Comparison

ControlPad vs Camera Roll Cleaner

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

Head to head
About

ControlPad

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a versatile remote for your Mac. It functions as a trackpad, keyboard, and app-specific control surface, adapting automatically to the application you're using. Enjoy seamless control from anywhere in the room.

Highlights
  • Mac-like trackpad experience
  • Full iPhone/iPad keyboard input
  • App-adaptive controls
  • Three customizable layouts
  • Haptic feedback
  • Private, local network connection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a trackpad, keyboard and control surface for your Mac, one that automatically adapts to the app you're using. Control your Mac from the couch, across the room or right beside your desk. ControlPad connects directly to your Mac over your local network, with a trackpad tuned to feel like a MacBook's and controls that change as you switch apps. A TRACKPAD THAT FEELS LIKE YOUR MAC'S • Tap to click, two fingers to scroll, press and drag to move windows • Two-finger tap to right-click • Four-finger swipes for Mission Control, App Exposé and switching Spaces • Pointer speed tuned to match a MacBook trackpad, and adjustable to suit you TYPE WITH YOUR OWN KEYBOARD • Type on your Mac with the iPhone or iPad keyboard you already know, including autocorrect, dictation and emoji • Command, Option, Control and Shift, the arrow keys and Escape, always one tap away CONTROLS THAT FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING Switch apps on your Mac and ControlPad adapts automatically: tabs and navigation in Safari, replies in Mail, formatting in Notes, builds in Xcode, playback for music and video. More than 50 Mac apps have their own controls, and every other app still gets the essentials, like Undo, Copy, Paste and Find. THREE LAYOUTS • Input: the whole screen is your trackpad • Balanced: a trackpad and your app's controls, side by side • Controls: every command at a glance, beside your own keyboard and mouse Switch any time, on iPhone and iPad. MORE • Switch between the apps running on your Mac • Pair as many iPhones and iPads as you like; one controls your Mac at a time • Haptic feedback for clicks, drags, gestures and controls PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your devices talk directly to each other over your local network, with no cloud service in between • Pair once with a code shown on your Mac; the code is never sent over the network, and every connection is secure. • No account, no sign-up and no in-app analytics GETTING STARTED ControlPad works with ControlPad for Mac, a companion app you download from controlpad.tech. Open it on your Mac, allow Accessibility access when macOS asks (it's what lets ControlPad move the pointer and type for you), then open ControlPad on your iPhone or iPad on the same local network. Your Mac appears by itself; enter the code it shows and you're connected. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, and a Mac with macOS 26.6 or later on the same local network.

About

Camera Roll Cleaner

Features
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Free to swipe through everything. Delete 100 photos a day free. Go Pro for unlimited cleanup. Yesteroll turns tidying your camera roll into a deck of cards. Look at your photos one at a time, drag the keepers into an album or your Favorites, drag the rest into the trash tray, and relive old memories along the way. Nothing is deleted until you finish the deck and confirm, and deleted items go to Recently Deleted in the Photos app, where you can recover them for 30 days. NO ADS. NO SIGN-UP. YOUR PHOTOS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE. There are no ads in Yesteroll and there never will be. Your photos stay on your iPhone: they are never uploaded anywhere. SORT BY DRAGGING - Five slots sit at the bottom of the screen: three albums you choose, Favorites and the trash tray. - Drag a photo onto a slot to sort it. Swipe up to send it straight to the tray. - Swipe left or right to move between photos. Double-tap to favorite. - Pinch a photo to see everything you shot that day. - Got a burst or near-identical shots? Compare two to four side by side and keep the best one. PICK YOUR DECK The Photos tab opens with four decks: - Shuffle: a fresh deck of random photos, 20 at a time by default (choose 10, 20, 30, 50 or 100). Photos you saw recently stay out of the next deck. - Timeline: browse year by year, then review each month in batches. - Sweeps: clears out the clutter for you (see below). - On This Day: photos from the same date in past years. The Videos tab plays your videos full screen one by one, or shows a grid with the size and length of each video. LET YESTEROLL FIND THE CLUTTER Sweeps scans your library in the background and sorts what it finds into six groups: Similar, Duplicates, Screenshots, Blurry, Documents and Live Photos. Preview anything in a grid, tick what you want gone and delete it in one go. Live Photos can be made still: keep the main photo, drop the motion and save the space. SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Journal shows your streak, a calendar of the days you tidied and how much space you have freed. - An optional daily reminder tells you when your next deck is ready. - Light and dark themes, so it looks right day or night. FREE FOR EVERYONE. ONLY DELETES ARE LIMITED. Every feature is free: browsing, sorting, scanning, reviewing videos, On This Day and your stats. - Free plan: delete up to 100 photos a day and 5 videos in total (the 5 video deletes are a lifetime allowance, not daily). - Yesteroll Pro: unlimited photo and video deletes, so you can clear thousands of duplicates in one tap. PRO PRICING - US$4.99 per month or US$19.99 per year. Both start with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. - US$29.99 once for lifetime access. This is a one-time purchase with no free trial. - Already subscribed? What you have paid counts toward lifetime, so you only pay the difference. Once your payments reach US$25, lifetime unlocks by itself, with nothing more to pay. Remember to cancel your subscription afterwards. Prices are shown in US dollars here. The app shows the price for your country before you confirm. Subscription details: Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. PRIVACY Yesteroll works on the photos and videos on your iPhone. They are never uploaded. There is no ad tracking. Place names for photo locations are looked up with Apple's system services using coordinates only, and Pro is tied to an anonymous ID, not your name or email. Terms of Use: https://yesteroll.melailab.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yesteroll.melailab.com/privacy

Screenshots

ControlPad4 screens
Camera Roll Cleaner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ControlPad at none against Camera Roll Cleaner's 8. Camera Roll Cleaner's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Camera Roll Cleaner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ControlPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ControlPad versus Camera Roll Cleaner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlPadCamera Roll Cleaner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan BrydenDelai Ye

In-app purchases

None

ControlPad

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Camera Roll Cleaner

Subscriptions2
  • Pro: Unlimited Photo Cleanup3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro: Unlimited Photo Cleanup3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • Lifetime Upgrade$4.99
  • Lifetime Upgrade$9.99
  • Lifetime Upgrade$14.99
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  • Lifetime Upgrade$19.99
  • Lifetime Upgrade$24.99
  • Lifetime: Unlimited Cleanup$29.99

Questions

Is ControlPad free?
ControlPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Camera Roll Cleaner free?
Camera Roll Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ControlPad or Camera Roll Cleaner have ads?
Neither ControlPad nor Camera Roll Cleaner shows ads.

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