Comparison

Whittle vs Rowid

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

Head to head
About

Whittle

This app helps you reclaim storage space on your iPhone by identifying and cleaning up large files, duplicate media, and unnecessary data. It offers tools to compress videos and photos, find unwanted items, and manage your storage efficiently without ads or scare tactics.

Highlights
  • Compress videos and photos
  • Find duplicate media
  • Identify blurry shots and screenshots
  • Trim videos and change codec
  • Convert Live Photos to stills
  • Swipe to clean large files
Features
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Whittle is an honest storage cleaner for iPhone. No fake junk numbers, no scareware, no ads, and nothing ever leaves your phone. See exactly what is using your space, then clear it with tools that show real before and after sizes: Compress videos in three levels, from a light trim to a deep shrink. Compress photos while keeping the date, place, and orientation. Find duplicate photos and videos, blurry shots, and old screenshots. Trim videos and change the video codec to HEVC to save even more. Convert Live Photos to still images. Swipe to clean and review your largest files at a glance. Anything you remove goes to Recently Deleted first, so you can undo it. Whittle is free to try, with 10 items per tool. Whittle Pro unlocks unlimited cleanup, monthly, yearly, or a one time lifetime purchase. No ads. No tricks. Just real space, back on your phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getwhittle.app/privacy

About

Rowid

Features
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Someone sends you a database. You are not at your desk. Rowid opens it on your phone — and tells you the truth about what is inside, including the parts other viewers quietly skip. WHAT IT OPENS SQLite databases (.sqlite, .db, .sqlite3), CSV and TSV, JSON and NDJSON, XML, YAML, Apple property lists and .strings, SQL dumps from MySQL and PostgreSQL, pg_dump custom-format archives, Apache Parquet, Apache Avro, and plain logs. Open them from Files, or send one to Rowid from Mail, Slack or any share sheet. IT DOES NOT LIE TO YOU Most viewers show you fewer rows and say nothing. Rowid says something. • A database shared without its write-ahead log is missing rows. Rowid names the missing file and warns you, because SQLite itself raises no error. • A corrupt page stops other tools dead. Rowid recovers the rows either side of the damage and tells you how many it could not reach. • NULL, an empty string and an empty BLOB are three different facts, drawn three different ways. • Core Data timestamps are seconds since 2001, not 1970. Printed raw they are wrong by 31 years — plausibly enough that nobody notices. Rowid decodes them. • A SQL dump that partly fails is reported statement by statement, with the reason for each. BUILT FOR BIG FILES A 2.8-million-row database opens in well under a second and pages instantly at any depth, because the row order is indexed once rather than re-sorted on every scroll. A 120 MB CSV is read by byte offset, so jumping to the last row is immediate. Nothing is loaded into memory that does not need to be. IT CANNOT CHANGE YOUR FILE Rowid copies your file into its own storage and reads the copy. While you browse it re-checks the original's size, modification date and content hash, and shows the result at the bottom of the screen — including when it could not check. IT WORKS IN AIRPLANE MODE Nothing is uploaded, because nothing can be: the app links no networking framework at all. No account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. FREE AND PAID Reading your files is free, at any size — opening, browsing, searching and sorting, in every format above. Rowid Pro adds the schema view, SQL queries, export as CSV/JSON/SQL/Markdown, and saved queries. One payment, or a subscription with a 3-day free trial. ELEVEN LANGUAGES English, 中文, हिन्दी, Español, العربية, Français, বাংলা, Português, Bahasa Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, اردو — with proper right-to-left layout, while the data grid and the SQL editor stay left-to-right where they belong. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Both subscriptions start with a 3-day free trial, which becomes a paid subscription automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. Rowid Pro Monthly — US$1.99/month. Rowid Pro Yearly — US$9.99/year. Both renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Rowid Pro Lifetime — US$24.99, a single payment that does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://htphuc1994.github.io/mathduel-site/rowid-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Whittle4 screens
Rowid4 screens

Verdict

The call

Whittle and Rowid are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Whittle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Rowid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Whittle versus Rowid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhittleRowid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam SloverPhuc Huynh

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Whittle

Subscriptions2
  • Whittle Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Whittle Pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Whittle Pro Lifetime$39.99
3 purchases

Rowid

Subscriptions2
  • Rowid Pro — Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Rowid Pro — Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rowid Pro — Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Whittle free?
Whittle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rowid free?
Rowid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Whittle or Rowid have ads?
Neither Whittle nor Rowid shows ads.

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