Looking for a Cleaner Guru alternative?

Public-listing comparison, checked October 27, 2026. Published by the Smart Cleaner team; not a detection or performance benchmark.

Choose by task, not a promise of recovered space

Cleaner Guru advertises similar-photo cleanup, video compression and contact merging. Smart Cleaner offers photo and video review, PhotoSwipe and compression. For a photo-only task, first check Apple Photos’ Duplicates collection. These overlapping capabilities do not prove that one app detects more items or saves more storage.

What to try in Smart Cleaner

Review a small group of similar photos, keep the versions you prefer, and inspect the proposed selection. PhotoSwipe provides another way to review photos one at a time. For a large video, create and inspect a smaller copy before deciding what to do with the original. A web tool cannot scan your entire Photos library.

Check the offer before switching

Both commercial apps offer in-app purchases. Confirm the price, billing period, trial end and feature limits on your own purchase screen; offers can vary by country and time. Installing another cleaner does not cancel an existing subscription. Manage that subscription through your Apple account.

How we made this comparison

This is a publisher-written comparison by the Smart Cleaner team, based on the linked public listings checked October 27, 2026. It is not a head-to-head detection, privacy or performance test. Cleaner Guru’s on-device processing statement is its own claim, not our independent audit. Start with a few nonessential items before any larger cleanup.

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