Comparison

OpenIntent vs Nixly

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

Head to head
About

OpenIntent

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OpenIntent turns the usual tap-to-open action into an automatic opening flow you personally arrange first. The app still opens normally, but the opening experience now starts with the steps you designed. How it works - Choose the apps you want to protect and put them into groups - Add "custom pre-unlock logic" and "Unlock and Open App" to a Shortcut - Add the Shortcut to your Home Screen - Open the app by tapping the Home Screen Shortcut; your custom logic runs first - In Shortcuts automation, set this rule: when the app closes, "Lock" Privacy and product truth - No collection, no tracking, fully local, no network access - App selection is handled by Apple Screen Time; OpenIntent does not know or understand your specific choices - No account required to get started

About

Nixly

Features
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Your photo library is quietly eating your storage. Nixly finds what's actually reclaimable and shows you the real gigabytes you can free, with none of the fake "boost" tricks other cleaners use. Nixly is the honest photo cleaner. Everything runs 100% on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. WHAT NIXLY FINDS - Exact duplicates: true byte-for-byte copies - Similar shots: bursts and near-identical photos, kept separate so counts are never inflated - Screenshots: the ones you never look at again - Large videos: the real storage hogs SWIPE TO CLEAN Flick through your camera roll: keep the best, clear the rest. Nixly pre-picks the highest-quality shot in each group so you never lose the good one. SHRINK VIDEOS, KEEP MEMORIES Re-encode storage-hogging videos to a smaller size on-device and reclaim real space. RADICALLY HONEST Deleting photos moves them to your Recently Deleted album for 30 days, so storage isn't truly freed until you empty it. Nixly tells you this clearly and shows you exactly where the space really goes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No tracking. Nothing is ever uploaded. FREE TO START Scan your whole library and see everything for free, including a set of free deletions. Upgrade to Nixly Pro for unlimited cleaning, video shrinking, Smart Clean, and unlimited swipe-to-clean. Nixly Pro subscription options: - Weekly, with a 3-day free trial - Yearly (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nixly-app.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

OpenIntent3 screens
Nixly4 screens

Verdict

The call

OpenIntent and Nixly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

OpenIntent ships an update every 2 weeks, Nixly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OpenIntent versus Nixly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenIntentNixly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhaochen RenLevin David Schwab

In-app purchases

None

OpenIntent

No in-app purchases

None

Nixly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenIntent free?
OpenIntent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nixly free?
Nixly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenIntent or Nixly have ads?
Neither OpenIntent nor Nixly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenIntent or Nixly?
OpenIntent ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nixly every 9 days. Most recently, OpenIntent was updated on October 1, 2026 and Nixly on October 11, 2026.

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