CleanMyMac is an all-in-one Mac maintenance suite on a subscription. Scrubs does one job: it shows what fills your disk and deletes what you pick, for a one-time price.
Choose CleanMyMac if
you want one app for malware protection, app updates, uninstalling and maintenance
you don't mind a subscription
Choose Scrubs if
you mainly want to see what fills your disk and clear it yourself
you'd rather pay once than every year
you want every delete to go to the Trash first, with undo
Side by side
Scrubs and CleanMyMac, point by point
Scrubs
CleanMyMac
Price
$14.99 once ($9.99 for the first 100 buyers)
Subscription, from about $40 a year for one Mac; one-time licenses cost more
Macs per license
Up to 3
1 on the basic plan
Free to try
Scanning and every list, plus 2 deletes per Mac
A free trial
Refund
30 days
30 days when bought from MacPaw
What it is
A disk map with careful deleting
An all-in-one maintenance suite
Disk map
Treemap beside a sortable outline; fills in while it scans
Space Lens
Deleting
Trash first, ⌘Z to undo; deleting for good shows the exact space freed
Cleans junk it finds, plus files you pick
Scan as administrator
Yes, through a helper that asks for your password each time
Not stated
Also
Search, Largest Files, cleanup suggestions, Unused Apps, menu bar free space, low-disk alert
Malware protection on the Plus plan, app updates, uninstaller with leftovers, maintenance tasks, unused apps, cloud cleanup
Not included
Malware scanning, app updates, removing app leftovers, system monitor
Not stated
Requires
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon
See MacPaw's site
CleanMyMac's details are from MacPaw's CleanMyMac site, checked in October 2026. Prices and features change, so check there before you buy. Spotted something wrong? Write to support@getscrubs.app and we fix it.
Try Scrubs on your own disk
Scanning and every list are free, plus 2 deletes per Mac. A license is $14.99 once for up to 3 Macs, $9.99 for the first 100 buyers.
Scrubs
