Whats Your Opinion - CCleaner vs WinUtilities

[Johnny b]

I haven't used a registry cleaner since Win 98se and it was a disaster waiting to happen even then.

I used to use Ccleaner to clean out files on a Win7 Home 64bit system until it broke an app.
I began comparing CC to the default Win7 cleaner and there wasn't much difference.
(note: This computer was only used offline)
So I don't use CC for Win 10 either. Default is good enough for me.

My Linux system, used for accessing the Internet, is a Live distro and only saves sessions as an option I seldom choose. So no issues of junk/old file buildup.

 

[crjdriver]

I use Glary Utilities its way less bloated then CCcleaner or Wise Care

It is hard to understand how you could say that. The glary file is four times larger than the wise disk cleaner file??? It would seem to be the other way around.

 

[SmartKitty]

wise care is crapware

 

[crjdriver]

As I said, when you compare the size of the files, it is hard to understand your statement.

wise care is crapware

Please post a link to substantiate this assertion.

 

[crjdriver]

Just to be sure, you are referring to this correct?
Wise Disk Cleaner - Free Disk Cleanup and Defrag Tool (wisecleaner.com)

 

[SmartKitty]

im taking about this Wise Care 365 - Stabilize, Secure and Speed Up Slow Windows PC/Laptop with One Click! (wisecleaner.com)

 

[crjdriver]

I still have not seen a link substantiating your post saying it is crapware. If it is your opinion, please state as such.

 

[SmartKitty]

Wise Care 365 – How to remove – Dedicated 2-viruses.com (2-viruses.com)
Glary Utilities Review: Free vs Pro Version [2019] (troublefixers.com)

 

[zebanovich]

I don't want to get in between of you 2 but cant resist to share my opinion for those applications which have various "gold awards" on their web page are so distracting, not because awards are bad or misleading but because it reminds me of "You win a lottery" and similar adds

Back to original question "CCleaner vs WinUtilities?"
Your main criterion when comparing software in this case should be frequency of updates because programmatic system cleanup requires frequent updates, as frequent as for AV updates.

Why? because millions of programs exist installed on many different flavors of Windows, that means a lot of software changes every now and then, therefore cleaners can get out of date very fast, in fact cleaner can never be 100% up to date, just like Anti Viruses.

 

[User55555555587]

I use the free version of Ccleaner, to just remove temp files, etc.

Yeah me too some payed software is really overpriced