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Duplicate photo cleaner app.

Billing runs in 10 of the 10 apps here — nobody on this shelf has fixed it.

10 apps · 1,850 reviews held · 1,015 negative · 2026-08-24 snapshot

71/100 opportunity

6 of 6 factors · not advice
Nobody's fixed it10 of 10 apps100
How far above typical43.4% vs 32.1% typical35
How angrystar1.7 · 441 reviews85
People in the market307,263 ratings50
Room to enterleader holds 37% of ratings63
Willingness to pay9 of 10 charge · $4.99 entry90

Mostly solved: login & auth. 10 of 10 apps run below the store’s typical rate on it — while 10 of 10 still carry billing complaints.

How this is scored

Weighted mean of the sub-scores, weights re-normalized over whatever is computable (nobody's fixed it 25 · how far above typical 20 · how angry 15 · people in the market 15 · room to enter 15 · willingness to pay 10). Fixed anchors map each count to 0–100: breadth and willingness-to-pay are straight shares; the gap’s heat tops out at 4times the store’s typical rate; anger scores star3 as 0 and star1.5 as 100; reach runs 104 to 107ratings on a log scale; room to enter is one minus the leader’s share of shelf ratings. A factor that cannot be counted is dropped and named — never imputed. The site’s one composite (#115, owner decision 2026-08-15); cited industry benchmarks are never blended in.

5 gaps.

01

Billing — unfixed in 10 of 10 apps

elevated · 43.4% of this shelf’s 1,015 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide, at 1.73star average anger.

What they said · 441 reviews
  • Price judged too high for the value41 of 441
  • Trial converted without clear consent22 of 441
  • Cancellation blocked or broken13 of 441
“Seriously — App took over phone and wouldn’t even let me cancel”Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup · 1star · Jul 27, 2026
“So far, so good — If the title of my review is “So far, so good,” you may be asking why just two stars? Because I’ve only used it for one function before it asked me for a review. And! I didn’t find out until I was going to install it that there’s a WEEKLY charge! Yes, you read that correctly… weekly! And! There was no way clearly marked to back out. Very irritating and feels like trickery. Then,”Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup · 2star · Jul 26, 2026
“Would take away stars and give negative if I could. Worst developer ever. Zero response for support. — I’ve emailed multiple times about my subscription as well as various requests like asking for a pdf copy of the manual and never once have I received a response and yet I’m charged every week for an app I haven’t used once in the last 6+ months because I can’t figure things out or get any help.”Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App · 1star · Jul 26, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
43.4%
441 of 1,015
store-wide
32.1%
typical
breadth
100%
10 of 10 apps
02

Ads — unfixed in 10 of 10 apps

10.7% of this shelf’s 1,015 negative reviews, against 10.7% typical store-wide, at 2.51star average anger.

What they said · 109 reviews
“Broken ad — This keeps repeating itself and never let me get to the game . Please remove or fix”Cleanup App - Phone Cleaner · 1star · Jul 15, 2026
“So many ads — Tried to delete some videos and there’s an ad after every swipe. So annoying”Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App · 1star · Jul 9, 2026
“This app sucks — It’s terrible and there’s too many ads”Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup · 1star · Jul 8, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
10.7%
109 of 1,015
store-wide
10.7%
typical
breadth
100%
10 of 10 apps
03

Accuracy — unfixed in 10 of 10 apps

7.5% of this shelf’s 1,015 negative reviews, against 11.5% typical store-wide, at 1.54star average anger.

What they said · 76 reviews
“Waste — Doesn’t work for me.”Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup · 1star · Jul 27, 2026
“Useless — This app did nothing but show pretty pictures of cleaning it didn’t do… my memory didn’t move 1 MB”Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage · 1star · Jun 16, 2026
“The app is is a money hungry and terrible ads — This app doesn’t work properly and only deletes for an ad? One star for it its horrible and terrible”Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage · 1star · Jun 6, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
7.5%
76 of 1,015
store-wide
11.5%
typical
breadth
100%
10 of 10 apps
04

Performance — unfixed in 9 of 10 apps

9.7% of this shelf’s 1,015 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide, at 1.87star average anger.

What they said · 98 reviews
“It sucks — I downloaded it since my storage was full, and it made it slower, and I’m hoping so much that it didn’t steal my information because a long time ago, an app was just like this made by Cheetah mobile. I’m literally praying I didn’t get any malware because that would be the worst.”Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage · 1star · Jul 18, 2026
“Slow motion — This cleaner is slow and manual. It took almost the same Time as if I were doing it. It only went through some pictures and no videos. The spam in my emails were not removed. I have to determine which ones are spam’s and etc. 🙃👎🏻”Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage · 1star · Jul 1, 2026
“God this app sucks — From forcing a subscription to it literally not being able to delete anything without crashing. Don’t waste your time”Cleanup App - Phone Cleaner · 1star · Jun 29, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
9.7%
98 of 1,015
store-wide
16.9%
typical
breadth
90%
9 of 10 apps
05

Support — unfixed in 5 of 10 apps

3.5% of this shelf’s 1,015 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide, at 1.48star average anger.

What they said · 36 reviews
“Would take away stars and give negative if I could. Worst developer ever. Zero response for support. — I’ve emailed multiple times about my subscription as well as various requests like asking for a pdf copy of the manual and never once have I received a response and yet I’m charged every week for an app I haven’t used once in the last 6+ months because I can’t figure things out or get any help.”Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App · 1star · Jul 26, 2026
“Nobody responds for support emails — I’ve emailed multiple times about my subscription as well as various requests like asking for a pdf copy of the manual and never once have I received a response and yet I’m charged every week for an app I haven’t used once in the last 6+ months because I can’t figure things out or get any help. Don’t waste your time or money.”Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App · 1star · Jun 27, 2026
“Free Trial — The app literally won’t let me end my free trial. I try and click the buttons that will contact support and also the manage purchase ones in the apps settings but it won’t let me click them. 🙄🙄 Hopefully support will see this review and actually help me end my free trial before I have to pay for some bs scam.”Cleanup App - Phone Cleaner · 1star · Jun 19, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
3.5%
36 of 1,015
store-wide
9.2%
typical
breadth
50%
5 of 10 apps

Is there a market for a new duplicate photo cleaner app?

10 apps compete on this shelf, holding 1,850 App Store reviews — and the widest unfixed complaint, billing, runs in 10 of 10 of them at 43.4% of negative reviews against 32.1% typical. Those are counts, not a verdict — the page shows what is unfixed, not whether to build.

What do users complain about most in duplicate photo cleaner app?

1. Billing — in 10 of 10 apps, 43.4% of negative reviews; 2. Ads — in 10 of 10 apps, 10.7% of negative reviews; 3. Accuracy — in 10 of 10 apps, 7.5% of negative reviews; 4. Performance — in 9 of 10 apps, 9.7% of negative reviews; 5. Support — in 5 of 10 apps, 3.5% of negative reviews.

How many duplicate photo cleaner app reviews did App Imp count?

1,850 US App Store reviews across 10 apps, 1,015 of them negative — counted on the 2026-08-24 snapshot, never estimated.

Searched on the App Store.

Apple’s own suggestions for duplicate photo cleaner app terms, in their order.

clean up storage for iphone freeduplicate photo cleaner for iphoneduplicate photo cleaner for iphone freefree up storage freeai phone cleanupclean up storagefree up storagephoto cleaner

Searched, but no app on this shelf says it in its name.

Who’s in it

All 10 apps counted on this shelf · 2026-08-24.

App
Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage113,61847%5%9%9%
Phone Storage Cleaner: Free up73,13951%11%4%9%
Cleanup App - Phone Cleaner60,52357%17%3%11%
Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App16,41825%25%13%11%
Cleaner: AI Phone Cleanup Tool10,76942%9%8%4%
Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup9,62148%11%4%1%
Cleaner - Smart Cleanup8,37933%10%10%17%
Cleaner: Free Up Storage Guru8,08039%9%7%14%
Duplicate Cleaner App-Softices3,4065%5%9%18%
MAX Cleaner - Clean Up Photos3,31054%14%4%—

Each cell: that app’s share of its own negative reviews. Bold from 1.15 times the store’s typical rate for that complaint, and only where an app holds 20+ negative reviews. Click a column to sort.

What they charge, and what it costs them

Prices from Apple’s public pages; the share counts payment-mechanics language only.

AppMoney complaints
Cleanup App - Phone Cleaner$3.99–$49.99 · 8 tiers16.5% of 115
Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage$1.99–$59.99 · 10 tiers7.9% of 302
Cleaner: AI Phone Cleanup Tool$4.99–$59.99 · 10 tiers7.5% of 53
Cleaner: Free Up Storage Guru$2.99–$49.99 · 8 tiers6.8% of 44
Phone Storage Cleaner: Free up$4.99–$39.99 · 8 tiers5.8% of 139
Cleaner - Smart Cleanup$4.99–$14.99 · 4 tiers4% of 125
Cleaner ・Phone Storage Cleanup$5.99–$99.99 · 7 tiers3.3% of 90
Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App$1.99–$49.99 · 8 tiers3.1% of 97
MAX Cleaner - Clean Up Photos$4.99–$59.99 · 10 tiers0% of 28

What each one owns, where each is exposed

Cleaner Guru: Clean Up Storage

Owns. Massive reach (148,633 ratings), heavy ad spend, top-of-funnel awareness

Exposed. 80% negative; $7.99/week charges users who cancel same-day; billing and limits complaints dominate receipts

Cleaner Neat: Clean Up Storage

Owns. Broad feature set (contacts + photos), 113,649 ratings

Exposed. 87% negative — highest anger in niche; deletes non-duplicate contacts and entire albums; crashes on large libraries

Swipewipe: Photo Cleaner

Owns. Swipe UX, 85,376 ratings, IAP tiers up to $29.99

Exposed. 58% negative; 19-photo daily cap on free tier; unskippable onboarding intro added recently; charges after trial despite cancellation

Slidebox: Photo Cleaner App

Owns. Lowest negative rate (29%), album-sorting workflow, 16,346 ratings

Exposed. Recently removed multi-select and zoom; locked core features behind $20 paywall mid-project; unresponsive support

Phone Storage Cleaner: Free up

Owns. Low 26% negative rate, 73,126 ratings, IAP up to $39.99

Exposed. Core deletion gated behind payment with no meaningful free tier; users feel deceived

Duplicate Cleaner App-Softices

Owns. No IAP, 38% negative — cleanest billing record in set

Exposed. Low reach (3,408 ratings); no visible paid model suggests monetization not yet solved

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How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. A shelf rate is pooled across every app here; the store rate is the same count across 12,122 apps. A complaint is only called a gap when at least half the shelf carries it and at least 20 reviews are behind it — a problem concentrated in one app is that app’s bug.