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DaisyDisk alternatives: disk maps and cleaners for Mac

DaisyDisk is the benchmark for seeing where your disk space went. People look for alternatives when they want the map to also say what’s safe to remove, when they want a free option, or when they’d like something that warns them before space runs out. This page compares what’s available.

Quick verdict

• Best map for exploring a disk yourself: DaisyDisk.
• Best when you want the list to say what’s safe, and warn you in time: Levo.
• Best free list of the biggest files: OmniDiskSweeper.
• Best free explorer in the terminal: Mole’s mo analyze.
• Best built-in start: macOS Storage settings.
• Best all-in-one cleaner: CleanMyMac.

What DaisyDisk does well

By Software Ambience. DaisyDisk scans a disk and draws it as colourful rings, so you can drill into folders and see what’s taking space. Its site says only you decide what gets deleted, and it can show connected cloud storage too.

• Price: about US$9.99, once, a lifetime licence with minor updates (Nov 2026), and a free trial.
• Good at: making a full disk understandable at a glance, on any folder or drive.

Details from DaisyDisk, checked 1 November 2026.

A map shows you everything and leaves the decision to you. That’s the right tool when you’re exploring a drive. It’s less help when you don’t know what a 40 GB folder named after an app’s bundle id is, whether it comes back, or whether something is using it right now.

Comparison table

“Not stated” means the maker’s page doesn’t mention it, not that it’s missing.

1. Levo: the list, with reasons and a warning in time

Levo shows the same disk as a list, kept current by a live index so there’s no scan to wait for, with a “Growing” view of what grew most since yesterday or last week. Each row has a size and a reason, because your own AI agent has looked at it. You tick what goes and Levo deletes it, with a guard checking every item right before. It also watches your free space and tells you before it runs out.

• Price: free to watch and ask, two free cleanups, then a lifetime licence for 2 Macs. The price is on the Levo page.
• Not a map: Levo shows rows, not rings. If you want to explore a drive visually, use a map alongside it.

Skip it if you’re on a Mac older than macOS 26, or you want a ready-made list with no agent involved.

2. OmniDiskSweeper

By The Omni Group. OmniDiskSweeper lists the files on your drive from largest to smallest, so you can trash or open them quickly. It’s free and plain.

Details from OmniDiskSweeper, checked 1 November 2026.

• Price: free.
• Good at: finding the biggest single files fast, with no setup.

Pick it if: You want a simple, free list of your biggest files.

3. Mole

By tw93 and contributors. Mole is a free, open-source tool you run in Terminal as mo: mo clean, mo uninstall, mo optimize, mo analyze (a disk explorer in the terminal), mo status (a live health view), mo purge (build artefacts) and mo installer. Most commands take --dry-run. Its page also mentions native Mac and Windows apps.

Details from Mole, checked 1 November 2026.

• Price: free.
• Good at: speed, scripting, and doing the lot from one command line, with a preview before anything is removed.

Pick it if: You live in a terminal, want it free and open source, and are happy to read a dry run as text.

4. macOS Storage settings

Apple. In System Settings › General › Storage, macOS shows a bar of what uses your disk, offers recommendations (store files in iCloud, empty the Trash automatically, review large files), and lists apps to delete.

Details from Apple’s page, checked 1 November 2026.

• Price: free, built in.
• Good at: safe, simple suggestions with nothing to install.

Pick it if: You want safe, simple wins and nothing to install.

5. CleanMyMac

By MacPaw. Its page presents CleanMyMac as an all-in-one app for cleaning, removing apps and keeping a Mac in shape, for macOS 11 and later. It’s polished and simple: one scan, one list, one button. It shows a 4.7 rating from about 3,300 reviews. It cleans what its makers have taught it about, so a tool it doesn’t know isn’t in the scan until an update adds it.

Details from CleanMyMac, checked 1 November 2026.

• Price: starting at about US$3.33 a month (Nov 2026), per its own page.
• Good at: an easy interface, a broad set of everyday cleanup and maintenance tasks, an uninstaller, and a long track record.

Pick it if: You want one polished app for everyday tidying and you don’t use a coding agent.

How we chose

• Starting point: the tools people most often name when they look for this kind of Mac app, plus what macOS and an AI agent can do on their own.
• Kept: tools that are still maintained and differ on price, where you use them, or who decides what is safe.
• Sources: each maker’s own website, checked 1 November 2026, and for Levo the app itself. No paid placements, and none of these makers reviewed this page.

Which one should you pick?

• DaisyDisk: You want to see and explore any folder or drive visually.
• Levo: You want the answer, not just the picture, and a warning before space runs out.
• OmniDiskSweeper: You want a free list of big files.
• Mole: You’re comfortable in Terminal.
• macOS Storage settings: You want a quick built-in look first.
• CleanMyMac: You want an all-in-one app.

Questions

Is there a free alternative to DaisyDisk?

OmniDiskSweeper is free and lists files from largest to smallest. Mole’s mo analyze is a free explorer in the terminal.

Can Levo replace DaisyDisk?

For finding what to clean, often yes. For exploring an arbitrary drive visually, a map is better, and Levo doesn’t try to be one.

Does Levo show what’s growing?

Yes. The popover can show what grew most since yesterday or last week, from its live index.

Do I need an agent for that?

No. The index and the known-tool list work without one. An agent explains the rest.

Compared on 1 November 2026, from each app's own website. We make Levo.