Is AI Cleaner a scam? What 3,576 reviews say

How often do reviewers call AI Cleaner a scam?

In 3,576 US and UK reviews, 4.6% use "scam", "fraud" or "rip-off". The average across the 17 cleaner apps we analysed is 1.9%, and AI Cleaner ranks 4th of 17, where 1st is the most accused. A broader match that also counts words such as "cheat" and "stealing money" flags 10.7% of its 1,781 1–2★ reviews.

Is AI Cleaner's pricing the problem?

AI Cleaner's listing shows App Store (US) in-app purchases from $6.99 to $34.99; Google Play (US) $4.99 to $79.99 per item, with ads. The weekly price reviewers quote most is £9.99.

Does AI Cleaner do what it says?

17% of unhappy reviewers say it does not work or does little, 6.1% report crashes or slowness, 1.5% say it deleted something they wanted and 0.8% say space never came back. On the positive side, 20.6% of its 1,564 4–5★ reviews say it works.

What exactly do AI Cleaner billing complaints say?

Across all 3,576 AI Cleaner reviews, including the happy ones, 18.9% mention a price, a charge, a refund or a subscription. Trouble cancelling is the most frequent story, which usually means people looked for a cancel button inside the app instead of in the store.

Do AI Cleaner reviewers in the US and UK see it differently?

The share of reviews using those words is 5.9% on the UK App Store, where billing is 50% of 1–2★ reviews, 3.6% on the US App Store, where billing is 41.4% of 1–2★ reviews and 4.6% on Google Play (US), where billing is 51% of 1–2★ reviews. Reviewers on the UK App Store are the most likely to use them.

How does AI Cleaner compare with similar apps?

• Cleanup: 4.6% of 3,789 reviews use scam words, billing is 51.5% of 1–2★ reviews, average 2.89 stars.
• Avast Cleanup: 1.2% of 2,863 reviews use scam words, billing is 31.8% of 1–2★ reviews, average 3.77 stars.
• Slidebox: 0.3% of 2,748 reviews use scam words, billing is 16.7% of 1–2★ reviews, average 3.99 stars.

AI Cleaner itself sits at 4.6%, 49.6% and 2.87 stars. It draws more of these accusations than most of its peers.

What reviewers say about AI Cleaner

• "The ad says it free, but once you download it you'll have to subscribe to try it.. classic bait & switch scam!!!" (1★, Google Play, US, Apr 2026)
• "false advertising. it's NOT free. it needs a credit card." (1★, Google Play, US, Jun 2026)
• "AI cleaner is one of the best cleaning products everyone can use and must for all their gadgets laptops, phones." (5★, Google Play, US, Apr 2026)

Verbatim; names removed; the last quote is from a 5★ review of AI Cleaner.

What do satisfied AI Cleaner users say?

43.7% of AI Cleaner's 3,576 reviews give 4 or 5 stars. 20.6% of those say it works, 6.5% of those say it is fast and 6.3% of those say it is easy to use. That positive group is smaller than the 49.8% who leave 1–2★, which is rare among the apps we track.