Sift
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sift, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Sift's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free scanning and browsing | Free | Scan and browse disk usage |
| Pro Yearly | $19.99 a year | Cleanup to Trash · duplicate finder and smart categories · menu bar space watch and low-space warnings · Family Sharing up to six people · Billed by Apple through the Mac App Store; auto-renews yearly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. |
The facts
Each one read from Sift's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compatibility
- Sift requires macOS 14 or later and supports Apple silicon and Intel Macs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Disk map
- Folders are shown to scale across three rings, with a fixed size-band view also available.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Duplicate matching
- Sift matches duplicates byte for byte, keeps at least one copy in each group, and lets users choose which copy to keep.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large and old files
- The large and old files view surfaces files over 1 GB that have not been opened for six months, with nothing preselected.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limit
- The maker describes Sift as storage-only and says sealed macOS system files and private app data cannot be read or removed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Menu bar
- The menu bar monitor shows free space, folders growing fastest that week, and a warning before free space falls below 10%.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says Sift makes no network calls, has no account, analytics, or crash-reporting SDK, and collects no data according to its App Store privacy label.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Sift analyzes Mac disk usage with a visual map and helps users find large files, duplicates, and storage to clear.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reversible cleanup
- Files sent for removal go to the Trash, and Command-Z restores the last move.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- files_folderschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security
- Sift is distributed through the Mac App Store and runs in Apple's sandbox; its file access depends on permissions granted by the user.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Seller
- The listed seller is CODEPAD YAZILIM VE DIJITAL HIZMETLER LIMITED SIRKETI.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is available by email at [email protected]; the maker says it cannot retrieve diagnostic logs from a user's Mac.checked 11 Oct 2026
- System data
- Sift separates removable items such as backups and caches from sealed system files that it says apps cannot access or remove.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Treemap view
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop platforms
- macOSchecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free features
- Disk scanning and browsing are free forever; the yearly plan is for cleanup features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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