At a glance
| Broom | DaisyDisk | |
|---|---|---|
| Visual disk map | 8 views of one scan | Sunburst |
| Age map of untouched folders | ✓ | — |
| Cleanup list for caches and dev files | 260+ apps and tools | — |
| Duplicate finder | ✓ | — |
| Uninstall apps with leftovers | ✓ | — |
| Launch agents and login items | ✓ | — |
| Runs on | Apple silicon Macs | Intel and Apple silicon |
Where DaisyDisk is great
DaisyDisk is polished, cheap, and does one thing well: it shows a disk as an interactive sunburst and lets you drag what you don't want into a collector. One license covers up to five of your Macs, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What Broom adds
A map tells you where space went, but you still have to decide what's safe to remove. Broom's Cleanup screen does that sorting for you: caches from 260+ apps, Xcode data, package manager downloads and build folders are marked safe and preselected, while old iPhone backups, simulators and big untouched files sit under Worth a look for you to decide.
From the same scan you also get Find, which searches every file by name in about 5 milliseconds, a duplicate finder that compares full file contents, and an Applications screen that shows each app's real footprint and uninstalls it with its leftovers.
Eight ways to look at one scan
Folders, sunburst, flame graph, bubbles, mind map, largest items, age map and treemap. The age map is the one people don't expect: it shows which folders you haven't touched in a year, which is where forgotten space usually hides.
Questions
Is Broom a DaisyDisk alternative?
Yes, with more built in. Broom has a sunburst like DaisyDisk plus seven other views, and adds file search, cleanup, duplicates and app uninstalling.
Does Broom work on Intel Macs?
No. Broom needs a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later).