Witch
paid text-list switcher for windows, tabs and apps across spaces
This version
Major version upgrades are paid: the Witch 3 to 4 upgrade was $8, roughly 57% of list, which is a fair guide to what the next one costs. Note the wording too — "at least 1 year of updates" is a time window, not the life of the app, even though the licence itself never expires. The free AltTab covers most of the same ground with thumbnails, so what you are buying here is the text-list approach, tab switching and a commercial product with support behind it. Needs Accessibility permission, and requires macOS 10.13 High Sierra or newer.
Witch takes the same complaint AltTab does — that Command-Tab switches apps, not windows — and answers it with text instead of pictures. You get separate switchers you can bind independently: one for applications, one for every window, one for browser tabs. Once you know your own window titles, reading a list is faster than recognising a thumbnail, and it reaches the minimised and hidden windows the system switcher pretends do not exist.
The licence is the usual Many Tricks arrangement. $14 buys Witch 4, your licence is valid forever, and the page promises at least a year of updates rather than updates for the life of the app. When Witch 5 arrives it will be a paid upgrade: the 3-to-4 upgrade cost $8, about 57% of full price, which is a reasonable guide to the next one. There has never been a subscription anywhere near this app, and Many Tricks has been shipping since 2010 and answers email, which is the real difference between this and the free option.
Be honest about that free option, though. AltTab does per-window switching with thumbnails for nothing and is the better default for most people. Buy Witch if you specifically want text lists over thumbnails, or tab switching, or a commercial product with a person behind it.
What it looks like

What it does
- Separate switchers for applications, windows and browser tabs
- Reaches minimised and hidden windows the system switcher skips
- Works across Spaces and multiple displays
- Text-list navigation, entirely keyboard driven
- Perpetual licence from a studio shipping Mac utilities since 2010
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$9.99The facts
- Price
- $14
- Licence
- Own this version forever
- What you get
- One payment buys this major version outright. The next major version is a separate purchase, if you want it.
- Details
- $14 direct from Many Tricks, with the licence terms stated on the page as "Includes at least 1 year of updates. Your license is valid forever." Owners of the previous major version can "Upgrade for just $8!". Current release is Witch 4.7. Free trial, no subscription of any kind.
- Free trial
- Yes
- On Setapp
- No
- Minimum macOS
- macOS 10.13
- Developer
- Many Tricks
- Price checked
- 2026-09-22
Check it yourself - Price band
- Under $15