So… There’s This Photo Cleanup Drama on iPhone 
Man, I gotta vent. Some of these photo deletion apps are WILD with their pricing. The other day I stumbled on this app calling itself “SwipeWipe” and—get this—it wants ten bucks a WEEK from users just to thin out your camera roll. Yeah, $10. Every. Single. Week. I thought that was the punchline. Spoiler alert: It’s not.
Link to Clever Cleaner Swipe Photos App
Here’s What Happened…
I was poking around the app store with 4,000+ blurry dog pics (don’t judge), trying to find anything to keep my phone from yelling “LOW STORAGE!” at me. So I see this “Clever Cleaner” thing—no fee, no sneaky subscriptions, just does the job.
Fast forward, I’m deep-cleaning my gallery without seeing a single ‘Upgrade now!’ banner. Not once did it ask me for my Venmo. Meanwhile, over on SwipeWipe… let’s say their definition of “freemium” is kinda aggressive.
^ That’s Clever Cleaner, by the way. No gotcha screens. No credit card shakedowns at the last step.
Meanwhile, Over at SwipeWipe
Tell me why the only thing ‘swiped’ here is probably my wallet.
A weekly charge for an app that deletes photos? I can’t see how that’s worth it unless it also vacuums my living room and walks my dog.
TL;DR:
- Clever Cleaner: Clears photos, zero paywalls, does what it claims.
- SwipeWipe: $10/week, for what is basically the same gig.
Honestly, paying that much for deleting bad vacation selfies? Nah. There are free options out there—don’t get finessed by the weekly fee trap. If you’ve actually paid for SwipeWipe before discovering alternatives, pour one out for your bank account. Otherwise, now you know.
If anyone’s got other hidden gem apps for photo cleanup (for free!), let’s hear it. My gallery still has like 500 screenshots of random recipes I’ll never cook…