Helping you make an informed decision when choosing a registry cleaner.

These are the top performing registry cleaners as found by our research, testing and feedback:

Recommended #1 – Registry Easy

Overall Effectiveness Ease of Use Safety Support Value
Registry Easy holds the title of being the best registry cleaner on the market, according to our testing.We found it to be highly effective in detecting and repairing the registry errors on our test machine.

It has a very well-designed user-interface making it both easy for novices, and practical for experts.  We were also impressed by the many extra built-in capabilities, such as a Junk File Cleaner, Evidence Eraser, and others.  It is compatible with all Windows versions.

We highly recommend Registry Easy for improving your PC.

For more details read our Registry Easy Review

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Registry Cleaners that we also recommend:

#2 ErrorFix Review
#3 RegTool Review
#4 RegCure Review
#5 Registry Fix Review

The ones that didn’t make it:
RegSweep Review Error Nuker Review

How Our Registry Cleaner Ratings Work

  • Effectiveness

How effective is it at detecting and fixing registry errors?  With this test we manually introduced a set of common errors on our test PC so we could fairly compare how each product was able to deal with them.

How effective is it at optimizing performance? No matter how good the software is, it can not make your system run faster than it’s hardware limits.  But we want to get as close to that limit as possible.  We look for performance gains in start-up times, and typical computer usage like opening apps, switching apps, etc.

  • Ease of Use

The software should not require the user be a computer expert or need complex instructions.  We are looking for simple push-button solutions that are very easy to understand and use.  Features like “1-click” maintenance, scheduling, on-screen help, etc.

  • Safety

We all know the benefits of having backups but how many of us know how or bother to make them?  We are looking for the registry cleaners that take safety precautions for us.  The software should automatically create registry backups and possibly even system restore points before repairing.  It should also be easy to restore a backup, if desired.

It should be easy to see what the registry scanner is doing behind-the-scenes (“transparency”).  Clearly informing the user of exactly what errors where found, and what it will repair, before it does it.

  • Customer Support

Does the product offer in depth, easy to use customer service tools, can you communicate with a help desk or customer service group?

  • Value For Money

We understand that the companies deserve to be paid fairly for their products.  After all, a lot of hard work goes into supporting, researching, lab testing, and improving these tools. But we ask does the product live up to its promises? What extra and unique value does it deliver compared to others?

We are looking for additional capabilities beyond fixing registry errors.  Features such as Evidence Cleaners, Junk File Cleaners, Internet Connection Optimizers, Uninstall Managers, etc.

The software should also offer users a free registry scan, so they can check if they have any problems before buying anything.  A 100% satisfaction guarantee must also come with any purchase.

Our Ratings Ignore:

  • Speed of Registry Scan

Who cares about scan times? You would much rather have a utility do a thorough job, even if it takes a bit longer.  As long as you can keep using your computer and the software is effective you probably don’t care whether it takes 2:34 mins or 3:44 mins.

  • Number of Errors Reported

Each brand of registry cleaner categorizes and counts errors in different ways. For example, an invalid registry entry might contain 4 different values.  One cleaner might report that as “1 error”, while another cleaner could report it as “4 errors”.  Because of such differences we can’t use the reported number for any meaningful judgement.