quietmoneyDiskbuddy
Disk space analyzer and cleaner for Mac/Windows: one scan shows what is eating your space, finds duplicate files, shows the real size of apps, compresses videos and photos, and cleanup only moves items to the Trash.
Indian indie deOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Disk space analyzer and cleaner for Mac/Windows: one scan shows what is eating your space, finds duplicate files, shows the real size of apps, compresses videos and photos, and cleanup only moves items to the Trash.
- Users
- Mac users running out of disk space who want to see where it all went
- Positioning
- Cheaper plus one-time purchase: an alternative to subscription cleaners (like CleanMyMac), with one key that works on both Mac and Windows
- Pricing
- One-time purchase; previously recorded at $19 (crossed out $49, launch price $39 limited to 400 copies), homepage currently shows $9 once, one key covers both Mac and Windows; no free tier Billing: one-time Free tier: no Source: Homepage
- Prices on site
- $19 one-time (Mac + Windows, one key; $49 crossed out); launch price $39 (400 c
- Team
- solo
- Rough new MRR
- $81,662 – $186,963 Checkout visits last month × 20–30% conversion × listed price. New revenue only; renewals skip checkout, so real MRR is usually higher.
“'$19 once'; 'there is no free tier'; 'Launch price 39' with '400 copies left'; X-post testimonials only”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Social media (Organic social). Social at 49.1% comes entirely from X (an indie developer promoting it by building in public on X), direct 34.5%, search 9.8% almost all brand keywords (diskbuddy, diskbuddy trustmrr; the latter shows revenue is published on TrustMRR). A one-time-purchase tool, so few returning visits from existing users.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 49% | |
| Other | 51% |
Direct + brand search 44%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| India | 61.41% |
| United States | 38.59% |
Language
English
Social sources
X (Twitter)
Keywords
7 keywords · brand ~44% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| diskbuddy |
| disk buddy |
| diskbuddy app |
| diskbuddy.com |
| diskbuddy trustmrr |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 39.42% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits MoM
- 0%
- Country rank
- India #69196
- Bounce rate
- 70.88%
- Pages / visit
- 1.29
- Visit duration
- 00:00:13
- Industry
- Unknown
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Social › Organic Search (top channel 34.49%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Friends and local circle”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Social media
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Diskbuddy get per month?
About 21,490 last month (Similarweb estimate), #128 of 606; the month before was 0. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Diskbuddy's new users come from?
New-user source: Social media (Organic social). New users mostly come from YouTube, X, Reddit, TikTok and the like Social at 49.1% comes entirely from X (an indie developer promoting it by building in public on X), direct 34.5%, search 9.8% almost all brand keywords (diskbuddy, diskbuddy trustmrr; the latter shows revenue is published on TrustMRR). A one-time-purchase tool, so few returning visits from existing users.
How much does Diskbuddy cost?
One-time purchase; previously recorded at $19 (crossed out $49, launch price $39 limited to 400 copies), homepage currently shows $9 once, one key covers both Mac and Windows; no free tier
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.