screen recordings, large 4K videos, or accidental recordings. Selected videos are deleted through the secure iOS system confirmation and first go to "Recently Deleted" in the Photos app. From there, you can restore them if needed or remove them permanently to free up storage. VideoSweep works locally on your device. There are no user accounts, no cloud analysis, no ads, and no tracking. Features - Sort videos by file size, duration, or date - Quickly find large and long videos - Show possible duplicates - Select and delete multiple videos - View video details and preview playback - Supports limited photo library access - Local analysis without server upload - No ads, no tracking, no user accounts

About

TidyByte

This app offers a fast and private way to clean your photo library. It uses a swipe-based interface and smart tools to identify duplicates, blurry shots, screenshots, and more, freeing up significant storage space on your device.

Highlights
  • Swipe to delete/keep photos
  • Duplicate photo finder
  • Blurry and similar photo detection
  • Screenshot and chat media cleaner
  • Live Photo conversion
  • Video and photo compression
  • On-device AI search
Features
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TidyByte is the fastest, most private way to clean up your iPhone photo library — and it's completely free. TidyByte runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo — and stays out of your way while it cleans. Tired of "Storage Almost Full"? TidyByte turns photo cleanup into something you'll actually finish. Swipe left to delete, swipe right to keep — review your whole library one photo at a time, just like a dating app, and reclaim gigabytes in minutes. Beyond swiping, TidyByte packs a full toolkit of smart cleanup tools that surface exactly what's wasting your space: exact and visual duplicates, near-identical similar shots, blurry or poorly-lit photos, screenshots, screen recordings, chat media saved by messaging apps, burst sequences, and your largest files. Convert Live Photos to stills and compress videos and photos to save even more — without deleting your memories. Your photos never leave your phone. TidyByte does 100% of its processing on-device using Apple's Vision and Photos frameworks, including a local AI search that finds photos from a plain-language description. There is no backend, no account or login, no ads, and no tracking of any kind. Nothing is uploaded, ever. TidyByte is free, with no in-app purchases and no paywalls. Every feature is available to everyone. Features: • Tinder-style swipe to review photos and videos — swipe to delete or keep • Duplicate finder — exact (SHA-256) and visually similar duplicates • Similar photos — group near-identical shots taken close together • Blurry photo detection — find out-of-focus and poorly-exposed shots • Screenshot cleaner — round up and clear screenshots • Screen recording cleaner — clear forgotten screen recordings, largest first • Chat media cleaner — review what WhatsApp, Telegram and other messengers saved • Burst cleaner — pick the best from burst sequences • Smart Categories — sort photos by content type, with on-device AI search in plain words • Large file finder — surface the biggest files in your library • Live Photo converter — turn Live Photos into stills to save space • Video compression — shrink videos while keeping them watchable • Photo compression — re-encode photos to reclaim space • Storage dashboard — see what's using your space at a glance • Activity & savings — track everything you've cleaned and total space freed • Home Screen widget and Siri shortcuts for one-tap cleanups • Optional cleanup reminders via local notifications Free up space. Keep your privacy. Clean with a swipe.

Screenshots

VideoSweep4 screens
TidyByte4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VideoSweep at daily against TidyByte's every 10 days. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VideoSweep ships an update daily, TidyByte every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
VideoSweep versus TidyByte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideoSweepTidyByte
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJörg BleymehlSaksham Mittal

In-app purchases

None

VideoSweep

No in-app purchases

None

TidyByte

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VideoSweep free?
VideoSweep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TidyByte free?
TidyByte is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VideoSweep or TidyByte have ads?
Neither VideoSweep nor TidyByte shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VideoSweep or TidyByte?
VideoSweep ships an update daily, and TidyByte every 10 days. Most recently, VideoSweep was updated on October 10, 2026 and TidyByte on October 31, 2026.

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