MacKeeper Review 2025: Is It Good Enough for Your Mac?

Our Score
8.0
GOOD
#11 out of 70 antiviruses
#11 out of 70 antiviruses
Katarina Glamoslija
Katarina Glamoslija Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Published on: May 15, 2020
Fact-checked by Kate Davidson
Updated 2 times since publishing
Katarina Glamoslija
Katarina Glamoslija
Published on May 15, 2020 Updated 2 times since publishing Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Fact-checked by Kate Davidson

MacKeeper Review: Quick Expert Summary

MacKeeper Products & Pricing

12-month plan for 3 Macs
$71.52 / year
12-month plan for 1 Mac
$57.12 / year
1-month plan for 1 Mac
$10.95 / month
About the Author
Katarina Glamoslija
Katarina Glamoslija
Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor

About the Author

Katarina Glamoslija is the former Lead Cybersecurity Editor at SafetyDetectives. She has more than a decade of experience researching, testing, and reviewing cybersecurity products and investigating best practices for online safety and data protection. Before joining SafetyDetectives, she led several tech websites, including one about antiviruses and another about VPNs. She also worked as a freelance writer and editor for tech, medical, and business publications. Outside of work, she can be found traveling (and writing about it on her small travel blog), playing with her cats, and binge-watching crime dramas.

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MacKeeper User Reviews

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Based on 133 reviews in 6 languages 8.2
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Gregor
Gregor
Panama
2.0
Just uninstalled it
Mac User
The programme simply does not work anymore: my computer behaves strangely all the time needing restarts and and since many days and many attempts, the antivirus simply doesn't enable itself. When I try to reinstall, I get system messages that this programmes can't be installed because it needs updating by the developer. Isn't this all embarrassing for a "premium" product, which I paid on a yearly subscription basis. I try to get the remaining days reimbursed, since the product is simply faulty. And I refrained from using their support professional because last time this "apple certified support professional" most of all tried to bully me into buying an upgrade, and I got only rid of his insistence by going offline.
I have been relatively s...Show More
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Chris Gregor
Gregor, thank you for choosing our company over the years. We are really sorry to know about your latest experience though. Please, send me more of the details about your issue to chris@kromtech.com, alongside with an email addres...Show More
Erica L. Fretz
Erica L. Fretz
United States
2.0
My computer won’t work
iOS User
I was told it was because of MacKeeper. Apple has it own security installed in the computer. MacKeeper confuses the software & causes my MAC not to work. Of course it was denied. I wasn’t given a refund one star cause I have to
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Vicky Erica L. Fretz
Hi Erica! I want to investigate this issue. Usually, MacKeeper can't cause such behavior so it looks strange, I want to look deeply into this. Could you please send me the email you use as MacKeeper login to vicky@kromtech.com? I ...Show More
Amy
Amy
United States
2.0
Don't Bother
Mac User
I signed up for mackeeper in June 2019 and it worked for about a month. Then, every time I'd log in it would alert me to items it found that needing cleaning. After month 1, it logged me out with no option to log back in. It would keep alerting me to problems it found, but would try to charge me for membership rather than let me log in with the one I was already paying for. When I contacted the company, they suggested I call their technicians to have them scan my computer and provide the diagnostics that the app is supposed to do. I told them I'd rather the app (that I'm paying for) do its job and they offered me no other option than calling and working with their technicians to scan the computer as the app is supposed to do. No thanks.

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Vicky Amy
Hi Amy! I'm sorry to hear that. Please provide me with your email, I want to investigate this issue.
vicky@kromtech.com.
Vicky from Mackeeper.
Tim Loose
Tim Loose
United States
1.0
Theirs!
Mac User
They have been charging me for 2 years with my knowledge. I thought I cancelled it after my trial, but it wasn't. I admit, I should have been looking a my credit card statements.......Beware!
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odile Tim Loose
Exactly the same issue. They do it on purpose
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Vicky Tim Loose
Hi Tim! I'm sorry to hear that. I understand how it can be frustrating to receive a charge that you weren’t expecting, especially when you haven’t used the tool. Everyone’s been here: you sign up for something, and you’re so focus...Show More
fuck off for asking to register my email address
fuck off for asking to register my email address
New Zealand
1.0
Just a scam
Mac User
This company spams people, creates unnecessary popups several time sand hour 24/7, invades your viewing and is the biggest SCAM on the internet. Absolute crap marketing, messaging, pressure and performance. I switched and have never been better off. DO NOT USE MACKEEPER!!!!!!!
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Vicky fuck off for asking to register my email address
Hi! I'm sorry to hear that. Could you please send me screenshots and links of these ads here: vicky@kromtech.com? I will try to do my best to help you fix it. Vicky from MacKeeper.
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Mark Sams Vicky
Ditto his story $195 in June. Fix lasted 3 weeks. Came back in August even worse. You guys serviced it again but charged a membership. Worked for a couple of days. Now back to useless. Told by your pop up it was serviced 3 weeks ...Show More
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Vicky Mark Sams
Hi Mark! I want to investigate this issue. Could you please send me the email you use as MacKeeper login to vicky@kromtech.com? I will try to do my best to help you. Vicky from MacKeeper.