Cleaner Neat vs Boost Cleaner: what 1,106 reviews say

Cleaner Neat vs Boost Cleaner: the numbers side by side

Where do Cleaner Neat and Boost Cleaner differ most?

• Cleaner Neat's unhappy reviewers mention calling the app a scam or rip-off more often as Boost Cleaner's: 13.2% against 8.3% of 1–2★ reviews.
• A paywall before the app does anything useful is a bigger issue for Cleaner Neat (18.5% of low ratings) than for Boost Cleaner (14.1%).
• On deleting photos or files the user wanted, Cleaner Neat draws 5.2% of its 1–2★ reviews, while Boost Cleaner draws 2.1%.
• On support that doesn't answer, Cleaner Neat draws 5.2% of its 1–2★ reviews, while Boost Cleaner draws 2.4%.
• Slowness, crashes and bugs is a bigger issue for Boost Cleaner (12.8% of low ratings) than for Cleaner Neat (10.3%).

Both are compared on iPhone. Cleaner Neat cleans up photos, videos and contacts and removes unwanted emails; Boost Cleaner finds duplicate photos, large files and messy contacts and says it processes everything on the device.

Are Cleaner Neat and Boost Cleaner improving?

Cleaner Neat has too few recent reviews per quarter to show a trend. Boost Cleaner has too few recent reviews per quarter to show a trend.

Where are Cleaner Neat and Boost Cleaner alike?

Their reviewers agree on billing, trials and cancelling, ads, pop-ups and pushy screens and an ad or listing that promised something else: on each, the two apps are within two points of each other (45.3% vs 47.2%; 6.6% vs 6.6%; 2.3% vs 2.8%). 61.8% of Cleaner Neat's reviews are 1★ and 23.7% are 5★; for Boost Cleaner the split is 56.9% and 33%, so the share of very angry reviewers is similar.

What do happy users praise in each?

8.9% of Cleaner Neat's 4–5★ reviews say it finds duplicates and similar shots, compared with 1.2% for Boost Cleaner. 11.9% of Cleaner Neat's 4–5★ reviews say it is fast, compared with 4.8% for Boost Cleaner. 31.5% of Boost Cleaner's 4–5★ reviews say it works, compared with 26.8% for Cleaner Neat.

Which is cheaper, Cleaner Neat or Boost Cleaner?

Cleaner Neat: App Store (US) in-app purchases from $1.99 to $59.99. Boost Cleaner: App Store (US) in-app purchases from $5.99 to $49.99. Cleaner Neat starts lower, at $1.99 against $5.99. Billing makes up 45.3% of Cleaner Neat's 1–2★ reviews and 47.2% of Boost Cleaner's.

What reviewers say about Cleaner Neat and Boost Cleaner

• Cleaner Neat: "Appears to be a scam to get one’s money didn’t free up much space ! Not worth it !" (1★, App Store, US, Jun 2025)
• Cleaner Neat: "Trying to sale you something why?????" (1★, App Store, US, Aug 2026)
• Boost Cleaner: "Rip off it does nothing unless you pay" (1★, App Store, US, May 2020)
• Boost Cleaner: "it's all about the freaking money" (1★, App Store, US, Sep 2023)

Picked from the calling the app a scam or rip-off and a paywall before the app does anything useful themes, where the two differ most.

Should you choose Cleaner Neat or Boost Cleaner?

On ratings alone, the two are close on ratings, so choose on price and on which features you need. If calling the app a scam or rip-off is what worries you most, Boost Cleaner has the better record on it.