Pricing
Two editions. Stated plainly.
The Mac App Store edition is free and sandboxed, so it is read-only care. The Direct edition lifts the sandbox and adds every write-capable tool. Here is exactly what each one does.
Mac App Store edition
Sandboxed, read-only system care. Signed and updated through the Mac App Store.
- Smart Care scan of read-only system health
- Live Monitor: CPU, memory, swap, network, battery, disk
- Silicon Health: swap writes, battery cycles, S.M.A.R.T.
- Menu-bar popover with sparklines and next scheduled run
- Read-only desktop widget with deep links
- No account, no subscription, no external checkout
The sandbox means no write-capable tools: cleanup, shredder, and cloud cleanup are Direct-edition only.
Direct edition
Everything read-only, plus every write-capable tool. Downloaded from this site.
- Review-first cleanup across all nine scannable surfaces
- Uninstaller with leftover sweep and on-demand app sizes
- Guard: signature scan + user-space realtime file watch
- Shredder, cloud cleanup, signed app updater, Screen Cleaning Mode
- Scheduled maintenance that runs automatically
- Scan & review without an account; a trial or plan unlocks writes
Write-capable tools require an active trial or plan, managed through the in-app account.
Feature by edition
The sandbox is a hard technical boundary, not a paywall decision: broad filesystem writes cannot run inside it. That is why the write-capable tools live in the Direct edition.
| Feature | App Store | Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Care dashboard with health score | Read-only health | |
| Fast Scan across nine care surfaces | — | |
| Review-first cleanup (caches, logs, leftovers) | — | |
| Similar-image clusters with side-by-side compare | — | |
| Storage treemap with zoom and drill-down | — | |
| Apps inventory, uninstaller, leftover sweep | — | |
| Live Monitor graphs and vitals | ||
| Silicon Health: swap writes, battery, S.M.A.R.T. | ||
| Guard signature malware scan | — | |
| Realtime user-space file-event watch (alerts only) | — | |
| Shredder multi-pass secure delete | — | |
| Cloud cleanup (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive) | — | |
| Scheduled maintenance that runs automatically | Reminds only | |
| App updater from signed manifests | — | |
| Screen Cleaning Mode overlay | — | |
| Menu-bar popover with sparklines | ||
| Read-only desktop widget | ||
| Local activity log of every action |
“Reminds only” means the App Store edition schedules and notifies you, but the sandbox prevents it from performing writes automatically.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is FastSweep safe to use?
Yes. FastSweep is review-first: every finding shows its reason, size, and proposed behavior, and nothing is removed until you approve it. Where possible removals go to the Trash rather than being permanently deleted, and every action is written to a local log so you can see exactly what happened.
What is the difference between the two editions?
The Mac App Store edition runs inside the App Sandbox, so it is read-only care: the Smart Care health scan over read-only system health, the live Monitor, Silicon Health, the menu-bar popover, and the desktop widget. The Direct edition lifts the sandbox and adds every write-capable tool — cleanup, the uninstaller, Guard scanning and its realtime watch, the Shredder, cloud cleanup, the signed updater, and Screen Cleaning Mode. Both editions are the same native app; the edition is decided at build time.
Does the realtime malware monitor block files?
No, and we do not claim that it does. The realtime watch is a user-space FSEvents file-event monitor: it watches file events, matches them against the local signature database, and raises an alert with a proposed quarantine action. It takes no autonomous filesystem action — nothing is moved, quarantined, or deleted until you confirm through the normal review flow. FastSweep has no kernel extension and no kernel-level blocking.
Does FastSweep send my data anywhere?
Scanning, analysis, and cleanup decisions run on your Mac, and no account is required to scan and review. Cloud cleanup connects to your provider with OAuth PKCE over a loopback redirect so tokens never pass through a third party, and provider removals land in the provider trash so originals stay recoverable.
Will it work on my Mac?
FastSweep runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and later as a universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. Silicon Health adds Apple-Silicon-specific signals: swap-write rate and projection, battery cycle count against the rated design life, and the disk S.M.A.R.T. status exactly as macOS reports it.
Does FastSweep free RAM, purge memory, or benchmark my disk?
No. Those claims are marketing fiction on modern macOS. FastSweep shows you live memory, swap, and disk signals in the Monitor and explains swap-write pressure in Silicon Health, but it never purges memory or runs disk benchmarks.
Can I uninstall apps completely?
Yes, in the Direct edition. The Apps surface removes the app bundle plus related support files, containers, receipts, launch agents, caches, and preferences — and its leftover sweep finds residue from apps you already deleted. App sizes are enriched on demand so the inventory opens instantly.
Does FastSweep require a subscription or license key?
The Mac App Store edition is free with no account, subscription, or external purchase. The Direct edition is a free download: scan and review work without an account, and write-capable tools unlock with a trial or a plan managed through the in-app account.