Systune vs AlbumRescue

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Systune compared with AlbumRescue
Detail	Systune	AlbumRescue
What it does	Clean your Mac without the guesswork	Mac app that reads Photos libraries from external drives, old Macs, damaged copies or Time Machine backups, and saves albums as folders
Stage	MVP	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	NO
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	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	Free: scan, all lists, comparison, and 10 photos saved. Full export: USD 34 once for 2 Macs, with one year of updates.
Key features	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	Finds Photos libraries on external drives (APFS, encrypted APFS, HFS+, exFAT) and in Time Machine backups Reads library database without modifying original library or backup Shows which originals are on disk and which cannot be saved Compares albums, folders and items between two libraries Saves folders with original files, XMP sidecars and CSV report Works offline with no account or cloud upload required Reads change journals when database is damaged or missing
What makes it different	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	Reads Photos libraries from damaged backups and Time Machine copies that Photos itself cannot open Shows exactly what photos are stored locally versus in iCloud before exporting Exports as plain folders with XMP metadata that any app can use, not locked into Photos Completely private and offline with no account, no upload, no AI
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	10 −1 (down) since last check	36 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	17	16

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