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A Better Finder Rename vs Stencil: catalog facts
A Better Finder Rename	Stencil
Paid One-time purchase of $29.95 with a free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
macOS	macOS, Linux
Live preview of every new name before renaming Uses EXIF dates and ID3 tags for photo and music names	Native apps for both GNOME and macOS Combinable list of rename operations
macOS only Paid licence after the trial	No Windows version Small project with a single main developer
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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