Slidebox vs Cleaner Kit: what 3,748 reviews say

Slidebox vs Cleaner Kit: the numbers side by side

Where do Slidebox and Cleaner Kit differ most?

• Cleaner Kit's unhappy reviewers mention billing, trials and cancelling roughly twice as often as Slidebox's: 44.7% against 16.7% of 1–2★ reviews.
• On a paywall before the app does anything useful, Cleaner Kit draws 13.2% of its 1–2★ reviews, while Slidebox draws 5.2%.
• On calling the app a scam or rip-off, Cleaner Kit draws 8.1% of its 1–2★ reviews, while Slidebox draws 1.2%.
• Cleaner Kit's unhappy reviewers mention an ad or listing that promised something else about 7 times as often as Slidebox's: 5.6% against 0.8% of 1–2★ reviews.
• Ads, pop-ups and pushy screens is a bigger issue for Cleaner Kit (10.2% of low ratings) than for Slidebox (6.9%).

Both are compared on iPhone, where both have enough reviews. Slidebox lets you swipe through photos one at a time to delete them or file them into albums, and compares similar shots side by side; Cleaner Kit detects duplicates, blurry shots and junk files, sorts photos by swiping and declutters email and contacts.

Are Slidebox and Cleaner Kit improving?

Slidebox went from 3.61 stars in 2025-Q3 to 3.44 in 2026-Q3, with billing at 27.3% of its latest 1–2★ reviews. Cleaner Kit went from 3.58 stars in 2025-Q4 to 4.15 in 2026-Q4, with billing at 20% of its latest 1–2★ reviews.

Where are Slidebox and Cleaner Kit alike?

Their reviewers agree on deleting photos or files the user wanted, slowness, crashes and bugs and having to review items one by one: on each, the two apps are within two points of each other (3.5% vs 2%; 8.3% vs 8.6%; 2.5% vs 4.1%). 13.5% of Slidebox's reviews are 1★ and 59.1% are 5★; for Cleaner Kit the split is 16.2% and 56.7%, so the share of very angry reviewers is similar.

What do happy users praise in each?

30.5% of Slidebox's 4–5★ reviews say organising photos, compared with 1.1% for Cleaner Kit. 37.7% of Slidebox's 4–5★ reviews say it works, compared with 19.8% for Cleaner Kit. 27% of Slidebox's 4–5★ reviews say it is easy to use, compared with 13.8% for Cleaner Kit.

Which is cheaper, Slidebox or Cleaner Kit?

Slidebox: App Store (US) in-app purchases from $1.99 to $49.99; Google Play (US) $0.99 to $49.99 per item. Cleaner Kit: App Store (US) in-app purchases from $4.99 to $9.99. Slidebox starts lower, at $0.99 against $4.99. Billing makes up 16.7% of Slidebox's 1–2★ reviews and 44.7% of Cleaner Kit's.

What reviewers say about Slidebox and Cleaner Kit

• Slidebox: "No one-time purchase option; app requires a subscription." (1★, Google Play, US, Jul 2026)
• Slidebox: "Not good that you have to pay, don’t understand why it can’t just be a free app" (2★, App Store, UK, Jul 2026)
• Cleaner Kit: "unuseful and I could not get refund" (5★, App Store, US, Sep 2026)
• Cleaner Kit: "now you cant use it without paying immediately" (3★, App Store, US, Sep 2026)

Picked from the billing, trials and cancelling and a paywall before the app does anything useful themes, where the two differ most.

Should you choose Slidebox or Cleaner Kit?

On ratings alone, the two are close on ratings, so choose on price and on which features you need. If billing, trials and cancelling is what worries you most, Slidebox has the better record on it.