v0.1.0 · Pre-release

TigerClean — a Mac cleaner and protection suite you buy once

For Mac owners tired of paying a cleaner every year. TigerClean clears junk, removes apps completely, finds what fills your disk and removes adware, and it removes nothing until you’ve seen the list. One payment covers every Mac in your household.

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Apple silicon
  • Menu bar app

Not released yet

TigerClean 0.1.0 isn’t released yet. Signed, notarized downloads arrive when tigerclean.app opens.

What it does

TigerClean features

  • Smart Care

    Five checks you choose once — junk, a malware scan, maintenance, updates and duplicate downloads — then one review list and one click. It reminds you; it never cleans on its own.

  • Fourteen kinds of junk

    Caches, logs, Xcode leftovers, broken preferences and login items, old iOS backups and every Trash. The two categories that modify apps start off and ask first.

  • Complete uninstalls

    Removes an app and what it left in 18 Library folders, matched by its bundle ID, never by a name another app could share. Also finds leftovers of apps you already deleted.

  • See what fills your disk

    Space Lens maps any disk, and the duplicate finder knows APFS clones take no extra space. Similar photos are compared on your Mac; your Photos library is never read.

  • Adware and malware removal

    TigerClean’s own definitions and Apple’s XProtect rules from your Mac, checked together, plus heuristics for how adware hides. Threats go to an encrypted quarantine you can restore.

  • Menu bar monitor

    Mac Health, CPU, memory, disks, battery and network in the menu bar, with seven alerts you can switch off. It only reads; every fix opens in the app.

How it works

From install to running

  1. Download TigerClean and enter your email on the welcome screen to start a 7-day trial with every feature.

  2. Grant Full Disk Access, and approve the optional helper for system caches and maintenance.

  3. Run Smart Care or any module, read the review list, and clean only what you leave ticked.

Under the hood

The specifics

Safety
Scan, review, then clean in every module; the Trash by default; a dry-run mode
Helper
Runs a fixed list of 12 commands and removes files only under fixed system folders
Protection
Ed25519-signed definitions checked daily; YARA with Apple’s XProtect rules; AES-GCM quarantine
Privacy
Scans run on your Mac; no file names, paths or contents leave it
Built with
Native Swift and SwiftUI; licensing and updates through TigerLicense

Pricing model

How TigerClean is sold

One payment covers every Mac in your household, with every 1.x update included. No renewal and no per-Mac seats.

Without a license you can still scan; cleaning needs the 7-day trial or a license.

tigerclean.app isn’t live yet. The price is shown there when it opens.

Ask about TigerClean

FAQ

TigerClean questions

Is it an antivirus?

No. It removes malware and adware using public threat research and Apple’s XProtect rules, and its menu bar app warns when something new installs itself to run at startup. Real-time scanning needs an entitlement from Apple that TigerClean doesn’t have yet.

Can it break something?

Every module shows what it found and removes nothing until you confirm. Items go to the Trash where possible; caches and logs are deleted because apps rebuild them. The two categories that modify apps are off by default and warn first.

What counts as my household?

The Macs used by you and the people you live with. Install on each one with the same email. A business, school or shared office needs its own license.

Does it send my files anywhere?

No. Scans, hashing and image comparison all run on your Mac, and no file names or paths leave it. TigerCodes sees only license checks, the daily definitions download and update checks.

Why does it ask for Full Disk Access?

macOS blocks every app from Mail, Safari and some caches unless you grant it. Without it TigerClean still works, but it skips those places and says so. It never asks for Photos, Music or network volumes.

Which Macs does it run on?

Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 13 Ventura or later.

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