DustFox or Cleaner Kit?
Cleaner Kit is the second most rated storage cleaner in many countries. Here is how it compares with DustFox on price, privacy and what it cleans, from both App Store listings.
Short answer: Cleaner Kit and DustFox both find duplicates, blurry shots and big videos, and both say the analysis happens on the phone. They differ in price model and privacy. Cleaner Kit is billed weekly or annually after a free trial, and its App Privacy label is one of the broadest in the category. DustFox can be bought once or by the year, and its label lists only anonymous usage and purchase data, not linked to you.
Side by side
Prices and labels as shown on the US App Store on 30 September 2026. Prices differ by country and change often. Privacy labels are reported by each developer and are not verified by Apple.
| Cleaner Kit: Clean Up Storage | DustFox | |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Premium billed weekly or annually; Premium and Pro items from $4.99 to $6.99 in the list | Free download; Pro $19.99 once, or $9.99 a year |
| Free trial | Yes, all features with limited use | 3 days on the yearly plan; free allowance to try every method |
| Data used to track you | Purchases, Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Other Data | None |
| Data linked to you | Purchases, Location, User Content, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Other Data | None |
| Where photos are analysed | On the device, according to the listing | On the device |
| Duplicates and blurry photos | Yes | Yes |
| Video compression | Yes | Yes, HEVC at the same resolution and frame rate |
| Live Photo motion removal | Not in the listing | Yes |
| Images from WhatsApp and other chats | Not in the listing | Sent to You, by app and by month |
| Contacts, email, secret folder | Yes | No |
| Languages | 14 | 17 |
The price list is worth a look
Cleaner Kit’s listing shows several items with similar names, such as Premium, Pro and Premium under other product names, at different prices, and says they are billed weekly or annually. Before a trial ends, open Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions to see what you are about to pay and how often. DustFox has one Pro, bought once or by the year, and the free version shows what Pro would free on your own library before you pay.
What the labels mean in practice
A privacy label is the developer’s own summary of what the app collects. “Used to track you” means the data can be combined with data from other companies’ apps and websites for advertising. Cleaner Kit’s label includes Location and, linked to you, User Content. DustFox has no advertising or analytics SDK; its only third-party code is RevenueCat, which verifies Pro purchases. Apart from that, it sends only anonymous usage statistics, which can be turned off.
Where each one is the better fit
Choose Cleaner Kit if you want one app for contacts, email and a locked folder as well as photos. Choose DustFox if you want a photo and video cleaner that frees space without deleting, with Shrink Videos, Compressible Photos and Live Photos, that builds a plan for exactly the space you need, and that stays out of your data.
Questions
Is Cleaner Kit free?
It is free to download with a trial. Its App Store listing says Premium is billed weekly or annually, with several Premium items in the price list. Check the In-App Purchases section in your country before you start.
What does Cleaner Kit's privacy label say?
Its developer reports data used to track you, including Location, Identifiers and Usage Data, and data linked to you, including User Content. DustFox reports nothing used to track you and nothing linked to you, only anonymous usage and purchase data.
Does DustFox have a secret folder or contact cleaner?
No. DustFox works only on your photo and video library. Cleaner Kit also merges contacts, cleans email and has a Face ID folder.
