Compared, with prices
One app instead of three.
Buying separately for monitoring, disk space and uninstalling costs $61.94 in the first year. iKnowMyMac covers all of it with one license you pay for once. Where another app does a job better, the table says so.
iKnowMyMac
$4.99
once, every feature
The other three
$61.94
first year, then renewals
You save $56.95
| Feature | iKnowMyMac$4.99$24.99 after launchone-time, every feature · 14-day refund | iStat Menus1$11.99one-time, single license ($14.99 family pack) | DaisyDisk2$9.99one-time | CleanMyMac3$3.33a month, starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tells you why the Mac is slow | Ranked causes with evidence and one fix each (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Apps with every helper counted | ≈1,100 processes → ≈50 apps on our test Mac (Yes) | Top apps lists for CPU, memory, disk and network (Partly) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| History | 30 days, scrubbable (Yes) | History graphs for CPU, memory and network (Yes) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Menu bariStat Menus is better here | An item per readout, a value, a graph or both, and a popover (Yes) | Highly customisable items and Combined mode (Yes) | Not its job | A menu with memory, CPU, battery and storage (Yes) |
| Sensors and fansiStat Menus is better here | CPU and GPU temperatures and fan speeds (validated on M1 Pro); no fan control (Partly) | Temperatures, voltages, power, and fan control (Yes) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Per-app network trafficiStat Menus is better here | System totals only (No) | Bandwidth for the top apps (Yes) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Bluetooth batteries | Every paired device and its battery (Yes) | AirPods, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad and others (Yes) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Volume for each app | A slider and mute per app, also in the menu bar (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Sleep blockers, wake reasons, overnight drain | What kept it awake and why it woke, by app (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| Dev servers, ports, Docker, simulators | By project, with idle detection (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Not its job | Not listed (No) |
| What's filling the diskDaisyDisk is better here | Storage map: folders by size, large files, old downloads (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Interactive disk map, snapshots, cloud drives (Yes) | Space Lens map of the drive (Yes) |
| Remove an app completely | Lists every file first, skips shared files (Yes) | Not listed (No) | Not its job | Uninstaller that clears leftover data (Yes) |
| Junk cleanup and malware removalCleanMyMac is better here | Never, by design (No) | Not its job | Not its job | Smart Care, junk cleanup, anti-malware (Yes) |
| Runs onDaisyDisk is better here | Apple silicon, macOS 15 or later (Partly) | macOS 11 or later (Yes) | macOS 10.13 or later (Yes) | macOS 11 or later (Yes) |
| What you pay | $4.99 onceYou save $56.95 | $61.94for all three in the first year, and CleanMyMac renews every year after that | ||
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Last checked 2026-09-28 on each vendor's own site. US prices before tax; CleanMyMac's first year is 12 months at $3.33. “Not listed” means we couldn't find it on their site, not that it can't be done.
- 1iStat Menus 7.5 features, bjango.com
- 1iStat Menus prices, the Buy button on bjango.com (Paddle checkout, US, before tax)
- 2DaisyDisk features, price and requirements, daisydiskapp.com
- 3CleanMyMac price and requirements, cleanmymac.com
- 3CleanMyMac features (Uninstaller, Space Lens, malware removal), macpaw.com
Know why your Mac is slow.
macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple silicon. A 10.4 MB native app, notarized by Apple. No account, no analytics, no telemetry.
One-time purchase · every feature · 14-day refund