COMPARISON
How TrashPanda compares.
An honest side-by-side with the most common Mac cleaners. We tried to be fair - every claim here is verifiable on each product's own marketing page.
Last reviewed April 2026. Competitor pricing and feature claims change - check their sites for current details.
| Feature | TrashPanda 3.0 $1.99 · one-time | CleanMyMac X ~$40 · per year | MacKeeper ~$60 · per year | DaisyDisk $10 · one-time | OnyX Free · donationware | Sensei ~$59 · per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pricing model One-time vs subscription | $1.99 | ~$40/yr | ~$60/yr | $10 | Free | ~$59/yr |
100% offline No telemetry, no phone-home | Optional cloud features | |||||
Apple-signed and notarized Distributed without Gatekeeper bypass | ||||||
Cleanup category count Distinct cleanup paths | 120+ | ~15 | ~10 | - | Maintenance scripts only | ~12 |
Dry-run preview See exactly what will be deleted before it runs | Limited | Limited | Limited | |||
Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle Choose to move files to Trash (recoverable) or permanently delete | Permanent only | Permanent only | ||||
Disk Visualizer Interactive sunburst of disk usage | Basic | |||||
Duplicate finder Content-hash, not just filename | Filename + size | Filename + size | Filename + size | |||
App uninstaller (with leftover sweep) Finds caches, prefs, helpers across ~/Library | ||||||
Developer cache cleanup node_modules, DerivedData, Pods, .gradle, Bun, Deno, etc. | Generic caches only | Generic caches only | Some caches | |||
Project-aware cache walker Burrow Sweep groups dev caches by project root | ||||||
AI model scanner Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, MLX, etc. | ||||||
Command Palette (⌘K) Keyboard-first navigation | ||||||
CLI for MDM/automation Silent, JSON output, MDM-deployable | AppleScript-able | |||||
Independent security audit Public, third-party reviewed |
TrashPanda 3.0
$1.99 · one-time
- Pricing model
- $1.99
- 100% offline
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- 120+
- Dry-run preview
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Disk Visualizer
- Duplicate finder
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- Independent security audit
CleanMyMac X
~$40 · per year
- Pricing model
- ~$40/yr
- 100% offline
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- ~15
- Dry-run preview
- Limited
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Disk Visualizer
- Duplicate finder
- Filename + size
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Generic caches only
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- Independent security audit
MacKeeper
~$60 · per year
- Pricing model
- ~$60/yr
- 100% offline
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- ~10
- Dry-run preview
- Limited
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Disk Visualizer
- Duplicate finder
- Filename + size
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Generic caches only
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- Independent security audit
DaisyDisk
$10 · one-time
- Pricing model
- $10
- 100% offline
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- -
- Dry-run preview
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Permanent only
- Disk Visualizer
- Duplicate finder
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- Independent security audit
OnyX
Free · donationware
- Pricing model
- Free
- 100% offline
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- Maintenance scripts only
- Dry-run preview
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Permanent only
- Disk Visualizer
- Duplicate finder
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- AppleScript-able
- Independent security audit
Sensei
~$59 · per year
- Pricing model
- ~$59/yr
- 100% offline
- Optional cloud features
- Apple-signed and notarized
- Cleanup category count
- ~12
- Dry-run preview
- Limited
- Trash vs. Permanent delete toggle
- Disk Visualizer
- Basic
- Duplicate finder
- Filename + size
- App uninstaller (with leftover sweep)
- Developer cache cleanup
- Some caches
- Project-aware cache walker
- AI model scanner
- Command Palette (⌘K)
- CLI for MDM/automation
- Independent security audit
METHODOLOGY
- Sourcing. Each cell reflects each product's own marketing material as of April 2026. Where a feature exists but is materially limited, we mark it partial with a brief note rather than a checkmark.
- Pricing. Prices are the standard consumer tier in USD, rounded for readability. Some products offer family / business / lifetime upgrades not shown here.
- Categories. "Cleanup category count" reflects distinct cleanup paths the product enumerates in its UI. Different vendors count differently - we use each vendor's public claim where available.
- Corrections. If you spot something wrong, please let us know - we'll fix it.