r/macapps — DiskFox - see what's been eating your Mac storage by u/plastic-rip5046
Earliest author promotion found; post itself deleted and not archived, recovered via author profile listing and comment trail.
DiskFox
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Closed-source native macOS storage analyzer and cleaner: tracks what changed on disk over time (per-scan snapshots, menu-bar background monitor), decomposes 'System Data' including Time Machine local snapshots and purgeable space, finds large files/app caches/leftovers, review-before-delete. 14-day trial then one-time licence.
- Platforms
- Interface
- Tech stack
- Swift, SwiftUI (per CSV)
- Features
- Dev-junk cleaning
- Not a focus
- Development
- Unknown · leadership unknownPlastic_Rip5046 (fresh account at launch)
- License
- ProprietaryClosed source; no repo.
- Price
- One-time purchase14-day free trial; 'lifetime licences for £5 to the next 19 customers'; 'No subscription, just a one-time payment.'
- Launched
- earliest announcement (r/macapps 1wyeery); the CSV's r/ShowYourApp post was the 4th push on 2026-10-11
- First release
- Domain registered
- (diskfox.app)
- Last seen alive
Checks
Mechanical checks derived from the fields above. Each row is one fact; "not yet checked" means exactly that, not a failure. There is no composite score; read them together.
| Track record | 28 days ago |
|---|---|
| Source published | Not yet checked |
| Release signing | Not yet checked |
| Security contact | Not yet checked |
| Reproducible builds | Not yet checked |
| Telemetry | Not yet checked |
| Runs elevated | Not yet checked |
| Auto-update channel | Not yet checked |
| Recent activity | Last seen 17 days ago |
Research notes
- Scarcity marketing: 'lifetime licences for £5 to the next 19 customers' - the same numbered-copies playbook as Broom's '$9 for the first 20 copies'.
- Serial launcher: the same account promotes a second app (a Claude/ChatGPT desktop account switcher, 'temporary fix', planned MIT) on r/ClaudeCode the same week.
- Fresh-ish account: created 2026-05-29, silent until first comments 2026-09-27; domain registered 2026-09-29; launch posts began ~10-06. Karma 78/79, almost all DiskFox.
- Gives away '100% free discount code for some honest harsh feedback!! DM me' in r/MacStudio - paid app fishing for testimonials.
- CSV had no announcement for the real first push (r/macapps 1wyeery, since deleted); the canonical entry is the r/ShowYourApp gallery post.
Announcements
2 recorded
r/ShowYourApp — I built DiskFox - a Mac storage cleaner that actually shows you what's taking up space by u/plastic-rip5046
Canonical entry from the project CSV; gallery post with 'Showcase' flair.
I'm an indie developer and I've been working on DiskFox — Intro cliche
I felt like a lot of Mac cleaning apps were either expensive subscriptions, overly complicated, or didn't make it clear what they were actually deleting. — Problem statement
Clean up unnecessary files without a subscription — Virtue
I'd genuinely love to hear what you think, especially if you've used other Mac storage cleaners. — Engagement hook
Sources
| URL | Role | Status | Checked | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| diskfox.app/ | homepage | 200 |
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