Free DriveDx Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to DriveDx for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is GSmartControl, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DriveDx and eight of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to DriveDx are Stats, smartmontools, BDoggy and Beaconly.

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DriveDx alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DriveDx.
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  1. GSmartControl icon
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    GSmartControl provides a GUI for smartctl from smartmontools, allowing users to monitor and control SMART data on hard drives. It supports health inspection, runs diagnostic tests, and warns about potential drive failures, ensuring maintenance and optimal disk performance.

    33 GSmartControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    It shows you the LifeTime (hours) of the HD.

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    • GSmartControl is the most popular Mac alternative to DriveDx.

    • GSmartControl is Free and Open SourceDriveDx is Paid and Proprietary
  2. smartmontools icon
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    The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.

    24 smartmontools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. BDoggy icon
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    A magical creature lives in your menu bar — it might be a game character, a playful puppy, or something entirely unique. And it never stops running!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Beaconly icon
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    Beaconly is a flexible, easy to use data aggregating menu app that ties relevant information to you, beautifully one click-away in your macOs menu bar. Easily discover status of AWS, your Jira Tickets, and so much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. eul icon
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    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. ZetaWatch icon
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    ZetaWatch is a small OS X program that displays the zfs status in the menu bar, similar to what iStat Menus does for other information. It is fairly well tested, but due to the current state of libzfs and libzfs_core, changes will be required until the API stabilizes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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