Kaleidoscope Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Show HN: Floro – Visual Version Control for static assets and strings

  > Did you ever get a chance to use their product? I wasn't a professional designer so never had a need for layervault, but it had quite a bit of polish for its time. Another app in the space has been https://kaleidoscope.app/ (Mac only) which is still around but doesn't market specifically to just images, I think the parent company has changed hands (was owned by Black Pixel, then Letter Opener GmbH, now owned by... - Source: Hacker News / 26 days ago

• Ask HN: Black Friday Discounts/Specials

  - [Kaleidoscope](https://kaleidoscope.app), my favorite diff tool, is 40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY23. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Keyboard Maestro 11

  MacOS is of course a Unix so it has support for CLI automation as well, and it's pretty common for macOS-exclusive applications to implement it where appropriate (e.g., https://kaleidoscope.app). It also has several other forms of automation: 1. AppleScript, which often makes it faster to implement powerful scripts than a CLI because AppleScript has objects (e.g., you can iterate through the tasks in OmniFocus for... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Software Developer Mac Apps

  Kaleidoscope. The best comparison app out there. I used it in particular because at work we have a very different workflow which makes it hard to use other tools for comparison. I think it’s gotten pretty pricey though, so if I could avoid said workflow I’d probably use something else. Source: 12 months ago

• How to compare XML in a git commit?

  Https://kaleidoscope.app/ can probably get you a good looking diff but never tried for your usecase. I have been using it for 10 years now. Source: 12 months ago

• Is there a Mac app that will allow me to recursively go through thousands of folders, calculate the total folder size, then compare against all other folder sizes, and if the size is identical, delete the newer one?

  See if this app helps https://kaleidoscope.app/. Source: about 1 year ago

• I'm looking for an app to tell me if a file from an SD card exists on another drive?

  Kaleidoscope https://kaleidoscope.app/ | have you tried this? Source: about 1 year ago

• Which apps would you like to see in Setapp?

  A good diff app like Kaleidoscope or something like that. Source: about 1 year ago

• I was a MacOS hater until...

  Kaleidoscope - really nice side-by-side diff for showing differences between two documents (great for troubleshooting what went wrong with old and new versions of a file type stuff). Source: about 1 year ago

• Any good duplicate file finder/deleters?

  Kaleidoscope may be useful https://kaleidoscope.app/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

  - TablePlus is a greate database client.. It is simple but powerful. Can connect to any rdbms out there, fast and stable. (https://tableplus.com) - Kaleidoscope is the best diff / merge gui app I have used. (https://kaleidoscope.app). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Text comparing app

  Otherwise, if money’s no object, Kaleidoscope always looked good. Source: over 1 year ago

• What software do you like for file comparison?

  I use python, but if you want something with a GUI, check out Kaleidoscope. Source: over 1 year ago

• Meld for Macs

  I really like https://kaleidoscope.app It has a new release and is the most Mac-like of the various diff tools I've used. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers

  Https://kaleidoscope.app/ is by far the best Mac solution. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Tools to install on a new MacBook

  What web dev apps I use... Are mac-only? - Laravel Valet + PHP Monitor will be an intuitive substitute for XAMPP; - Homebrew - package manager; - Kaleidoscope - excellent diff; - Transmit - excellent FTP client; - Sequel Ace - SQL client, successor to Sequel Pro, though the interface has suffered; - Paw - API tool (better interface than Postman); - ImageOptim - image compression; - Alfred App - quick launcher (not... Source: about 2 years ago

• Sync two folders

  You need a tool like Kaleidoscope and Gemini which will allow you to compare folders and/or remove duplicates. Source: over 2 years ago

• I hate it when an app has iCloud Sync as a premium subscription feature

  Then you'll have to accept higher one time costs. Take the recently updated Kaleidoscope 3 which is now $150, I can't remember the cost I paid for the previous version but I reckon it was half that. Source: over 2 years ago

• A mac app that compares files in 2 folders to show content differences?

  The best in class is kaleidoscope but it costs $150. a less expensive alternative is beyondcompare. Source: over 2 years ago

• Merging filesystem structure/ files, discarding duplicates

  I had the same need merging 5TB the other day. I was unable to find a fully automatic solution, but this app saved me a good chunk of the time and energy: https://kaleidoscope.app/. Source: over 2 years ago