Comparison

Storage Cleaner vs Scan

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

Head to head
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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” untick whatever you want to keep. Favourites are never pre-selected. WHAT IT FINDS โ€ข Exact duplicates โ€” the same file saved twice, confirmed by reading both copies through โ€ข Burst runs โ€” grouped by the camera itself, so there is nothing to second-guess โ€ข Screenshots โ€” found by iOS, so the count is exact โ€ข Similar photos โ€” the same moment shot twice, compared entirely on your iPhone โ€ข Photos saved out of chat apps, listed by where they came from โ€ข Large videos โ€” 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 โ€ข App caches and "System Data" โ€” no app can read or delete another app's files โ€ข Emptying Recently Deleted โ€” only you can do that, in Photos โ€ข Making your iPhone faster or clearing its memory โ€” this app removes photos, nothing else โ€ข Finding every duplicate โ€” 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 โ€” 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/

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Scan

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A QR code tool for the things you want to open, keep and share. Scan brings QR scanning, code creation and recent history together in a clear, easy-to-use iPhone app. SCAN AND USE Point your camera at a QR code. Scan recognizes links, email addresses, phone numbers and plain text. Read the content, copy it, or open a web link. Viewing scanned results requires a Scan Pro subscription, including when opening scanned records from history. CREATE YOUR OWN CODES Turn a phone number, SMS or email into a QR code with a simple form. Create codes for Telegram, Viber, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, X, WhatsApp and Snapchat. SAVE AND SHARE Preview your generated QR code and its content. Copy the content, save the image to Photos, or share it with the iOS share sheet. QR creation, image saving and sharing are available without a subscription. KEEP RECENT CODES CLOSE Scan keeps up to 80 recent scanned and created records on your device. Duplicate content is combined, with the latest record first. Open a record again or clear your history when you choose. YOUR LANGUAGE Use Scan in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French or Spanish. Change the app language in Settings. SCAN PRO SUBSCRIPTIONS Scan Pro unlocks viewing scanned QR results. Choose an auto-renewing weekly or monthly subscription. Both plans offer a 3-day free trial to eligible subscribers. Trial eligibility is determined by Apple; each Apple Account can receive only one introductory offer per subscription group. After the trial, the selected plan renews weekly or monthly at the price shown before purchase. Prices may vary by country or region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation, or at the end of an eligible free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account will be charged for renewal within the 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings. To avoid being charged after a free trial, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Deleting the app does not cancel the subscription. Restore an existing subscription using Restore Purchases in the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.kdocs.cn/l/coPlYrsFTjny Terms of Use: https://www.kdocs.cn/l/cuFSMfKigQx3

Screenshots

Storage Cleaner4 screens
Scan4 screens

Verdict

The call

Storage Cleaner and Scan are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Storage Cleaner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Scan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Storage Cleaner versus Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorage CleanerScan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmine SaridoganPenglin Technology Co., Limited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Storage Cleaner

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

Scan

Subscriptions2
  • Scan Pro Weekly3 Days trial$29.997 Days
  • Scan Pro Monthly3 Days trial$39.991 Month

Questions

Is Storage Cleaner free?
Storage Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan free?
Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Storage Cleaner or Scan have ads?
Both Storage Cleaner and Scan show ads.

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