Clear Cleaner vs CleanMy®Phone
Disclosure: we make Clear Cleaner. Facts come from both apps’ US App Store pages, checked on .
Choose CleanMy®Phone if you’re on iOS 17+ and like MacPaw’s apps, or want email cleanup and a swipe mode. Choose Clear Cleaner if your iPhone runs an older iOS, you want contacts merged with calendar cleanup, or you prefer a cheaper yearly plan.
| Criterion | Clear CleanerCheese Quake LLC | CleanMy®PhoneMacPaw Way Ltd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Weekly $2.99, monthly $6.99, yearly $19.99 | CleanMyPhone yearly $36.99, monthly $7.99 |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial | 3-day free trial on the yearly plan (per description) |
| What’s free | Scan, review and delete for free, with ads; video compression is free | Free download; full access with a subscription |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected | Data used to track you: identifiers, usage data |
| Rating (US) | 4.7 ★ · 29 ratings | 4.6 ★ · 23K ratings |
| Download size | 51 MB | 176.4 MB |
| Requires | iOS 15.0+ | iOS 17.0+ |
| Features (from each App Store description) | ||
| Duplicate & similar photos | Yes | Yes |
| “Best shot” suggestion | Yes | Not stated |
| Large / similar videos | Yes | Yes |
| Video compression | Yes | Yes |
| Merge duplicate contacts | Yes | Yes |
| Old calendar events | Yes | No |
| Private / secret folder | Yes | No |
| Email cleanup | No | Yes |
| Swipe-to-review mode | No | Yes |
About CleanMy®Phone: Cleanup Storage
CleanMy®Phone grew out of MacPaw’s Gemini Photos. It declutters duplicates, similar photos, screenshots and large videos, compresses videos, merges contacts and, in recent versions, adds Email Cleanup and Swipe Mode. See it on the App Store.
About Clear Cleaner
Clear Cleaner works on iOS 15 and later, adds old calendar events and a Private Folder, and suggests a best shot in every group of similar photos. All features · Pricing.
Privacy labels
CleanMy®Phone: Data used to track you: identifiers, usage data. Clear Cleaner: “Data Not Collected”. Labels are declared by developers and aren’t verified by Apple.
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Try Clear Cleaner
Clear Cleaner finds duplicates, similar shots and heavy videos across your iPhone and compresses the videos you keep. Nothing is deleted until you confirm.