Alternatives
Looking for a Gemini 2 alternative?
Gemini 2 has the most polished interface in this category and cleans every kind of duplicate, not only photographs. Skimrr answers a narrower question and charges for it once. Here is the difference, put plainly.
What Gemini 2 does well
Every file type, not just photographs
Documents, music, downloads and archives are all fair game. If your problem is a cluttered disk rather than a cluttered photo folder, that breadth is the point.
The interface is genuinely better looking
MacPaw builds beautiful software and it shows. Skimrr is sober by choice, which is not the same as saying it is prettier.
It comes with Setapp
If you already pay for Setapp, Gemini is included and costs you nothing more. That is difficult to argue against.
Where Skimrr is different
One payment instead of a subscription
$19.99 once, up to three devices, future updates included. Nothing renews and nothing stops working if you never hear from us again.
Photographs, and everything that comes with them
Camera raw is read directly, including ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF, ORF, RW2, RAF and DNG, alongside HEIC. A raw is paired with its JPEG export by filename and is never discarded in favour of it.
It also finds the shots that missed focus
Out-of-focus frames are a separate tab, ranked against the rest of the folder. A general duplicate cleaner has no reason to look for those.
Side by side
| Gemini 2 | Skimrr | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | macOS | macOS and Windows |
| Price | Subscription | One-time, $19.99 |
| Scope | All file types | Photographs only |
| Finds blurry photos | No | Yes |
| Camera raw | Limited | Read directly |
| Reversible removals | Partial | Yes, internal trash |
Checked against each maker's own site. Prices and features change: tell us at [email protected] if a line here has gone stale.
Stay with Gemini 2 if
you already subscribe to Setapp, or if what you actually want is one tool that cleans every kind of duplicate on a Mac. Skimrr will not touch your music, your documents or your downloads, and it never will. Buying it to replace a general cleaner would leave you with a gap.
Questions
- Is Skimrr a subscription?
- No. One payment, and the version you bought keeps working for as long as your computer does. Updates are included rather than sold again.
- Does Skimrr clean documents or music?
- No. It does two things in a folder of photographs and nothing else, which is the whole design.
- Is it Mac only, like Gemini?
- No. macOS 11 or later and Windows 10 or later, and one licence covers up to three machines across both.