Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to App Archiver
Compress Mac apps in place and restore them in one click
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Ground Zero▲142Reset macOS apps back to their original installed state
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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AppHalt▲103Pause unused Mac apps & reclaim speed in one click
2025 · apphalt.app · its alternatives →
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A native macOS app for the 7-Zip archiving utility. - AkshayKalose/789-Zip
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tidy▲98Spotlight returns nothing for words you know are in a scanned document. It is not a bug: a scan has no text layer, so there is nothing to index. How to check, and three ways to make those documents searchable on a Mac.
Jul 2026 · tidymacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Automatically clean & backup your MacOS desktop in 1 click
2022 · phuctm97.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Unfold▲123Extend macOS Quick Look to folders, archives & code files
Mar 2026 · unfold.tools · its alternatives →
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The Unarchiver▲147A beautiful, more capable Archive Utility app for the Mac
2015 · theunarchiver.com · its alternatives →
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FreeUpMyMac▲110Hey HN Ex YC/Google engineer turned indie maker here - excited to share something I just shipped. The System Data in my Mac was taking up 300GB and it took me months to figure out how to clear the old cache, logs, junk and more. And CleanMyMac is a subscription - I refuse to pay subscription fees for Mac apps that run locally. So I built FreeUpMyMac an offline, lifetime Mac cleaner that clear junk with 1 click. And helps you visualize your storage with TreeMap/Sunburst. Hope it’s helpful to you as it is for me. Would love your feedback Tunde
Jan 2026 · freeupmymac.com · its alternatives →
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FolderPlus▲101Peek inside any folder without opening it
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Tidey▲90Hey HN! I built Tidey because my Desktop was always a mess. The problem: Files pile up on Desktop and Downloads. Screenshots, PDFs, random downloads. You save them "temporarily" and forget about them for months. The solution: Tidey sits in your menubar and watches those folders. When you're ready to clean up, it shows you each file one by one. You preview it, then click Delete (goes to Trash) or Keep (moves to ~/Documents/Kept/, organized by year/month). That's it. No complex rules, no automation magic. Just a fast way to make decisions about files you've been ignoring.…
Jan 2026 · trytidey.com · its alternatives →
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The premier macOS data recovery software
2020 · cleverfiles.com · its alternatives →
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