Shiny - Mac App Alternatives

Shiny - Mac App is described as 'Shiny is a menu-bar app designed to make your Mac feel like the day you bought it. It does this by freeing up memory and calming the background apps that have been chewing through your RAM. A quiet indicator in the menu bar tells you when your Mac wants some relief with one' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Shiny - Mac App for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, Android Tablet and Homebrew apps. The best Shiny - Mac App alternative is CCleaner, which is free. Other great apps like Shiny - Mac App are Mole, PureMac, AppCleaner and Pearcleaner.

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  1. CCleaner icon
     2686 likes

    Enhances system performance by clearing unused files, optimizing registries, speeding up boot times, and updating drivers. It safeguards privacy via auto cleanup of cookies and browser history, freeing disk space with file cleanup, duplicate detection, and efficient startup management.

    115 CCleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. Mole icon
     31 likes

    Open source Mac command line utility integrating disk cleanup, deep app uninstallation with artifact removal, disk analysis, optimization tasks, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring with interactive options.

    84 Mole alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  3. PureMac icon
     22 likes

    Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  4. Pearcleaner icon
     36 likes

    An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...

    77 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Quitty icon
     8 likes

    Comprehensive macOS utility featuring real-time monitoring of CPU, RAM, disk, and network, advanced automated cleaning, storage analysis with file visualization, duplicate management, file recovery, task automation, and a suite of optimization tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. CleanMyMac icon
     143 likes

    All-in-one Mac cleaner: Remove junk, duplicates, malware, and enhance performance. Deep clean, scan threats, manage apps, update software, declutter storage for optimized Mac efficiency. Offers personalized optimizations ensuring your Mac is ready for any task.

    93 CleanMyMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Fortect icon
     4 likes

    Offers performance enhancement with Swift Clean and Core Stability, malware shielding across platforms, cloud security, chrome browsing protection, and real-time ransomware defense.

    66 Fortect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
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  8. Completely uninstalls Mac apps with all related files, deletes caches, support and preferences, manages startup items and extensions, checks app security, updates installed software, provides explanations for unknown apps, and helps manage sensitive permissions.

    68 App Cleaner & Uninstaller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. MacKeeper icon
     5 likes

    Mac utility featuring antivirus protection with 99.7% detection accuracy, adware removal, ID theft monitoring, duplicates finder, and smart uninstall tools. Enhances performance by managing startup items, freeing RAM, updating apps, and optimizing disk space. Offers real-time threat detection and tech support.

    197 MacKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. MacBooster icon
     3 likes

    Provides malware and virus detection, deep Mac system cleanup, startup management, duplicate file removal, frees up disk space, optimizes SSDs, and safeguards Macs from spyware, adware, and other threats while improving overall performance.

    122 MacBooster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. MacClean icon
     5 likes

    Empowers Mac users with powerful cleaning and optimization tools, ensuring device efficiency, increased security, and enhanced privacy with removal of system junk, duplicates, and management of startup items.

    168 MacClean alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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