I'd like to be free too, but if for the price of a few trips to the coffee shop I can get a tool I can trust and even enjoy using - I have absolutely no problem with that. I'm a developer and for me, a good diff tool is second only to a good compiler/dev environment and a good source control system. It's great, for us, to have this level of competition! I care about details, performance, stability, looks - don't we all or why else we'd be using Macs - and to me it's obvious that all three - BC, Araxis and DeltaWalker - have put more efforts in these areas than the other guys.
I think that the most natural way to visualize folder differences is to you the same tree structures that Finder or Explorer use and the lists that DiffMerge uses tire quickly both my eyes and my brain. I need FTP/SFTP file and folder comparison (DeltaWalker only), I need 3-way, I need HTML reports. for me it comes to certain features that only these two have and to attention to detail. I found it more useful than some of the paid ones I've tried - Guiffy, even Changes (although I liked the Changes UI somewhat better). I was using it for a few months and I have no major complaints. If all you need is visualizing file diffs FileMerge does okay (it has an obscure folder diff capability, but it's hard to label that useful).įor a free app, DiffMerge has a good deal of features - folder comparison, 3-way comparison. It all depends on what you use the tool for. There's nothing wrong with either FileMerge or DiffMerge.
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