Better served by BuhoCleaner
Choose BuhoCleaner if you want a notarised app with a one-tap clean, a visual disk analyser and a menu bar monitor for RAM, CPU and fan speed.
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BuhoCleaner or macleanup.
A paid Mac cleaner from Dr. Buho with a one-tap Flash Clean, an app uninstaller with leftover removal, a disk space analyser and startup item controls.
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PRICES AS READ2026-11-07
BuhoCleaner
1 Year Subscription, 3 Macs$17.99 a year
Sale price; the store shows $39.99 struck through
Lifetime License$25.99 once
Sale price; the store shows $67.99 struck through
10 Macs, Lifetime$69.99 once
Sale price; the store shows $189.99 struck through
macleanupFree$0 always
Pro$4 a month
or $36 a year
Team$3 a seat a month
from 3 seats · $30 a seat a year
Plan names as each maker writes them
Who each one serves better.
Better served by macleanup
Choose macleanup if you would rather read the list before the clean than tap once, want logs, Docker, Xcode and stale builds covered, and want the command line free with no limit.
Feature by feature.
Each BuhoCleaner answer is what its own pages state; follow the source to read it. Our answers come from the script and the app.
| What | BuhoCleaner | macleanup |
|---|---|---|
| Clears caches | Yes source | Yes Sections 3, 5 and 19. |
| Clears logs | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes Section 7. |
| Finds orphan files from removed apps | Yes source | Yes Section 12. |
| Uninstalls apps | Yes source | Yes Section 21, moved to the Trash. |
| Disk usage map | Yes source | Partial A text report from section 26. No visual map. |
| Free to use | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes The command line has no limit. The app has a Free plan with a monthly run limit. |
| Mac App Store or notarised | Yes source | No Not notarised by Apple and not on the Mac App Store. |
| Open source | Not stated on the pages we checked | Partial The command line is MIT and public. The desktop app source is private. |
Where macleanup falls short.
Read these before you choose it.
- Not notarised by Apple, and not on the Mac App Store. The first time you open the app, macOS stops it and you choose Open Anyway in Privacy & Security. BuhoCleaner states one or the other. The steps
- A text disk report, not a visual map. Section 26 prints folder sizes for your home folder and
~/Library. BuhoCleaner states a disk map. - No undo. Sections 12, 21 and 24 move items to the Trash. Anything else deleted directly needs a backup to recover. What gets deleted
- A run limit in the app. The Free plan gives 15 real runs a month on each Mac. The command line has no limit.
- The app's source is private. The command line is MIT licensed and public; the desktop app is not.
Moving from BuhoCleaner.
The guide maps what you use there to numbered sections, with a preview before anything changes.
Pages we read.
7 November 2026: First checked