Comparison

AutoFXD vs Clean Now:Clean Up Storage

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

Head to head
About

AutoFXD

This app allows automotive enthusiasts to create and share DIY repair and modification guides. Users can easily document their projects with photos, voice-overs, and step-by-step instructions, building a community knowledge base for various vehicles.

Highlights
  • Create step-by-step DIY guides
  • Add photos and voice-overs
  • Share automotive tips
  • Browse community guides
  • Knowledge base for cars, trucks, and motorbikes
  • Intuitive guide-making interface
Features
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AutoFXD is a free iOS app that serves as a tool for automobile DIYers to write and share their do-it-yourself tips on anything automotive. A knowledge base for every car, truck, jeep or motorbike enthusiast, the guides in AutoFXD are written with easy to follow instructions, illustrative images, and helpful voice-overs. Join AutoFXD’s community and share your how-to guides today! How does it work? If you have a knack for changing paint on your car, or maybe installing new mirrors on your 4WD, and you feel like sharing it to the world, then AutoFXD is the best tool for you! Using AutoFXD’s intuitive, step-by-step guide making interface, you can capture photos of your tools, parts, vehicle, and share them using slideshows guided by your own voice. Whether you want to create a guide or browse guides, AutoFXD makes it easy for you!

About

Clean Now:Clean Up Storage

This app helps free up iPhone storage by identifying and deleting duplicate or similar photos and videos. It also offers features to clean up contacts, compress videos, and securely store private files.

Highlights
  • Delete duplicate photos
  • Clean similar photos and videos
  • Contact cleanup and merging
  • Secret storage for private files
  • Video compression
  • Smart scan cleanup
Features
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Do you often encounter the problem of insufficient iPhone storage space? Clean Now, the Swiss Army Knife of mobile phone cleaning, says goodbye to the cluttered and bloated content of your mobile phone, and welcomes a lightning-fast experience! [Quickly organize the album and optimize the mobile phone space] Swipe left - delete unnecessary photos/duplicates Swipe right - keep your most important memories You will be surprised to find that there are so many useless photos in the album! [Smart Cleaner, Quick Scan Cleanup] Optimize performance: Clear unnecessary files to make your device run smoothly, just like a new one. Free up space: Reclaim valuable storage space and make room for new applications, photos and memories. [Delete confirmation, safe use] Final review right: You have the final review right over your album, and all deletion operations will be confirmed by you. Security Cleanup: It can run locally (offline) on your phone without the need for internet connection, and no one can abuse your photos. Main functions: [Delete duplicate photos] Just one click, instantly find and clean up all duplicate photos to free up your storage space. [Clean up similar photos and videos] No need for manual comparison, intelligently identify similar photos or videos, automatically recommend and retain the best results, and help you easily manage your albums. [Contact Cleanup] Automatically identify and merge duplicate contact information in your address book, making your address book neater. [Protect files with secret storage] Protect privacy and save personal photos and videos in private folders that only you can access. [Video Compression] Freely select the compression ratio, and one-click operation can complete the compression, saving space and ensuring quality and quantity. [About Subscription] Users can subscribe to the advanced features of Clean Now and access all features without restrictions. Users can choose a free trial to experience product features. The subscription price can be billed weekly, monthly, or annually, and the fee will be calculated according to the rate selected by the user. Clean Now adopts an automatic renewal mode. If the user needs to cancel the subscription, the renewal must be turned off 24 hours before the end of the current cycle. Users can turn off and cancel subscriptions and trials in their iTunes account. It will automatically renew after the free trial ends. If you need to turn it off, please cancel it manually. Privacy Policy: https://www.lightningcleaner.com/user_agreement.html User Agreement: https://www.lightningcleaner.com/user_agreement.html Contact Us: shandianqingli@gmail.com

Screenshots

AutoFXD4 screens
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clean Now:Clean Up Storage at 74% against AutoFXD's 0%. Clean Now:Clean Up Storage also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (9.7K vs 3). AutoFXD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 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. Clean Now:Clean Up Storage sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 3 months. AutoFXD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clean Now:Clean Up Storage holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clean Now:Clean Up Storage has 9.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of AutoFXD's written reviews are positive against 74% of Clean Now:Clean Up Storage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AutoFXD ships an update monthly, Clean Now:Clean Up Storage weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
AutoFXD versus Clean Now:Clean Up Storage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutoFXDClean Now:Clean Up Storage
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.4 (9.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39.7K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarParts.com, Inc.APPADIX COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

AutoFXD

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Clean Now:Clean Up Storage

All ratings9,686 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews485 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative19.8%

Bugs and requests

AutoFXD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Clean Now:Clean Up Storage

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes or crashes
  • Inability to cancel/unsubscribe
  • Deleting important files

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to selectively delete files
  • Improved duplicate detection
  • Virus/malware removal capabilities

In-app purchases

None

AutoFXD

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Clean Now:Clean Up Storage

Subscriptions7
  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Quarter3 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Week3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • introductory offers for week7 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Weak$9.997 Days
  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Lightning Cleaner 1 Year$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lightning Cleaner Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is AutoFXD free?
AutoFXD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clean Now:Clean Up Storage free?
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AutoFXD or Clean Now:Clean Up Storage?
Clean Now:Clean Up Storage is rated higher. AutoFXD averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Clean Now:Clean Up Storage averages 4.4 from 9.7K ratings.
Do AutoFXD or Clean Now:Clean Up Storage have ads?
Neither AutoFXD nor Clean Now:Clean Up Storage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AutoFXD or Clean Now:Clean Up Storage?
AutoFXD ships an update monthly, and Clean Now:Clean Up Storage weekly. Most recently, AutoFXD was updated on November 1, 2026 and Clean Now:Clean Up Storage on November 9, 2026.

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