Is Slidebox a scam? What 2,748 reviews say

How often do reviewers call Slidebox a scam?

In 2,748 US and UK reviews, 0.3% use "scam", "fraud" or "rip-off". The average across the 17 cleaner apps we analysed is 1.9%, and Slidebox ranks 15th of 17, where 1st is the most accused. A broader match that also counts words such as "cheat" and "stealing money" flags 1.2% of its 521 1–2★ reviews.

Is Slidebox's pricing the problem?

Slidebox's listing shows App Store (US) in-app purchases from $1.99 to $49.99; Google Play (US) $0.99 to $49.99 per item.

Does Slidebox do what it says?

15.2% of unhappy reviewers say it does not work or does little, 8.3% report crashes or slowness, 3.5% say it deleted something they wanted and 0.8% say space never came back. On the positive side, 37.7% of its 1,977 4–5★ reviews say it works.

What exactly do Slidebox billing complaints say?

Across all 2,748 Slidebox reviews, including the happy ones, 3.4% 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 Slidebox reviewers in the US and UK see it differently?

The share of reviews using those words is 0% on the UK App Store, where billing is 14.3% of 1–2★ reviews, 1% on the US App Store, where billing is 22% of 1–2★ reviews and 0.1% on Google Play (US), where billing is 15.5% of 1–2★ reviews. The stores are close on this.

How does Slidebox compare with similar apps?

• AVG Cleaner: 1% of 2,743 reviews use scam words, billing is 33.6% of 1–2★ reviews, average 3.72 stars.
• Phone Cleaner – Junk Files: 0.2% of 2,687 reviews use scam words, billing is 1.3% of 1–2★ reviews, average 4.15 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 itself sits at 0.3%, 16.7% and 3.99 stars. It draws fewer of these accusations than the typical cleaner in our data.

What reviewers say about Slidebox

• "You are scamming people, your app is useless. Reported and unsuscribed." (1★, Google Play, US, Mar 2026)
• "Recent updates force you to pay for a subscription in order to access older folders." (1★, Google Play, US, Aug 2024)
• "Amazing helped me clean a lot of photos but I think it missed some" (4★, Google Play, US, Jul 2024)

Verbatim; names removed; the last quote is from a 4★ review of Slidebox.

What do satisfied Slidebox users say?

71.9% of Slidebox's 2,748 reviews give 4 or 5 stars. 37.7% of those say it works, 30.5% of those say organising photos and 27% of those say it is easy to use. That outweighs the 19% who leave 1–2★, so the accusations come from a minority of reviewers.