Moving from Sensei

If you bought Sensei for its monitors, keep it. macleanup has no menu bar gauges, no S.M.A.R.T. health and no benchmarks. It replaces the cleaning tab and the uninstaller, and it tells you what each run moved or removed.

What maps to what

In Sensei	In macleanup
Old caches and system logs	Sections 5, 6 and 7
Large downloads	Section 18, as a report
Leftover installation files	Section 15, as a report
Uninstaller	Section 21
CPU, GPU, battery and thermal monitors	Section 0 is a one-time text snapshot, not a monitor

Move across

1. Get the reports first. They delete nothing.

   npx macleanup --only "0,15,18"

2. Preview the safe batch. It never selects a deep section.

   npx macleanup --dry-run --all

3. Run logs alone. Sudo is needed for the system-log part; with --no-sudo, that part is skipped and never half-run.

   npx macleanup --only 7 --no-sudo

4. Read the session summary. It counts attempted, completed, skipped and failed separately: Reports and logs.

The facts, dated

Last checked 7 November 2026. Check Sensei yourself

Sensei plan	Price	Source
Sensei Plan, up to 3 MacsBilled annually	$29 a year	Source7 November 2026
Sensei License, up to 3 MacsOne time purchase	$59 once	Source7 November 2026

macleanup's own prices are on Plans and allowance.

What	Sensei	macleanup
Clears caches	YesSource	YesSections 3, 5 and 19.
Clears logs	YesSource	YesSection 7.
Finds orphan files from removed apps	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesSection 12.
Uninstalls apps	YesSource	YesSection 21, moved to the Trash.
Disk usage map	Not stated on the pages we checked	PartialA text report from section 26. No visual map.
Free to use	Not stated on the pages we checked	YesThe command line has no limit. The app has a Free plan with a monthly run limit.
Mac App Store or notarised	Not stated on the pages we checked	NoNot notarised by Apple and not on the Mac App Store.
Open source	Not stated on the pages we checked	PartialThe command line is MIT and public. The desktop app source is private.