Cloth Wipes vs Toilet Paper?

With a regular toilet bowl setup, it seems obvious cloth wipes would be more sustainable. But what about with a compost toilet setup?

We use old blankets, clothes, and cut them into squares to wipe our behinds. Then we soak them in vinegar, wash, and re-use. Sometimes we use a washing machine. Sometimes hand wash. We never use a dryer and instead hang dry. Although one day we hope to construct a spinning mesh sphere powered by solar energy (or some other form) to remove some of the tediousness of drying them on the line.

Water is required to wash cloth wipes which is not required for toilet paper, but I imagine the life cycle analysis would show that the manufacturing of toilet paper would be much more resource-intensive than re-using cloth wipes?

Is there such thing as sustainable toilet paper that biodegrades easily like made from renewable bamboo or something like that?

What do y’all think? What is the clear winner in the debate of what we use to wipe our behinds? Cloth wipes or some kind of sustainable toilet paper?

I guess, my question would be about your assumptions about toilet paper. What makes you think it is not sustainable? It is made out of trees, which can be quite sustainable when done right (I'm not saying the companies are, or are not, just that it can be done). If you mean, because you cannot make it yourself... then I would agree it is not sustainable... but if we are honest we use a lot of things that we cannot make ourselves (cars, phones, computers, etc).

TP also biodegrades quite quickly as far as I have seen. Do you have some experience or articles talking about it not breaking down?

i think you need some fluffy leaves! Mullein? Lambs ears?
https://www.hipcamp.com/journal/camping/forget-toilet-paper-here-are-5-leaves-you-can-use-in-a-pinch

michael said, "But what about with a compost toilet setup?

Why not?