15 Top Freeware Registry Cleaners Reviewed

It is generally believed that cleaning registry speeds up your pc. I have directly experienced, that it does sometimes, after many install and uninstall of programs.

Most of the people generally are always on a lookout for a good computer maintenance utility. And if it is free then it is most loved. In search of free registry cleaners, I ended up trying about 15 or more products. So I just thought of sharing my experiences with you. Your encouraging comments are most welcome.

1. Software Title: MV RegClean 5
Size: 1.36mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4.5 star
Publisher: Marcos Velasco Security
Download Link:http://www.velasco.com.br/mvregclean_en_informations.php
Verdict: The most thorough registry checker. It may find 800 or more errors first time and later also generally may find more errors than others. It is most aggressive.

2. Software Title: Argente - Registry Cleaner 1.4.3.3
Size: 1.98 mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 4.5 star
Publisher: Argente Software
Download Link:http://argentesoftware.blogspot.com/
Verdict: Almost same as above. It found more than 800 errors in registry after all other software had already cleaned the registry. Very thorough!


3. Software Title: Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 1.8 build 20080301
Size: 908.03k
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Eusing Software
Download Link:http://www.eusing.com/
Verdict: A very thorough registry scanner finds good number of registry problems and also cleans the shortcuts others miss.


4. Software Title: Pointstone Registry Cleaner™ 2.00
Size: 1.51mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Pointstone
Download Link: http://www.pointstone.com/download/
Verdict: Finds many unwanted registry entries, even more than Registry Mechanic and are generally safe to remove.


5. Software Title: Registry Distiller 1.03
Size: 609.84k
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Codeode
Download Link: http://www.codeode.com/registrydistiller/index.html
Verdict: A very good and very lite registry cleaner finds a very good number of registry entries to clean and reduces the registry errors as reflected in other programs such as Registry Mechanic. It Leaves you, with a feeling of very cool software.



6. Software Title: Abexo Free Registry Cleaner 1.1
Size: 717.3k
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Abexo
Download Link:http://www.abexo.com/
Verdict: A good thorough registry scanner and cleaner


7. Software Title: AML Free Registry Cleaner 4.9
Size: 2.43mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: AMLTools
Download Link:http://www.amltools.com/
Verdict: A Very basic GUI, but finds a large number of unwanted registry entries. It has other features also like cleaning of temporary files, uninstall startup and process manager but only cleaner that too only tmp files is good one.


8. Software Title: Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.8.6
Size: 6.24mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: IObit
Download Link:http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html?Str=download
Verdict: Very good utility, Removes spyware, adware, tracking cookies, junk files and cleans registry detects good nearly same number as registry mechanic. But as compared to above registry cleaners finds less entries.


9. Software Title: Glary Utilities 2.6.1
Size: 6.32mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4.5 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: GlaryUtilities
Download Link:http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Verdict: A Very good free overall utility to posses. Find duplicate files, encrypt your files, split large files, optimize memory, file deletion, and Empty Folder finder. But as a registry cleaner it is between average to above average.


10. Software Title: CCleaner 2.11
Size: 2.79mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3 star
Publisher: CCleaner
Download Link:http://www.ccleaner.com/
Verdict: A good overall utility very lite and good for file cleanup. As a Registry cleaner it is only average.


11. Software Title: Tweaknow RegCleaner Standard 3.0.1
Size: 1.02 mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 2 star
Publisher: Tweak Now
Download Link:http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
Verdict: Listed as the best registry clean utility in PC World fantastic 101 Freebies . It does not find most of the entries. Only GUI is good. Just average performance!


12. Software Title: ToniArts EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380
Size: 2.82mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4star
Author's Rating: ?star
Publisher: ToniArts
Download Link:http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Verdict: Tried everything but did not run on my system. The program did not run after install.


13. Software Title: RegToy 0.7.2.0
Size: 1.58mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Ky Nam
Download Link:http://k-n.co.cc/
Verdict: Not a registry cleaner, at least I couldn't find any option, GUI is cluttered, may miss many things. Basically a tweaking utility, window manager, shell context menu, memory cleaner, disk cleaner, services manager, shutdown scheduler, and wallpaper changer.


Now let us look at some paid ones also. Because these are more famous than the free ones. These can also be downloaded for free but with limitations as mentioned below.

14. Software Title: Registry Booster 2.0.1107
Size: 4.02mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Uniblue Systems
Download Link: http://www.liutilities.com/products/registrybooster/
Limitation: only 15-error repair in free download version
Verdict: It is very safe to repair entries with this one. But it finds only average no. of registry entries.


15. Software Title: Registry Mechanic 8.0
Size: 7.16mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: PC Tools
Download Link:http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/download/
Limitation: Repairs first 6 sections of registry only, in free download version
Verdict: Above average. But more comprehensive free registry cleaners (mv or argente) are available.


So here we come to the end of our journey of reviews. Top 10 utilities mentioned above are good free registry cleaners to use and can serve the purpose. I would suggest any two of the top 5, if you are not already using any. All encouraging comments are most welcome.