Clear Cleaner vs Clever Cleaner
Disclosure: we make Clear Cleaner. Facts come from both apps’ US App Store pages, checked on .
Choose Clever Cleaner if you want to stay free within daily limits or prefer a one-time lifetime purchase. Choose Clear Cleaner if you need contacts and calendar cleanup or a Private Folder.
| Criterion | Clear CleanerCheese Quake LLC | Clever CleanerCleverFiles Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Weekly $2.99, monthly $6.99, yearly $19.99 | Weekly $6.99, lifetime $39.99 |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial | 3-day free trial on the weekly plan (per description) |
| What’s free | Scan, review and delete for free, with ads; video compression is free | “Free to download and use within generous daily limits” |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected | Data used to track you: identifiers |
| Rating (US) | 4.7 ★ · 29 ratings | 4.8 ★ · 84K ratings |
| Download size | 51 MB | 123.2 MB |
| Requires | iOS 15.0+ | iOS 16.0+ |
| Features (from each App Store description) | ||
| Duplicate & similar photos | Yes | Yes |
| “Best shot” suggestion | Yes | Yes |
| Large / similar videos | Yes | Yes |
| Video compression | Yes | Yes |
| Merge duplicate contacts | Yes | No |
| Old calendar events | Yes | No |
| Private / secret folder | Yes | No |
| Email cleanup | No | No |
| Swipe-to-review mode | No | Yes |
About Clever Cleaner: AI CleanUp App
Clever Cleaner by CleverFiles (makers of Disk Drill) is free to use within daily limits. It finds similar photos with a Best Shot mark, sorts videos by size, compresses media and has a swipe mode. Older reviews describe it as completely free; it now has a weekly plan and a lifetime purchase. See it on the App Store.
About Clear Cleaner
Clear Cleaner adds contacts merging, old calendar events and a Face ID–protected Private Folder, and has no lifetime option — subscriptions only. All features · Pricing.
Privacy labels
Clever Cleaner: Data used to track you: identifiers. 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.