Drive Scope is described as 'Hard drives (and solid state drives) are the most failure prone components in your Mac. For that very reason, in fact, drive manufacturers have built in self monitoring, analysis and reporting technology right into the drive. (a.k.a' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Drive Scope for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Drive Scope alternative is CrystalDiskInfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Drive Scope are GSmartControl, HD Tune, iStat Menus and smartmontools.