Clean disk

A CleanMyMac alternative that only touches storage

Cleaner suites do malware, updates, login items and a dozen other jobs. Sift does one: show you the disk and let you take the space back, without a “one-click optimizer” reaching into the system.

Sandboxed, Mac App Store notarized, and it never phones home

Cleaner apps ask for a lot of trust, so here is exactly what Sift does with it. It ships only through the Mac App Store, so it runs inside Apple's sandbox and was reviewed before it reached you. It reads file sizes, names, paths and dates. It makes no network calls at all — no account, no analytics, no crash reporting SDK — and its App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected.

Storage only

No malware scanner, no update helper, no “speed up your Mac” switch. The job is measuring folders and moving files you chose to the Trash.

Nothing is pre-selected

Sift will not tick fifty boxes and ask you to confirm. You pick the large things. ⌘Z puts the last move back.

System Data, named

The “Other” bucket Finder will not explain is split into backups, caches, disk images — and the sealed files no cleaner is allowed to touch.

Sift, DaisyDisk and CleanMyMac

Sift
DaisyDisk
CleanMyMac
Visual map of the whole disk
Sunburst, 3 rings
Sunburst
Space Lens
Duplicate finder
Byte-for-byte
Yes
Smart cleanup categories
Yes
Yes
Menu bar space watch
Yes
Yes
Scope
Storage only
Storage only
Maintenance suite
Sandboxed Mac App Store app
Yes
Yes
Yes
Analytics / network calls
None at all
Check their label
Check their label
Free tier
Scan & browse, forever
Trial
Limited trial
Price model
$19.99 / year, one plan
One-time purchase
Subscription
Get Sift — $19.99 a year