EasyFilm
A NeoFinder alternative for Mac and iPhone.
DriveShelf catalogs every external drive you own, so you can find a file after the drive goes back on the shelf. It's free for 3 drives, and one purchase unlocks unlimited drives on the Mac and the iPhone.
Requires macOS 14.0 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · iPhone companion requires iOS 26.5 or later
Side by side
US prices from cdfinder.de and the US App Store, checked 24 September 2026.
| Feature | DriveShelf | NeoFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price for the Mac app | Free for 3 drives; unlimited drives $14.99, one time | $39.99, one-time (Private License, up to 3 Macs) |
| iPhone app | Free, and Unlimited Drives covers it too | NeoFinder iOS, sold separately for $5.99 |
| Mac and iPhone together | $14.99 for unlimited drives | $45.98 |
| Subscription | None | None |
| Free trial | Free for 3 drives, with no time limit | Yes — a demo limited to 10 catalogs |
| Search drives while they're unplugged | Yes | Yes |
| Duplicate files across drives | Yes — files with the same name and size, and whole duplicate folders | Yes |
| Network drives (NAS, servers) | Yes — SMB shares, since 2.1 | Yes |
| Thumbnails and photo/video metadata | No — names, paths, sizes, dates and Finder tags only | Yes (EXIF, IPTC, XMP) |
| Oldest supported macOS | macOS 14.0 | macOS 10.15 |
| Oldest supported iOS | iOS 26.5 | iOS 14 |
| Windows | No | No — abeMeda, a separate Windows app from another developer, reads NeoFinder catalogs |
| Around since | 2026 | 1995, as CDFinder |
When NeoFinder is the better choice
I'd rather you buy the right app than the cheaper one. Pick NeoFinder if:
- Your Mac runs something older than macOS 14. DriveShelf needs macOS 14.0 or later. NeoFinder goes back to macOS 10.15.
- Your iPhone can't run iOS 26.5. DriveShelf's iPhone app needs iOS 26.5 or later. NeoFinder's iOS app runs on iOS 14 and later.
- You need thumbnails or photo and video metadata. NeoFinder catalogs both. DriveShelf records names, paths, sizes, dates and Finder tags.
- You also catalog from a Windows PC. abeMeda, a separate Windows app from another developer, can read NeoFinder catalogs. DriveShelf is Mac and iPhone only.
- You want a long track record. NeoFinder, originally called CDFinder, dates back to 1995. DriveShelf went on sale in 2026.
What DriveShelf does
Plug a drive in once. DriveShelf reads every file name, path, size, date and Finder tag into a catalog on your Mac — never the contents of the files.
Unplug it and put it back on the shelf. Search every catalogued drive at once, and DriveShelf tells you which physical drive has the file.
It flags files with the same name and size on different drives, and whole folders copied to two drives, so you can check them and free up a whole drive instead of buying another one.
Every folder shows its total size, and Final Cut Pro libraries count as one item at their full size. The file list and the duplicates export as CSV, and a drive report exports as PDF.
Use more than one Mac? Click Sync Now on each one, and every Mac shows the drives of all your Macs. The iPhone app shows them too — through your own iCloud account, not through me.
The limits, plainly
- Network shares have to be SMB, and connected in Finder before DriveShelf can catalog them.
- It isn't a backup tool. It catalogs and searches; it doesn't copy anything.
- The iPhone app shows the catalog your Macs built. It can't catalog drives on its own.
- Sync works across your own Macs on one Apple ID. There's no shared library for a team on different Apple IDs.
DriveShelf — free for 3 drives, unlimited US$14.99 once, Mac and iPhone
Search every drive you own — even the ones sitting unplugged on a shelf.
NeoFinder, CDFinder and abeMeda are trademarks of their respective owners. DriveShelf and EasyFilm are independent and are not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to NeoFinder, abeMeda or their developers. NeoFinder details come from cdfinder.de and the App Store as of 24 September 2026 and may have changed since — check the developer's site for current prices.