Clever Cleaner – The Best Free iPhone Cleaner App!
Looking for a truly free iPhone cleaner app with no annoying ads and no mandatory subscription? Meet Clever Cleaner: generous free daily limits let you clean up your iPhone without paying a cent. From the creators of Disk Drill, the #1 Mac data recovery app.
In just a few taps, delete duplicate and similar photos, remove large videos, clear out old screenshots, convert Live Photos to still images, and free up space on your iPhone, all in one iPhone storage cleaning app.
WHY CHOOSE CLEVER CLEANER?
• All the main tools you need to free up iPhone storage quickly and easily.
• No need to go Premium: the free daily limits give you plenty of room for regular cleanups.
• No ads, pop-ups, or other distractions while you use our iPhone cleanup app.
Clever Cleaner can help:
DELETE DUPLICATE AND SIMILAR PHOTOS
Need an app to delete duplicate photos on iPhone? With a careful AI scan, Clever Cleaner finds duplicate and similar photos on iPhone, puts them into groups, and marks the Best Shot. Choose what to remove or select everything, and enjoy an organized photo library.
FIND LARGE VIDEOS
Clever Cleaner sorts videos by size, from largest to smallest, so you can quickly delete the biggest ones or compress videos you'd rather keep.
REMOVE UNNEEDED SCREENSHOTS
Clever Cleaner gathers your screenshots in one place and lets you sort them by newest, oldest, or largest. Delete screenshots you no longer need, or compress the ones you want to keep.
CONVERT LIVE PHOTOS TO STILL IMAGES
Don't need the video part of a Live Photo? Clever Cleaner converts it into a regular still photo that takes up less space. You can also delete Live Photos entirely.
COMPRESS YOUR MEDIA
Not ready to delete anything? Compress and free up iPhone space without giving your media up. Clever Cleaner works with videos, photos, screenshots, and Live Photos.
CLEAN UP WITH SWIPE
A good iPhone photo cleanup app should let you decide for yourself, so there's Swipe: go through photos, videos, screenshots, and Live Photos one by one. Swipe left to delete, right to keep. And Swipe has no daily limit.
REMOVE MEDIA JUNK IN ONE TAP
Tired of the "iPhone storage full" warning? You don't need a dozen tools, just one app to clean up iPhone storage. Smart Cleanup removes duplicate and similar photos while keeping the Best Shot, compresses screenshots, and deletes the live part from all photos on iPhone. Run one, two, or all three at once to get gigabytes of space back.
YOUR MEDIA STAYS PRIVATE
• Everything is processed locally: your photos and videos stay on your device.
• Add any photo or video to the Skip List to leave it out of cleanup.
• Deleted media goes to Recently Deleted in Photos, so you can review and restore it if needed.
WHY IS CLEVER CLEANER THE BEST FREE PHONE CLEANER APP FOR IPHONE?
• A rare combination of powerful cleanup tools and truly generous free daily limits.
• Lightweight and user-friendly, it's the perfect phone cleaner for iOS devices.
Whether you're trying to free up space, delete duplicate pictures, or clear your iPhone storage on a larger scale, Clever Cleaner is the best free camera roll cleaner for iPhone.
BEST CLEANER APP FOR IPAD
Clever Cleaner works seamlessly on iPad in compatibility mode, offering the same powerful features as on iPhone.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
Clever Cleaner is free to download and use within generous daily limits. To remove the limits, choose one of the Premium options: a weekly plan with a 3-day free trial, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Payment for the weekly plan will be charged to your Apple ID account at the end of the 3-day free trial unless the trial is canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
Privacy Policy: https://www.cleverfiles.com/help/clever-cleaner-privacy-policy.html
Terms of Use: https://www.cleverfiles.com/help/clever-cleaner-terms-of-service.html
I use this and the Slider (similar to swipe wipe but free) app as a way to actually make me go through my photos. This app has a swipe category option, but I just prefer Slider’s since I’ve been using it longer so I know how it works better. I’ve been using this app for a week or so now and my attention stays on this so much better than if I were to just try to go through my photos. This makes it a lot easier with clustering similar photos together and choosing which one looked best (I don’t always agree with it, but usually I do) to keep yourself on task and actually follow through. If I’m getting overwhelmed swiping through I turn here and in 5 minutes, I can have 800 photos deleted. This app has categories for “heavies”, “screenshots”, “similars”, and “lives”. All of them have slightly different options to delete photos so for someone who is bored easy you can transition between them. This app and the Slider app are both entirely free from what I have found. The Slider app has the occasional Ad that you can just swipe past, but that’s it and Clever I don’t think I have seen any ads on thus far. For ADHDers, I feel like this app is great and for someone who just gets overwhelmed by their gallery or gets bored going through it, I’d highly recommend. Even just for a timesaver, I’d try it. I think I have probably spent a total of 40 minutes or so on the app over the the last week or so I have had it and I’ve gotten rid of almost 5 GB worth of photos and videos
Perfect app - Exactly what I needed!
Autumn39
I love taking pictures and take them everywhere I go. In the hopes of getting the perfect picture for the event or place, I take many shots (so many shots). As a result, I have accumulated over 46,000 pictures on my iPhone, many very similar shots. As the number got larger, I got overwhelmed. I wanted to organize them, but where to start? I’ve been searching for an app to help for a long time. I wanted one that would make this easy and painless. This app DOES IT ALL!. It only took a few minutes for it to read and organize all of my photos. I could have chosen the “one swipe” option to clear it all out, but I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to be able to choose which to keep. This app makes that process so easy. I’m not dedicating extra time to this project. Instead, any time I would have picked up my phone to do some mindless scrolling, I open this app instead and start getting rid of extra photos. It also has tabs dedicated to videos, live, and screenshots (I had 9 GB of screenshots?! - what a waste). Again, you can choose a one-swipe clearance or control what goes. One of the best features is that this app really does pick the “best shot” at least 95% of the time, which is remarkable since everyone has their own opinion on which picture they like best. One other great thing about using this app is that using it reminds me of many great events and leaves me much happier than the time I would have wasted on mindless scrolling.
Developer Response
Wow, thank you so much for the amazing review! We're thrilled the app helped turn photo overload into a fun, feel-good experience. Love how you're swapping scrolling for meaningful decluttering—and reliving great memories along the way. Enjoy the space and the smiles! 📸✨
So far so Great - & A Suggestion
Chase-Da-Big-Red-Truck
I’m in the middle of my first cleanup with Clever Cleaner. My cleanup content spans years of photos I have taken, received, screenshot, downloaded etc. after my initial scan the app presented me with a review screen of photos it determined to be duplicates or similar to that were ready to be reviewed and removed. Many of the photos were years old I and I was scared that I might mistakenly delete photos that I wanted to keep especially in the “similar category”So building trust with this free app is essential for a user to feel comfortable to release control to Ai. Before I activated the bulk delete button I looked up application information that said my deleted photos would go into the deleted file and remain there for 30 days. I believe the number of days the files are recoverable depends on the individual user settings for the photo application. Suggestion: I would suggest that a prompt for setting up the 30 day window be part of the information on the splash screen before cleanup is activated. Even if it is already set up the user will be confident that the files/photos are recoverable and where/how to do it prior to the Ai cleanup being activated. This may be the longest I have spent on a review but this app deserves it since you are providing such an awesome tool free of charge. I love the Clever Cleaner App and many thanks to the development team.
Developer Response
Good to know the app has been useful. We’ve tried to make cleaning simple and straightforward. Always open to suggestions.
Absolutely Amazing
RobertaR7
This clearer not only is free to download but it’s free to use. Most clearers of unwanted folders and spam and things that are weighing your memory and space down say the are free. That’s not at all true. They are free to download but after that you always have to pay. This one is 100% true to its word. Free to download and free to use. And no annoying ads to watch for it to be free. It’s also the most straightforward and easy to understand. No complications to scratch your head and say (how in the heck does this work). Nope none of that. It’s also extremely fast. You also can manually check off what you want to delete. It doesn’t just delete everything so you can rest assured that if something important is on your phone that you absolutely want to keep then you can absolutely do that. Delete what you don’t want or need. Keep what you deem important and a must have. Let this app keep your phone free of junk while also making space for you too. It’s 100% a win win. Try the app yourself. I’m sure you will love it and have that peace of mind that you finally got an app that is honest.
Enhanced app performance and stability
Version 3.4
The developer, CleverFiles Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Identifiers
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
CleverFiles Inc.
Size
123 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.