Watch 4 Folder Alternatives

Watch 4 Folder is described as 'Simple to use, small and portable tool to monitor folders and file activities' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to Watch 4 Folder for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Watch 4 Folder alternative is Automation Workshop. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Tweakeze or DaemonFS. Other great apps like Watch 4 Folder are fseventer, WatchDirectory, TheFolderSpy and HDD Profiler.

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  1. Automation Workshop icon

    Automation Workshop

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    Automation Workshop is software for automation of complex and recurring processes that would otherwise take a lot of intensive and repetitive user work time. Create automated tasks easier than ever before. Automation Workshop requires no scripting, programming or coding skills.

    76 Automation Workshop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Automation Workshop is the most popular Windows alternative to Watch 4 Folder.

    • Automation Workshop is the most popular commercial alternative to Watch 4 Folder.

    • Automation Workshop is Paid and ProprietaryWatch 4 Folder is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Tweakeze icon

    Tweakeze

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    Tweakeze (tweak-easy) is a software tool designed to watch(monitor) changes on Microsoft Windows file system and Registry database.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Tweakeze is the most popular free alternative to Watch 4 Folder.

    • Tweakeze is Free Personal and ProprietaryWatch 4 Folder is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. DaemonFS icon

    DaemonFS

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    DaemonFS is a real time file monitoring software.

    This tool lets you track modifications to your files. Every time a file gets modified, a notification launched from the tray icon appears.

    This software may be used for reverse engineering, hard disk usage tracking, software ana.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • DaemonFS is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Watch 4 Folder.

    • DaemonFS is the most popular Open Source alternative to Watch 4 Folder.

    • DaemonFS is Free and Open SourceWatch 4 Folder is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. fseventer icon

    fseventer

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    Graphically observe filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight. One example of use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. WatchDirectory icon

    WatchDirectory

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    WatchDirectory monitors a file system directory and performs tasks when certain conditions are met.

    14 WatchDirectory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. TheFolderSpy icon

    TheFolderSpy

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    The ultimate, yet free, hard disk monitoring utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. HDD Profiler icon

    HDD Profiler

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    HDD-Profiler is a powerful HDD (Hard-Disk-Drive) profiling utility that will inform you which files/folders were created, modified, accessed or removed in certain areas of your hard disk by creating system snapshots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. iWatch

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    iWatch is a realtime filesystem monitoring program. Its purpose is to monitor any changes in a specific directory or file and send email notification immediately after the change. This can be very useful to watch a sensible file or directory against any changes, like files...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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