An Overview of Top 8 Registry Cleaners Reviewed

Review of Registry Easy by – Cheesesoft
Rating: 4.8/5 stars  4.5 star gif
Ease of Use         5/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.5/5     Help & Support       5/5  
Feature Set         5/5        Overall Rating        4.8/5
The latest version of Registry Easy is every bit as good as any of the previous versions. And like its predecessor versions, this version is lacking very little in comparison with its main competition. If Rolls Royce is the top of the line in automobiles, then Registry Easy is top of the line when it comes to cleaning and optimizing your Windows registry. This program has everything that any ordinary or even a power user could want and then some. . . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of RegCure by – ParetoLogic
Rating: 4.5/5 stars  4.5 star gif
Ease of Use         5/5        Registry Backup      5/5
Effectiveness       4.5/5      Help & Support        4.5/5  
Feature Set         4.5/5      Overall Rating         4.5/5
RegCure by ParetoLogic is a well recognized high end registry repair tool. It scans the registry very rapidly (in less than two minutes, depending on the amount of files being scanned), automatically creating a backup before each time items are removed from the registry. One delightful feature it contains that many of the other high end registry cleaners do not is that. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of Registry Fix by – MovKit Software Inc.
Rating: 4.3/5 stars  4.3 star gif
Ease of Use         5/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.3/5     Help & Support       3.5/5  
Feature Set         4.5/5      Overall Rating       4.3/5
Registry Fix has been one of the leading registry repair tools on the web, advertising it retains more than ten million users worldwide. It is a full system registry cleaner and optimization application with both registry repair and PC optimization capabilities. And now it's priced to compete with other high-end products. Currently, Registry Fix is designed for use on. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of ErrorSmart by – AntiSpyware LLC
Rating: 4.0/5 stars  4.0 star gif
Ease of Use         4.2/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.3/5        Help & Support       3.0/5  
Feature Set         4.5/5         Overall Rating       4.0/5
. . . in looking at the ErrorSmart program itself, it delivers more than adequate registry cleaning capabilities on par with and perhaps even exceeding the other two programs already mentioned here. Where ErrorSmart parts ways with its two cloaned partner programs is in the extra features it has available. ErrorSmart's Utilities area contains a Browser Helper Object Manager, a Startup Program Manager, an Add/Remove Program Manager, and a Full Registry Backup Utility. And because of this, for the money, ErrorSmart, of the three, would seem to be. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of Registry Mechanic by – PC Tools
Rating: 4.4/5 stars  4.5 star gif
Ease of Use         5/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.5/5     Help & Support       4.5/5  
Feature Set         4.3/5      Overall Rating       4.4/5
Registry Mechanic by PC Tools Software is a powerful registry cleaning program. It comes with a smooth graphic interface which streamlines the choice in functions. Many users may be familiar with this product through the high profile promotion done on radio and television. As a result, this registry repair tool has gained some market identity and popularity. But, does this kind of perceptual popularity translate into real world. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of XcomTools by – Beijing WeiSi Tian Yu Software
Rating: 4.7/5 stars  4.5 star gif
Ease of Use         5/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.5/5     Help & Support       4.5/5  
Feature Set         5/5         Overall Rating       4.7/5
XcomTools is the latest version of the registry repair tool that used to be known as Perfect Optimizer by Miracle Technologies. And while it is only slightly more expensive than its predecessor, the added capabilities it has retained have only made it more competitive in the hotly contested marketplace of registry cleaners. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of RegDefense by – Xionix
Rating: 4.2/5 stars  4.0 star gif
Ease of Use         4.2/5        Registry Backup      5/5
Effectiveness       4.3/5        Help & Support        4.3/5  
Feature Set         4.0/5         Overall Rating        4.2/5
RegDefense is a more than adequate registry cleaner. Not loaded with a lot of extra features, it does an aggressive job of finding registry errors. In a back to back testing with two other leading registry cleaners, we ran RegDefense and then two other cleaners one after the other without fixing or doing anything to our machine after each test scan. We were amazed at what we found. . . For price and to read the entire review...


Review of RegClean by –  2Squared Software
Rating: 3.8/5 stars  3.5 star gif
Ease of Use         4.0/5        Registry Backup     5/5
Effectiveness       4.0/5        Help & Support       4.0/5  
Feature Set         4.5/5         Overall Rating       3.8/5
RegClean is a registry repair utility developed by 2Squared Software, an industry leader in developing useful Windows computer utility programs. In recent years, this program normally sold for $29.95. But faced with stiffer competition, 2Squared is offering its present Edition of this program at a reduced price. It retains all the features of its past versions, while suffering no lack in capability. In its present price range, it competes well with. . . For price and to read the entire review...

Comparison Table Legend — What It Means
We've listed five items that we see as being the most important factors to consider when purchasing a registry cleaner, along with an Overall Rating which evaluates how well each of the five items have been addressed within the software package under consideration. The ratings are evaluated on a Five Star rating system.

Ease of Use – This refers mostly to the Graphic User Interface and whether or not that is easy to maneuver within to find the tasks you wish to accomplish. Some software developers make it difficult find the tasks you wish to execute. In the case of this latter circumstance, they will receive a lower rating.

Effectiveness – This refers to the actual registry cleaning ability of the software and whether it effectively finds and removes legitimate invalid entries. Every registry utility seems to have its own unique algorithm which covers areas they deem to be important. Yet most will agree that there are basic areas within the registry that require immediate and regular attention. This rating addresses those basic needs requirements.

Feature Set – This refers to whatever added features the software may or may not contain. For example, does it have an automatic registry back up that is easy to access should the need arise, or a startup management feature which allows quick and easy access to managing the startup menu on system boot. Extra features may not be as important a consideration to many users depending on whether or not the utility performs the basic requirements needing to be accomplished.

Registry Backup – This refers to what should be considered a must-have feature that all reputable registry cleaners should retain. Without a way to retrieve a previous setting, your system may be compromised by an over-aggressive registry utility. You need a way to restore previously removed registry entries in case this should occur.

Help & Support – While the Help and Support element can be an important feature for any software product, if the product has been well designed and executed, the majority of users will never avail themselves of these elements. The only exception to this might be a situation where the "Ease of Use" element has been compromised, and there are no clear instructions about how to access a certain feature within the program.

Overall Rating – This refers to our rating overall, taking the above five items into consideration. Any product rating in this category that falls below a 3.5 overall rating should be considered a dubious choice at best.