Phone Cleaner
Free Android cleaner with AI scan, app manager and file browser
Phone cleaner app picks for Android
This page lists five phone cleaner apps for Android, all free to install. The order follows Google Play install counts first, then the Google Play rating as a tiebreaker inside each install bracket. Phone Cleaner, AVG Cleaner and CCleaner each show over 100 million installs, so ratings of 4.8, 4.6 and 4.5 decide their positions. Avast Cleanup follows with over 50 million installs, and Cleanup closes the list with over 10 million.
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The five share more than the ranking suggests. Every one is free to download, shows ads and sells in-app purchases. None is ad-free, and none earns our top tier, so the list does not single out a flawless choice. What differs is the main job each app puts first: junk removal, file management, preinstalled app cleanup or photo and video cleanup.
Apps in this category
AVG Cleaner
Free Android cleaner that finds duplicate photos and heavy apps to free space
CCleaner
Piriform's storage cleaner with photo compression and app impact checks
Avast Cleanup
Android junk cleaner with app analyzer and photo compression, free with ads
Cleanup
Cleanup finds duplicate photos and compresses videos on Android 11+
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Top 5 picks
Phone Cleaner
Brain Trust's Phone Cleaner has the highest Google Play rating here, 4.8, with over 100 million installs. It combines a junk cleaner, an AI-based finder for large files and folders, an app manager for big installed apps and a file manager. Version 1.0.106 was updated on October 29, 2026. It contains ads and in-app purchases.
AVG Cleaner
AVG Mobile's AVG Cleaner holds a 4.6 rating on Google Play and over 100 million installs. Its distinct feature is removing updates from preinstalled apps to restore factory versions and save space. It also removes junk and unwanted photos and videos, shows system info on one screen and includes a file manager. Version 26.16.1 dates from September 3, 2026. Ads and in-app purchases are present.
CCleaner
CCleaner is made by Piriform. It clears junk, download folders, browser history, clipboard content and leftover data, analyzes storage and can uninstall several unwanted apps at once. Version 26.16.1 was updated on September 2, 2026. It is free, with ads and in-app purchases.
Avast Cleanup
Avast Cleanup, published by Avast Software, focuses on storage cleaning: junk files, browser history, download folders and leftover data, plus a storage analysis and bulk uninstalling of apps. Version 26.16.1 dates from September 3, 2026. It is free, with ads and in-app purchases.
Cleanup
Cleanup by Codeway Technologies has a 4.4 rating, the lowest of the five here. It covers junk removal, duplicate photo cleanup and memory and storage optimization, and its description also mentions video compression. Version 1.4.8 was updated on October 27, 2026. Ads and in-app purchases apply.
Questions and answers
How is this list ordered?
Apps are sorted by Google Play install count first. Within the same bracket, the Google Play rating decides. That puts Phone Cleaner at 4.8 ahead of AVG Cleaner at 4.6 and CCleaner at 4.5, with Avast Cleanup and Cleanup below because of lower install counts.
Are any of these phone cleaner apps free of ads?
None of them is ad-free. All five are free to download, but each one contains ads and in-app purchases. No app on the list reaches our top tier.
Do these apps clean the same things?
Only partly. Phone Cleaner adds an app manager and a file manager, AVG Cleaner can replace preinstalled app updates with factory versions, and CCleaner and Avast Cleanup list browser history and download folders. Cleanup focuses on duplicate photos and memory optimization.
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Best-of lists
Because all five show ads and sell in-app purchases, expect upgrade prompts whichever you pick. AVG Cleaner, CCleaner and Avast Cleanup all carry version 26.16.1 and list similar cleaning tools, such as junk removal and bulk app uninstalling. Comparing their feature lists first avoids installing overlapping apps. If photos and videos are what fill your storage, Cleanup is the one whose listing centers on that. If you want file browsing in the same app, Phone Cleaner includes a file manager, as does AVG Cleaner.