Homy alternative: Peekaboo vs Homy
By Vishva Variya · Updated
Homy and Peekaboo set out to fix the same thing: Finder makes you remember where a file lives. Both show your Mac as a card library, both turn “pdfs from last week” into filters, both group downloads by the site they came from and both clear old installers and duplicates to the Trash, all on the Mac with no account. The difference is how far each goes once the basics are covered.
Looking for Homy itself? It’s at tryhomy.app.
- Homy price
- $19 one-time (launch offer, then $29)
- Homy requires
- macOS 14 or later
- Peekaboo
- $24.99 one-time (launch price $9.99 until Nov 13, then $14.99 until Nov 30), 14-day trial, macOS 14+
Homy figures from tryhomy.app, verified 2026-11-12.
Why pick Peekaboo over Homy?
Cleanup you can take back
Both apps move files to the Trash rather than deleting them. Peekaboo also records every cleanup, rename and move as a session in Activity, so ⌘Z or one click puts all of it back where it was.
The rest of the disk
Homy’s cleanup covers your files. Peekaboo adds Disk Usage and the Space Map for what fills the drive, an uninstaller that finds an app’s leftovers, and App Caches and Dev Tools with each item marked Safe or Check First.
Finder habits
Peekaboo opens folders in tabs (⌘T, ⌘-double-click), has a path bar, column view, type-to-select and Finder’s Go keys, and searches by meaning, so “receipt” also finds the PDF that says “invoice”.
Peekaboo vs Homy, job by job
| Job | Homy | Peekaboo |
|---|---|---|
| Plain-English search | Homy: Yes, with filters for type, date, size and source | Peekaboo: Yes, plus search by meaning and tokens like ext: and path: |
| Downloads by source | Homy: Yes, with a From filter | Peekaboo: Yes, Downloaded From, and a menu bar list of the newest |
| Cleanup | Homy: Clean Up cards and duplicates, to the Trash | Peekaboo: The same, plus app caches, developer caches and an uninstaller, each undoable from Activity |
| Seeing what fills the disk | Homy: Not on its feature list | Peekaboo: Disk Usage by folder and the Space Map sunburst |
| Tabs | Homy: Not on its feature list | Peekaboo: Yes, Finder-style, with ⌘T and Open in New Tab |
| Price | Homy: $19 one-time while the launch offer lasts, then $29; no trial mentioned | Peekaboo: One-time, 14-day free trial |
The honest verdict
If you want a lighter, simpler card library and its launch price, Homy is a good fit, and its feature set is focused. Peekaboo is the better pick when you also want to understand and clear the whole disk, uninstall apps cleanly, keep several folders open in tabs, or undo any cleanup later. You can try Peekaboo free for 14 days before deciding.
Homy vs Peekaboo: questions
Is Homy a one-time purchase?
- Yes. Its site says pay once and keep it, with free updates. On November 12, 2026 it showed a $19 launch offer, then $29, for 1, 3 or 5 Macs.
Does Homy have a free trial?
- Its site didn’t mention one when we checked on November 12, 2026. You can download it from tryhomy.app.
Can Peekaboo do everything Homy does?
- The core jobs, yes: card library, plain-English search, text in images, Downloaded From, Duplicates, Clean Up, Quick Search, the menu bar list of downloads and Shortcuts actions. Peekaboo adds cleanup history with undo, a disk map, an uninstaller, cache cleaning and tabs.
Do both run on Intel Macs?
- Yes. Homy and Peekaboo both need macOS 14 Sonoma or later and run on Apple silicon and Intel.