Comparisons

CLEANUAI VS DAISYDISK

Short answer

DaisyDisk is focused on one thing: showing your disk as a map and deleting what’s heavy, for US$ 9.99 once. CleanUai costs the same and has a similar map, Space Lens, plus junk cleaning, an uninstaller with leftovers, an app updater and a menu bar monitor. The biggest everyday difference: DaisyDisk deletes for good, and CleanUai moves things to the Trash.

CleanUai and DaisyDisk, feature by feature

CleanUai and DaisyDisk, feature by feature
Feature	CleanUai	DaisyDisk
Price	US$ 9.99 or R$ 34.90, once	US$ 9.99, once
How you pay	Lifetime license, 1 Mac, with 1 year of new versions	Lifetime license with minor updates, up to 5 personal Macs
Free trial	Yes · 7 days, all unlocked, no card; scanning free forever	Partly · Scans and shows the map; can’t delete
App in Brazilian Portuguese	Yes	Not verified · “Portuguese” listed; variant not verified
Cleans junk and caches	Yes · System Junk	No
Visual disk map	Yes · Space Lens	Yes · The app’s core; also scans cloud drives
Large and old files	Yes · Large & Old	Partly · Through the map
Uninstalls with leftovers	Yes · Uninstaller	No
Leftovers of deleted apps	Yes · Leftovers	No
Updates other apps	Yes · Sparkle, App Store and Homebrew	No
Menu bar monitor	Yes · CPU, memory, disk, network, battery	No
Malware scanning	No	No
Cleanup goes to the Trash	Yes · Always; delete for good only by holding	No · Deletes for good, with 5 s to cancel
Works without an account	Yes	Yes

● yes · ◐ partly · ○ no · ? not verified. Prices are list prices in US dollars, without promotions.

Where DaisyDisk is better

Just the map, done very well. It has been the app’s focus for years.
Cloud drives. It scans Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Box.
System space. It breaks down “System Data”, purgeable space and APFS snapshots, which Space Lens doesn’t detail.
Up to 5 personal Macs on one license, and it runs on much older macOS versions.
It’s on the Mac App Store.

Where CleanUai is different

More than the map. System junk, uninstaller, leftovers, app updater and the menu bar, in one app.
It goes to the Trash. DaisyDisk’s guide says it deletes files permanently instead of moving them to the Trash, with 5 seconds to cancel. In CleanUai, everything goes through the Trash, and deleting for good needs a held button.
A complete trial. DaisyDisk’s trial shows the map but can’t delete. CleanUai’s 7 days have everything unlocked.

Which to choose

If you only want to see your disk, cloud and system space included, DaisyDisk is great. If you want the map and also want to clear caches, uninstall apps without leftovers and update everything, for the same price, CleanUai.

Questions

Does DaisyDisk delete files permanently?

Yes. According to its own guide, it deletes instead of moving to the Trash, with 5 seconds to cancel. After that there’s no undo.

Does CleanUai have a disk map like DaisyDisk?

Yes: Space Lens, in LED rings, which mapped 2.3 million items in about 12 seconds on a test Mac.

Which one is cheaper?

They cost the same: US$ 9.99 once.

Sources

Prices and features checked on the official sites on October 29, 2026. Prices change: check each app’s site before you buy.

DaisyDisk is a trademark of Software Ambience Corp.. CleanUai is an independent app with no connection to Software Ambience Corp., and this page is not sponsored or endorsed by them.

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Updated October 29, 2026