Phone Swipe Media: Cleaner

Clever Cleaner alternative for iPhone (2026): Phone Swipe Media, Cleanup and Slidebox compared

If you want free duplicate cleanup, compression and Live Photo conversion with no ads, Clever Cleaner is hard to beat; people look elsewhere mainly because a paywall or trial at launch clashed with the free claim, and because similar photos were treated as duplicates. Phone Swipe Media is an alternative if you would rather decide on every photo yourself, with no automatic cleanup and a delete queue you check first, but it has no compression or Live Photo tools and a smaller free plan.

Published 2026-11-01

Compare the approaches

Clever Cleaner alternative for iPhone (2026): Phone Swipe Media, Cleanup and Slidebox compared
Approach	Useful for	Limit or tradeoff
Clever Cleaner: AI CleanUp App	Per its App Store listing on 1 November 2026: AI groups of duplicate and similar photos with the Best Shot marked, large videos sorted by size, screenshot cleanup, Live Photo to still, photo and video compression, one-tap Smart Cleanup and a Swipe mode with no daily limit. No ads. Rated 4.78 from 84,531 ratings.	Weekly with Trial $6.99 or Lifetime $39.99 (the description also mentions a yearly plan, with no price row); the other tools have free daily limits. Some reviewers felt the free claim was misleading because a paywall or trial appears at launch, and some say similar photos were treated as duplicates.
Phone Swipe Media	Per its App Store listing on 1 November 2026 (version 1.6.0): swipe right to keep, left to queue and up for Later; month-by-month review; collections for screenshots, screen recordings, long videos and possible duplicates with a side-by-side compare; a delete queue you preview, rescue from or Revert all before iOS confirms. No ads and no weekly plan.	100 media reviews free in total, with no daily reset; then Plus Monthly $2.99 or Plus Lifetime $24.99. No album sorting, compression or Live Photo conversion. 1 rating so far.
Cleanup: Phone Storage Cleaner	Per its App Store listing on 1 November 2026: duplicate and similar photo and video detection with the best one marked, video compression, an email cleaner, contact merge, a Secret Space vault and a final review screen before deletion. Rated 4.65 from 751,265 ratings.	Pro 1 Week $5.95-$11.99 or Pro 1 Year $29.99 on the store page, with a 7-day free trial. Reviewers say cleaning needs a subscription and complain about weekly charges after the trial.
Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App	Per its App Store listing on 1 November 2026: swipe to delete, one-tap sorting into albums, compare similar photos, favorites, undo and an iPad version. Its privacy label shows only Data Not Linked to You. Rated 4.81 from 16,694 ratings.	The description gives monthly $4.99, annual $49.99 or a one-time unlock; the store page also lists 1 Week $1.99 or $2.99, 1 Year $19.99 or $29.99 and Lifetime $29.99 or $49.99. Reviewers report ads every few swipes and that older years now need payment.

Feature matrix

Clever Cleaner and Phone Swipe Media side by side: US App Store listings checked 1 November 2026
Feature	Clever Cleaner	Phone Swipe Media
Approach	Toolbox: AI duplicate groups with Best Shot, one-tap Smart Cleanup, plus a Swipe mode	Manual swipe review: keep, queue or Later, month by month
Free use	Free daily limits; the listing says Swipe has no daily limit	100 media reviews in total, no daily reset
Paid plans (US)	Weekly with Trial $6.99; Lifetime $39.99	Plus Monthly $2.99 or Plus Lifetime $24.99; no weekly or yearly plan
Ads	None, per the listing	None
Duplicates and similar photos	AI groups duplicates and similar photos and marks the Best Shot; Smart Cleanup can keep the Best Shot and remove the rest	Possible duplicates collection with a side-by-side compare; suggestions only, never deleted automatically
Large videos and screenshots	Videos sorted by size; screenshots sorted by newest, oldest or largest	Long videos, screen recordings and screenshots collections; sort by newest or largest estimated size
Compression and Live Photos	Compresses photos and videos; converts Live Photos to stills	No
Check before deleting	You choose what to remove; some reviewers report deletion without confirmation	Delete queue with preview, rescue and Revert all, then the iOS confirmation
App Privacy label	Includes Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You and Data Not Linked to You	Data Linked to You only: device ID, product interaction, email address, customer support content, crash and other diagnostic data; no tracking section
US rating	4.78 from 84,531 ratings	5.0 from 1 rating
Requires	iOS 16.0	iOS or iPadOS 16.4

Prices are the US store page's in-app purchase rows on 1 November 2026; several rows for one app are separate price points. "Not listed" means we did not find it on the App Store listing; it does not prove the app lacks it. "Not checked" means we did not verify it. "Reviewers" means US App Store reviews, which may not match your experience.

Why people look for a Clever Cleaner alternative

Most Clever Cleaner reviews we read are positive: people praise that it is free with no ads, that it suggests but leaves the final decision to them, that months are marked as Reviewed and that it frees a lot of storage. The complaints are that the free claim felt misleading because a paywall or trial appears at launch, that similar photos were treated as duplicates, reports of photos being duplicated or deleted without confirmation, charges after cancelling a trial, and no instructions for beginners.

What Clever Cleaner does better

Clever Cleaner is a broader tool. It groups duplicate and similar photos with AI and marks the Best Shot, sorts large videos by size, compresses photos and videos, converts Live Photos to stills and runs a one-tap Smart Cleanup. Its free daily limits, and a Swipe mode with no daily limit per its listing, give more free use than Phone Swipe Media's 100 media reviews in total. Phone Swipe Media has none of the compression or conversion tools.

What changes with Phone Swipe Media

Phone Swipe Media never deletes anything on its own. Every item gets your keep, queue or Later decision; possible duplicates are only suggestions you compare side by side; and the delete queue lets you preview, rescue or Revert all before iOS asks you to confirm. It has no ads and no weekly plan: Plus Monthly is $2.99 and Plus Lifetime $24.99, against Clever Cleaner's $6.99 weekly plan and $39.99 lifetime. Its privacy label has no Data Used to Track You section; Clever Cleaner's does.

How we checked

Mister Business Enterprises LLC makes Phone Swipe Media, so this is a publisher-written comparison, not an independent test or ranking. Every competitor fact is per its US App Store listing on 1 November 2026: the iTunes lookup, the store page's in-app purchase rows and its App Privacy label. Reviewer statements come from 2,372 US App Store reviews we read from Apple's review feeds on the same day (at most 8 pages per app); counts are keyword matches, not a representative sample. We did not test the competitor apps hands-on. Prices are US prices and can change.

Which one to choose

Stay with Clever Cleaner if you want automatic duplicate groups, compression and Live Photo conversion, and its free daily limits cover your needs.
Choose Phone Swipe Media if you want to decide on every photo and video yourself, with a delete queue you check first and no weekly plan or ads.
Choose Cleanup if you also want email cleaning, contact merging and a private vault, and you accept a weekly subscription after a 7-day trial.
Choose Slidebox if sorting photos into albums matters more to you than duplicate tools.

Availability and languages

Phone Swipe Media: Cleaner is on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and requires iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or later. Its App Store listing names 44 app languages; a translated guide does not prove the app is offered in your country. Competitor prices and limits are US facts from 1 November 2026. Check your local App Store.

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Questions and answers

Is Clever Cleaner free?

Per its App Store listing on 1 November 2026, Clever Cleaner is free with generous daily limits, no ads, and a Swipe mode with no daily limit. Paid options are Weekly with Trial at $6.99 and Lifetime at $39.99. Some reviewers say a paywall or trial appears when the app opens.

Does Phone Swipe Media delete duplicates automatically?

No. Its possible duplicates are suggestions you inspect and compare side by side. Nothing is removed until you confirm the delete queue and iOS asks once more.

Can Phone Swipe Media compress videos or convert Live Photos?

No. It helps you find long videos, screen recordings and the largest items and decide what to delete. For compression or Live Photo conversion, Clever Cleaner or Cleanup offer those tools.

Which is cheaper, Clever Cleaner or Phone Swipe Media?

For free use, Clever Cleaner gives more. Paid, Phone Swipe Media Plus costs $2.99 a month or $24.99 once in the US; Clever Cleaner costs $6.99 a week or $39.99 once.