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Crest vs Systune

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Crest compared with Systune
DetailCrest logo CrestSystune logo Systune
What it doesAnswer Claude Code approvals from your MacBook's notch Clean your Mac without the guesswork
StageNot given MVP
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelPaid Not given
PricingCrest Pro: $14.99 once (use on 2 Macs, updates through Crest 7). Crest Cloud + Drop add-on: 50 GB for $4.99/month or $39.99/year; 200 GB for $7.99/month or $79.99/year. 7-day free trial of everything with no card required. US$39 once for three Macs in one household with two years of updates (direct). Mac App Store edition planned at US$39 once with final pricing to follow App Store tiers. First 100 waitlist signups receive free lifetime license including all future versions. 14-day full trial and 30-day refund planned
Key features
  • Display Claude Code permission prompts on the MacBook notch
  • Answer with Allow or Deny with a single tap
  • View full command details before approving
  • Answer Claude's multiple-choice questions from the notch
  • Support for Codex CLI
  • Support for GitHub Copilot CLI
  • Visible on any display, even over fullscreen apps
  • Works with Claude Code's native hook system
  • 103 cleaning categories with four risk levels
  • 92 security and privacy checks with one-click fixes
  • 300 macOS settings with profiles, snapshots and undo
  • Disk analysis with list, treemap, ring and file-kind views
  • Duplicate and large-file finder
  • Command-line interface with JSON output
  • Full-screen terminal dashboard
  • iPhone companion over local network
  • 67 maintenance tasks including rebuilds and service restarts
  • Startup item and launch daemon inspector
What makes it different
  • Shows prompts on the notch, visible over any fullscreen app or external display
  • One-time purchase with no subscription required
  • Uses native hooks instead of patching or injecting
  • No API key or extra signup required
  • All changes listed and confirmed before removal with a test strip showing exact paths and bytes
  • Protected system paths refused and user files offered to Trash with regenerable caches deleted in place
  • Five rounds of independent security, correctness and performance review with published findings
  • Local processing with no analytics, crash reporting or scan result uploads
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)8 no change since last check11 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)97
Citation Flow (Majestic)3120
Referring domains (Majestic)10717

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