MiniSpace vs DaisyDisk
DaisyDisk is a polished visual disk map with a long track record, the same $9.99 one-time price, Intel support and a free trial. It shows you what is big and lets you delete it. MiniSpace adds explained clean-up categories, an uninstaller, a duplicate finder and Undo, and sends everything to the Trash instead of deleting it.
Facts about DaisyDisk were read on Software Ambience's own pages on 10 November 2026. Prices and features change, so check their site before you decide.
Side by side
| MiniSpace | DaisyDisk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 one-time | $9.99 one-time, lifetime license for up to 5 personal Macs |
| Trial and refund | No trial build; 14-day refund | Free trial of the direct edition; 30-day money-back |
| Signing | Ad-hoc signed, not notarized by Apple | Signed with a Developer ID (direct edition), per their guide |
| Runs on | Apple Silicon only, macOS 12 or later | Apple Silicon and Intel; macOS 10.13 or later per their homepage |
| Where you get it | Direct download after purchase | Direct download and Mac App Store (the App Store edition is sandboxed, without scan-as-administrator and purging) |
| Visual disk map | Yes, a treemap coloured by age, plus largest files | Yes, its core feature, with hidden and purgeable space, snapshots and cloud disks |
| Clean-up categories | Yes, 17 categories, each explained and labelled Safe, Review first or Show only | No |
| App uninstaller | Yes, with leftovers ranked by confidence; Apple apps protected | No |
| Duplicate finder | Yes, byte-identical files of 1 MB and up, verified by SHA-256 | No |
| Malware scanner | No | No |
| Scheduling | Optional; scans and reminders, and a consented Move to Trash for Xcode DerivedData, only while the app is open | No |
| How it removes files | Moves to the Trash first. Empty Trash is the only permanent action and needs your confirmation | You drag items to a collector and press Delete, with a 5-second cancel. Their guide says items are removed permanently instead of going to the Trash |
| Undo | Yes, Undo and Put back for every move, from a local recovery log | No undelete, per their guide |
Pick DaisyDisk if
- You have an Intel Mac, or a macOS older than 12.
- You mainly want the best-looking map of a disk, including hidden and purgeable space.
- You want a free trial, or an app signed with a Developer ID.
Pick MiniSpace if
- You want the app to point out what is safe to remove, not only what is big.
- You want an uninstaller and a duplicate finder in the same purchase.
- You want removals to land in the Trash, with Undo, instead of being deleted.
Before you buy. MiniSpace is ad-hoc signed and not notarized by Apple, so macOS warns you the first time you open it. The first-open guide shows the steps. It needs Apple Silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 12 or later.
$9.99 once. 14-day refund. See Refunds.
Sources
DaisyDisk is a product of Software Ambience. MiniSpace is not affiliated with or endorsed by Software Ambience. Product names belong to their owners.
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