# Find Any File review (2026): is it worth $6? > Mac file finder that searches by name, date, size and content Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Find Any File is a Mac app that searches local volumes by file properties such as name, dates and size, and can look inside file contents. Its manual says it reads the file system directly instead of relying on a Spotlight-style database, so it can reach folders Spotlight leaves out. It is shareware: you can try it from the developer's site and pay if you keep it. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** Thomas Tempelmann - **Website:** https://findanyfile.app/ - **Runs on:** macOS - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you use Windows or Linux, as there is no version for either. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Find Any File is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $6 one-time. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Shareware: the download from the developer's site can be tried before paying; no time limit is stated. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Shareware license | $6 one-time, bought by PayPal or card on the developer's site | Keeps using the direct download after the trial; the page says users are expected to pay if they keep it. | | Mac App Store | Not shown | Also sold through the Mac App Store; the vendor's pages do not state that price. | Read from https://findanyfile.app/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Find Any File before buying. ## Key features - **Search by file properties:** Match on name, dates, size, kind, tags and more, including folders that Spotlight usually excludes such as System and Library. - **Content search:** Looks for text inside files, including inside zip archives, and in .docx and .xlsx documents. - **Scriptable rules:** Version 2.4 added scriptable rules for complex searches, and version 2.6 made the app AppleScriptable. - **Regular expressions:** Searches can use regular expressions, per the version 2.0 notes. - **Saved searches and results:** Searches can be saved for re-use, and result lists can be saved and reopened. - **Network and backup volumes:** Can search modern Time Machine backups, and runs faster on Synology and QNAP shares and Windows shares with Everything. ## Good for - Mac users who need to find files that Spotlight does not list - People who want a one-off small payment rather than a subscription - Users who want to script or save repeat searches ## Worth knowing - Mac only; there is no Windows or Linux version. - The vendor's site says the download from its own site, not the App Store, is the one to try first. - The page does not state a time limit for the trial or the Mac App Store price. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Find Any File searches Mac volumes by name, dates, size and contents by reading the file system directly, so it reaches folders Spotlight leaves out. It costs $6 once and runs only on Mac, and the page gives no length for the trial. - **Value for money: A.** $6 once as shareware by PayPal or card, far below a year of this category's middle subscription. The Mac App Store price is not stated. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Shareware you can try before paying, but the page states no time limit and no free plan, only a request to pay if you keep it. - **Features: B.** Searches by file properties and contents, scriptable rules, regular expressions, saved searches and network and backup volumes. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating is on record, but you install it and type a search with nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Mac only. There is no Windows or Linux version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Thomas Tempelmann's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - Find Any File's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 69 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 46. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 55 of 186) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Find Any File does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company. It costs $6, paid once. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: A real app for macOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro and PopClip among them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, PopClip, Default Folder X, BBEdit **Tags:** File management, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [HoudahSpot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/houdahspot): Advanced file search for Mac built on Spotlight indexing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/find-any-file-vs-houdahspot) - [Alfred](https://toolgpa.com/tools/alfred): Mac launcher with hotkeys, snippets and custom workflows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alfred-vs-find-any-file) - [Raycast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raycast): Keyboard launcher with extensions, clipboard history and AI. 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