Guided Mac care or terminal control?
Choose how to reclaim disk space and maintain your Mac: guided modules, free commands or a paid graphical toolkit.
CleanMyMac
Guided cleanup with malware scanning.
For people who want guided, broad Mac maintenance.
View detailsMole
Free terminal cleanup, with a separate paid Mac app.
For people who want broad cleanup and a choice of terminal or graphical control.
View detailsThe differences that matter.
CleanMyMac: direct MacPaw edition. Mole: free CLI and paid Mac app are labeled separately. Unknown means not verified, not absent.
| Feature | CleanMyMac | Mole |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Whole-Mac care | Cleanup + system tools |
| Free / price | Paid · 7-day trial · plans vary by device count | CLI free · Mac app US$19 once / 2 Macs |
| How you operate it | Guided graphical modules | CLI free · GUI paid |
| Review before removal | Not verified | CLI dry-run · Mac item review |
| Find large folders | Space Lens disk map | CLI explorer · Mac treemap |
| Malware scanning | Protection module | Not verified |
Primary job
- CleanMyMac
- Whole-Mac care
Free / price
How you operate it
- CleanMyMac
- Guided graphical modules
Review before removal
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
Find large folders
- CleanMyMac
- Space Lens disk map
Malware scanning
- CleanMyMac
- Protection module
- Mole
- Not verified
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| Feature | CleanMyMac | Mole |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Whole-Mac care | Cleanup + system tools |
| Free / price | Paid · 7-day trial · plans vary by device count | CLI free · Mac app US$19 once / 2 Macs |
| How you operate it | Guided graphical modules | CLI free · GUI paid |
| Apps + related files | Applications module | mo uninstall / Mac Software |
| Find large folders | Space Lens disk map | CLI explorer · Mac treemap |
| Malware scanning | Protection module | Not verified |
| Caches and logs | System junk cleanup | mo clean / Mac Clean |
| Review before removal | Not verified | CLI dry-run · Mac item review |
| System maintenance | Background / login items | mo optimize / Mac Optimize |
| Update installed apps | App updates | Mac app supported sources |
| Developer cleanup | Not verified | mo purge build artifacts |
| Live system metrics | Not verified | mo status / Mac Status |
| Native implementation | Not verified | Mac app native · CLI separate |
| Source / license | Not verified | CLI GPL-3.0; Mac app status -- |
| macOS requirement | 11+ | Mac app 14+ · CLI minimum -- |
| Support / maintenance context | Commercial product | CLI and Mac app maintained separately |
Primary job
- CleanMyMac
- Whole-Mac care
Free / price
How you operate it
- CleanMyMac
- Guided graphical modules
Apps + related files
- CleanMyMac
- Applications module
Find large folders
- CleanMyMac
- Space Lens disk map
Malware scanning
- CleanMyMac
- Protection module
- Mole
- Not verified
Caches and logs
- CleanMyMac
- System junk cleanup
Review before removal
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
System maintenance
- CleanMyMac
- Background / login items
Update installed apps
- CleanMyMac
- App updates
Developer cleanup
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
Live system metrics
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
Native implementation
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
Source / license
- CleanMyMac
- Not verified
macOS requirement
- CleanMyMac
- 11+
Support / maintenance context
- CleanMyMac
- Commercial product
CleanMyMac · Recorded release 2026-09-02 · -- releases/year · Checked date: 2026-09-08
Homepage lists 5.6.1; the update center trails it. Annual count not verified.Mole · Recorded release 2026-08-30 · 60 releases in the year at review · Checked date: 2026-09-08
CLI stable releases only; Mac app history is separate at mole.fit/releases.
Homepage lists 5.6.1; the update center trails it. Annual count not verified.Mole · Recorded release 2026-08-30 · 60 releases in the year at review · Checked date: 2026-09-08
CLI stable releases only; Mac app history is separate at mole.fit/releases.
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