Files, disk & backup
File managers, duplicate finders, disk visualisers, archivers and clone-your-whole-drive backup tools.
Category: Files
- Design, graphics & illustration15
- Developer & terminal tools15
- Documents, PDF & office13
- Email, calendar & tasks15
- Files, disk & backup14
- Launchers, clipboard & automation12
- Menu bar & system utilities12
- Privacy, security & networking13
- Screenshots, recording & annotation15
- Video, audio & media14
- Window management & desktop control14
- Writing, notes & markdown14
Licence
- PerpetualUpdates included, forever35
- This versionThe next major is a new purchase47
- Paid upgradesMajor versions cost again25
- Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app14
- FreewareNothing to buy9
- Open sourceNothing to buy; source published36
Each mark reads left to right: this major version, the next, the one after. Filled is included, half is a paid upgrade, hollow is bought again.
Price
11 apps priced in £ or € sit outside these bands, because we don’t convert currencies.
 A Better Finder Renamepublicspace.net | €29.95Paid upgrades | The default licence stops before version 13 unless you pay more for the Forever tier |
 Arq BackupHaystack Software | $59.99Paid upgrades | Updates stop after one year unless you pay $25 a year; your version keeps working |
 Carbon Copy ClonerBombich Software | $49.99This version | CCC 8 will be a paid upgrade, discounted for existing owners |
 ChronoSyncEcon Technologies | $49.99Perpetual | Syncing to another Mac properly wants ChronoAgent, a separate $19.99 purchase |
 DaisyDiskSoftware Ambience | $9.99This version | The licence covers minor updates only, so a future major version may cost again |
 Default Folder XSt. Clair Software | $39.95Paid upgrades | Major versions are a paid upgrade, $9.95 to $19.95, roughly every five to seven years |
 ForkLiftBinaryNights | $19.95This version | Updates stop when your one- or two-year window ends; the version you have keeps running |
 GrandPerspectiveErwin Bonsma | FreeOpen source | None found |
 HazelNoodlesoft | $42This version | Major versions are a separate $20 upgrade, roughly every few years |
 HoudahSpotHoudah Software | $39This version | HoudahSpot 7 will be a paid upgrade; a version 6 licence covers 6.x releases only |
 KekaAone (aonez) | FreeFreeware | It creates 7z and zip but only extracts rar, and cannot edit an archive you already have |
 SuperDuper!Shirt Pocket | $43.95This version | A much older licence pays again for each new major version, discounted at best |
 SyncthingThe Syncthing project | FreeOpen source | No official Mac app — you configure it in a browser, and the menu bar wrappers are third-party |
 TransmitPanic | $45This version | A future Transmit 6 would be a separate purchase, as the jump from 4 to 5 was |