MacCleaner Pro Alternative: MacPrune Compared

If you are looking for a MacCleaner Pro alternative, the main differences are scope and price. MacCleaner Pro, made by Nektony, is a bundle of several cleanup tools, sold as a monthly or yearly subscription or as a one-time licence, with a short full trial. MacPrune is a single app focused on disk space, with a free basic version and a one-time Pro upgrade. We make MacPrune, so this is not an independent review and there is no score. Below is what each product says it does, dated, and how to decide.

What MacCleaner Pro is

This section is based on Nektony's own pages for MacCleaner Pro, read on 4 November 2026. Features and prices change, so check the MacCleaner Pro page before you buy.

• A bundle. Nektony describes it as a set of six tools. The page names three of them: App Cleaner & Uninstaller, Duplicate File Finder and Disk Space Analyzer.
• What it covers. Clearing junk such as caches, logs, mail attachments, screenshots and unused language files; removing apps with their leftovers; managing startup items and browser extensions; freeing memory; finding duplicate files and similar photos; showing what uses the disk; reindexing Spotlight and Mail; and updating apps.
• Before cleaning. The page says it always asks for confirmation before it removes files.
• Price. Monthly, yearly or one-time, for one, two or five Macs. For one Mac the page listed $14.95 a month, $39.95 a year, or $85.95 once. The one-time licence includes minor updates; major upgrades may cost extra. Subscriptions renew automatically.
• Trial. A full-featured trial of two days from the free download. The page does not describe a free version beyond that.
• System. macOS 11 or later.

What MacPrune is

MacPrune v3.0 is about disk space, with a live monitor alongside it.

• Disk. A map of the disk where every folder is a tile sized by its space, plus views by folder and by file type. The map is for looking: nothing is deleted from it.
• Clean. One scan, three groups. Safe to clean: user caches, browser caches (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Brave, Arc and Edge), the Trash, system logs, Xcode data and package manager caches. Review before cleaning: large files, downloads older than 90 days (you can change the number), duplicate downloads and mail attachments. Handle with care: iOS backups and Docker data.
• Apps. Uninstall an app with its related files, and find what apps removed earlier left behind.
• AI. Disk used by local AI models and AI app caches (Ollama, LM Studio, Hugging Face, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT and Codex), plus AI processes and local AI servers. See where AI models take disk space.
• Monitor. Live CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network and battery use, the heaviest apps with a way to quit them, and a network speed test.
• Removing files. Everything you choose moves to the Trash after a confirmation. Space comes back when the Trash is emptied.
• Price. The basic version is free and keeps working. Pro is a one-time purchase for one Mac, with no subscription. The current price is on the pricing page.
• System. macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel, downloaded from macprune.com.

Where they differ

• Duplicates. MacCleaner Pro includes a duplicate file finder with similar photos. MacPrune only finds duplicate downloads: the same file saved more than once in the Downloads folder. If duplicates across the whole disk are your problem, MacPrune does not solve it.
• Memory and maintenance. MacCleaner Pro lists memory freeing and Spotlight and Mail reindexing. MacPrune has neither. macOS manages memory itself, so we do not offer a button for it.
• App updates and extensions. MacCleaner Pro lists both. MacPrune has neither.
• AI tools. MacPrune has a page for local AI models, AI caches and AI processes, listed per tool.
• Free use. MacPrune's free version scans everything and cleans user caches, browser caches, the Trash, AI caches and app leftovers, with limits on large files and uninstalls. MacCleaner Pro offers a two-day full trial.
• Paying. MacCleaner Pro can be a subscription or a one-time licence. MacPrune Pro is one-time only.
• Older Macs. MacCleaner Pro supports macOS 11 and 12. MacPrune needs macOS 13 or later.

Which one suits you

MacCleaner Pro suits you if you want many tools in one purchase, especially a duplicate finder across the whole disk, and you do not mind a subscription or a larger one-time price. MacPrune suits you if the problem is a disk that keeps filling up, you want to see where the space went before you remove anything, you use local AI tools, or you want a free version that cleans the common caches without a time limit.

Before either, try what macOS already does: System Settings > General > Storage shows what is using the disk, with large files, downloads and apps sorted by size. Our guide on how to free up Mac storage walks through it. If you are comparing other cleaners too, see CleanMyMac vs MacPrune and what to look for in a free Mac cleaner.