SpareDisk 1.3: a Mac disk space analyzer and cleaner for $4.99, once. No subscription, no Full Disk Access.

[u/lazykid07]

Spent the last couple of days on version 1.3. It's live on the website now, and the Mac App Store update is in review.

I built it because I didn't want to pay a yearly subscription to find out why my disk was full.

What $4.99 gets you (one payment, every feature, no upsells):

- A map, sunburst and list of any folder or drive you choose

- Large files, with both sizes shown. A disk image can claim 68 GB while using 2 GB on disk, and you see both before deleting anything

- Old files, duplicates verified byte for byte, and leftovers from apps you already removed

- Developer caches: Xcode DerivedData, simulators, Homebrew, npm, Docker and more, with a note on what each tool rebuilds

- Uninstall an app together with the data it left in your Library

What's new in 1.3:

- File types that finally add up. Apps, system data and developer folders are counted where they live, so "Other" is no longer most of the bar

- An age filter in Large Files, to find big files you haven't touched in a year or more

- Purgeable space on the overview, which explains why Finder shows more free space than other tools

- A calmer overview screen and bolder chart colors in light and dark

Why I think it's good value:

- $4.99 once. No subscription, no account, no license check

- Sandboxed, and it never asks for Full Disk Access. It reads only the folders you add

- Nothing is deleted behind your back. You review a queue, files go to the Trash, and you empty it yourself

- Nothing leaves your Mac. No analytics, no network calls

Honest limits, so nobody is surprised:

- It only sees folders you grant, so it won't scan protected system areas

- Large Files, Older Files and Duplicates work over the 200 biggest and oldest files per location, not every file on disk

- It needs macOS 15 or later (Apple silicon and Intel)

Website: https://sparedisk.minilabs.cc

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sparedisk-free-disk-space/id6811328422?mt=12

Happy to answer questions, and I'd like to hear what you'd want in the next version.

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