Are free Registry Cleaners an Alternative?

What about those free registry cleaners?

There are a number of free tools out there which often have registry cleaner functionality. The majority (if not all) of the free "registry cleaners" were never intended to clean the registry. One of the most known free tools is actually a junk-file cleaner which helps for removing temporary files from the PC and to make more space on the computer.

We had several test runs on PCs where we examined how powerful those free tools are. We can without a doubt say that those free tools are no match for a professional registry cleaner like Registry Easy. The functionality of one pretty known so called "free registry cleaner" is limited to a very weak and mild scan of the registry. In our comparison scans it hardly found any errors, let alone fixed anything significant in the registry.

People think they got a good deal because it was advertised as "free registry cleaner". They let the software run and the free tool "detects" a handful of non significant problems in the registry and the people believe that their PC is now faster and many errors have been fixed.

Without mentioning a product name (it would not be fair!) we need to give the free product credit since it does a very good job with cleaning junk-files, like cookies, temporary files and freeing space on the hard drive. In fact, this was the main purpose of the tool and the registry cleaning feature merely added as an option.

But when it comes to the actual registry cleaning it just cannot compete due to such a mild scan which essentially does nothing for the registry. The PC user needs to decide whether he is willing to spend a few bucks on a real registry cleaner which is specialized in all matters of the registry. In our opinion a no brainer for every PC enthusiast: Spending hundreds (if not thousands) on hardware but then skimping on essential software which could significantly boost PC performance and stability? Doesn't really make a lot of sense...

Here the old principle applies: You get what you paid for. When it comes to computer software this is often not any different. I don't know about you, but when I chose hardware or software I usually do extensive research beforehand, because I want the best bang for the buck and certainly don't want to settle for less. This is one reason rather to go with a specialized and more powerful registry software and not a free tool which was never designed for such a purpose in the first place.

See our Registry Cleaner Review for more info.