RefreshMyPhone

Storage cleaner for iPhone and Android

Free up space on your phone. Keep the photos that matter.

RefreshMyPhone finds duplicate, similar and blurry photos, old screenshots and big videos, shows how much each clean-up would free, and removes nothing until you confirm. Everything is analysed on your phone.

How-to guides

On the App Store and Google Play (as Refresh: Photo & Video Cleanup). Free to scan; €9.99 a year unlocks every clean-up. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers: on Google Play now, and on the App Store from 16 November. For iPhone with iOS 17 or later, and Android 11 or later.

Nothing is removed until you say so

Analysed on your phoneYour photos are scanned on the phone itself. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and there are no adverts. The Android app has no internet access at all.
You review every clean-upEach one opens a review screen with what is selected and how much it would free, and you tap anything you want to keep. In duplicates and similar shots, the best photo of each group is marked to keep.
Favourites and recent photos are protectedAnything you have marked as a favourite, and anything from the last 14 days, is never selected for you. Both protections are on from the start, in Settings.
Your phone confirms, and you have 30 days to undoiOS or Android asks you to confirm before anything goes, and deleted photos and videos stay in Recently Deleted on iPhone, or the bin on Android, for 30 days.

The 30-second demoWatch it on YouTube →
What could be freed
Exact duplicates
Similar photos
Blurry photos
Large videos
Shrink videos
Swipe through a month
Smart Settings
Storage Guide

Duplicate and similar photos

Delete duplicate photos on your phone and keep the best shot

Exact duplicates are matched by their content, so a renamed or re-saved copy is still found.
Bursts and near-identical shots are grouped, with the best one suggested by sharpness, exposure, faces and favourites.
Keep as many as you like from each group, and compare them full screen with zoom.

How to find and delete duplicate photos and videos on iPhone →

Blurry photos and old screenshots

Clear out blurry photos and old screenshots

Out-of-focus and shaken shots are shown as suggestions; only clearly blurred ones are ever selected for you.
Old screenshots are grouped by month and filtered by age.
Or swipe through a month at a time: one photo, delete or keep.

How to find and delete blurry photos on iPhone →

Large videos

Find the videos taking up the most space, and shrink them

Your largest videos first, with a preview, size, resolution and length.
Compress them at one of three quality settings, with a size estimate before you start. It carries on when you leave the app, on Android and on iPhone with iOS 26.
On iPhone, or move them to iCloud Drive: the space is freed once iCloud confirms the upload. Copies keep the original's date, place, favourite and albums.

How to find large videos on iPhone and make them smaller →

Smart Settings and Storage Guide

Stop your phone filling up again

Smart Settings finds the settings that save space by themselves: on iPhone the camera format, video resolution, Live Photos, Optimise iPhone Storage and how long Messages keeps attachments; on Android the camera's picture format and video resolution.
Where your library can tell, it shows how much each one would have saved, and the steps to change it.
The Storage Guide explains the rest of your storage, apps, messages and chat apps, and system data, and where to act on each. Both are free. On Android it also finds the photos and videos WhatsApp, Telegram and other chat apps keep.

How to free up storage on your iPhone →

How-to guides

Free up space on your iPhone, step by step

How to do each clean-up in iOS itself, and where RefreshMyPhone saves you the work. They are written for iPhone, with one for chat apps on Android, and the Android app does the same jobs.

Try it

What a clean-up looks like

Two of the app's screens, with sample photos: what the numbers mean, and where you approve.

RefreshMyPhone: The home screen — The home screen

Could be freed: every clean-up added up, with nothing counted twice.
Each category says how much it would free, and how many photos or videos that is.
Review opens the list first. Nothing is removed from this screen.
The original, or your favourite, is kept in every group.
The copy that would go, with its size. Tap it to keep it as well.
Review all shows everything selected and the space it frees. Then your phone asks you to confirm.

What no phone app can do

iOS and Android both keep every app sealed off from the others, so no app on the App Store or Google Play, this one included, can clear another app's cache, remove "junk files", empty System Data, free memory or speed up your phone. Apps that claim to are describing something they cannot do. RefreshMyPhone works on what an app is allowed to reach, your photos, videos and the folders you choose, and tells you how to deal with the rest yourself. What System Data is, and what helps.

Price

The same on iPhone and Android. Free to download, scan and see what could be freed, and Smart Settings and the Storage Guide are free. A subscription of €9.99 a year unlocks every clean-up: deleting, compressing videos, Live Photos and motion photos, moving videos to iCloud Drive on iPhone, and swipe sessions. No adverts. It renews each year unless you cancel it before it renews: on iPhone in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions, at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and on Android in the Play Store under your profile → Payments and subscriptions → Subscriptions. Prices in other currencies vary by country.

Questions

How do I free up space on my phone?

Start with your phone's storage settings to see what is using it: on an iPhone, Settings → General → iPhone Storage; on Android, Settings → Storage, or Battery and device care → Storage on a Samsung. On most phones it is photos and videos. RefreshMyPhone finds the duplicates, similar shots, blurry photos, old screenshots and large videos among them, shows how much each clean-up would free, and removes nothing until you confirm.

Is RefreshMyPhone free?

Downloading it, scanning and seeing what could be freed are free, and so are Smart Settings and the Storage Guide. A subscription of €9.99 a year, the same on iPhone and Android, unlocks every clean-up: deleting, compressing videos, Live Photos and motion photos, moving videos to iCloud Drive on iPhone, and swipe sessions. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers: on Google Play now, and on the App Store from 16 November.

Does it upload my photos?

No. Your photos are analysed on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and there are no adverts. The Android app has no internet access at all.

Can I get back a photo I deleted?

Yes, for 30 days. On iPhone, deleted photos and videos go to Recently Deleted in the Photos app; on Android, to the bin your gallery app shows, such as the Recycle bin in Samsung Gallery. It is the same as deleting them yourself.

Can it clear System Data or other apps' caches?

No, and no app on the App Store or Google Play can: iOS and Android keep every app sealed off from the others. RefreshMyPhone works on what an app is allowed to reach, your photos, videos and the folders you choose, and its Storage Guide tells you how to deal with the rest yourself.

Which phones does it run on?

Any iPhone with iOS 17 or later, and Android phones with Android 11 or later.

Help and the small print

Support: ask a question or report a problem
Privacy policy for RefreshMyPhone on iPhone and Android
Terms of use: on iPhone, Apple's standard licence agreement for App Store apps; on Android, the Google Play Terms of Service

iPhone, iOS, iCloud and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., and Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC. WhatsApp and Telegram belong to their owners. RefreshMyPhone is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple, Google, WhatsApp or Telegram.