Scrutiny 12.12.4

Scrutiny

A native macOS website audit suite from PeacockMedia that crawls your site, checks links, surfaces SEO problems, generates sitemaps, and produces client-ready reports from one application.

How web teams use it on Mac

Scrutiny starts from a URL, respects scope rules and authentication settings, then walks internal pages to test hyperlinks, metadata, headings, image alt text, mixed content, thin pages, and related SEO signals. Results land in sortable tables with link and page inspectors so you can see status codes, redirect chains, and where a URL appears across the crawl. Optional page rendering helps with JavaScript-heavy sites when you need the rendered DOM considered during parsing.

Beyond link checking, Scrutiny can build XML sitemaps (including images or PDFs where configured), run spelling and grammar checks with macOS dictionaries, search page source or visible text, schedule recurring scans, and trigger finish actions such as saving reports or running AppleScript. Summary and full reports with charts export for stakeholders who want a PDF-style overview rather than raw tables.

Licensing and version 12.12.4

Scrutiny is a one-time purchase (about $149 USD on the vendor site) with a 30-day trial that disables exporting. Licenses from v7 onward unlock current v12 downloads; macOS 11.5 or later is required for the latest builds, with older macOS versions pointed to earlier 12.11 or 10.x releases on the official compatibility table. Version 12.12.4 (June 2026) is a small fix release that corrects JavaScript redirect reporting when page rendering is enabled.