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CleanMyMac alternative
Sweepsure is a Mac cleaner for people with projects and footage on their Mac. It frees up space from caches, logs, build files and the Adobe media cache, and locks your creative projects, photo libraries and camera footage that has no copy anywhere. CleanMyMac by MacPaw is a broader all-in-one maintenance app. Which one fits depends on what you need.
you edit video, shoot footage or keep photo libraries, you want to free up space without any risk to that work, and you'd rather pay €29 once than subscribe. Scanning is free, so you can see first how much it gives back.
you want one app that also removes malware, uninstalls apps with their leftovers, keeps apps updated, finds duplicates and cleans up iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive.
Side by side
| Sweepsure | CleanMyMac | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A focused Mac cleaner that protects your work | All-in-one maintenance app with 25+ tools |
| Price, 1 Mac (EU) | Free to scan, €29 once to clean, licence for 2 Macs | €39.95 per year, €9.95 per month or €119.95 one-time |
| Locks creative projects | Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Blender | You review what gets removed before cleaning |
| Only-copy camera footage | Checks with Spotlight for a copy, also on external drives, and locks it when there is none | Not described by MacPaw |
| Caches of open apps | Left alone | Not described by MacPaw |
| After cleaning | Everything goes to the Trash first, one-click undo | Not described by MacPaw |
| Disk map | Explains every folder in plain language | Space Lens, a visual bubble map |
| AI | Apple Intelligence on your Mac; Claude optional, names only | AI-powered guidance |
| Malware removal | No | Yes, Moonlock Engine |
| Uninstaller and app updates | No | Yes |
| Duplicates and cloud cleanup | Large files only | Yes, including iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive |
CleanMyMac details and prices come from MacPaw's own review on cleanmymac.com, updated 18 September 2026. "Not described by MacPaw" means that page doesn't mention it, not that CleanMyMac can't do it.
Why we made it
A Premiere project, a Final Cut library or a folder of camera originals can look like "large old files" to a cleaner. For a filmmaker or editor, those are the files that matter most. Sweepsure was built by a filmmaker in Amsterdam who wanted a cleaner that knows the difference.
So Sweepsure locks what you made, checks whether your footage has a copy before it calls anything safe, and never deletes straight away. Everything goes to the Trash first, so one click puts it back.
FAQ
Yes, if your main goal is freeing up disk space without risking your work. Sweepsure focuses on cleaning: it recognises Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Blender projects, photo libraries and camera footage without a copy, and locks them. It costs €29 once and scanning is free. If you also want malware removal, an app uninstaller, app updates and cloud cleanup in one app, CleanMyMac covers more.
According to MacPaw, CleanMyMac is an all-in-one maintenance app with more than 25 tools, including malware removal with the Moonlock Engine, an uninstaller, app updates, duplicate detection, cloud cleanup for iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive, and menu bar monitors. Sweepsure does not do these things; it only frees up space, carefully.
Sweepsure first works out what a file is. It locks creative projects and photo libraries, checks with Spotlight whether camera originals have a copy on your Mac or an external drive and locks them when they don't, leaves the caches of open apps alone and moves everything to the Trash first with a one-click undo. Its AI runs on your Mac with Apple Intelligence.
MacPaw lists CleanMyMac for 1 Mac in the EU at €39.95 per year, €9.95 per month or €119.95 one-time (as of 18 September 2026). Sweepsure is free to scan and costs €29 once to clean, with one licence for 2 Macs.
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