Window management & desktop control
Tiling, snapping, spaces and multi-monitor control. The category where paying once still feels normal.
Category: Windows
- Design, graphics & illustration15
- Developer & terminal tools15
- Documents, PDF & office13
- Email, calendar & tasks15
- Files, disk & backup14
- Launchers, clipboard & automation12
- Menu bar & system utilities12
- Privacy, security & networking13
- Screenshots, recording & annotation15
- Video, audio & media14
- Window management & desktop control14
- Writing, notes & markdown14
Licence
- PerpetualUpdates included, forever35
- This versionThe next major is a new purchase47
- Paid upgradesMajor versions cost again25
- Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app14
- FreewareNothing to buy9
- Open sourceNothing to buy; source published36
Each mark reads left to right: this major version, the next, the one after. Filled is included, half is a paid upgrade, hollow is bought again.
Price
11 apps priced in £ or € sit outside these bands, because we don’t convert currencies.
 AeroSpaceNikita Bobko | FreeOpen source | Configured only by hand in a TOML file, and it replaces macOS Spaces rather than using them |
 AltTabLouis Pontoise (lwouis) | $9.99This version | $9.99 Pro covers the current major version only; the $24.99 lifetime tier is the forever one |
 AmethystIan Yh | FreeOpen source | It uses native Spaces, so you keep the slow macOS switching animation, and it is still a 0.x release |
 BartenderSurtees Studios | $25Paid upgrades | $24.99 buys Bartender 7 only; version 8 is a paid upgrade and Pro features are yearly |
 BetterDisplaywaydabber (István Tóth) | $21.99This version | One purchase covers about a year of updates, after which newer major versions are a fresh buy |
 BetterTouchToolAndreas Hegenberg (folivora.ai) | $15This version | The $15 licence stops getting updates after two years; only the $25 tier is a true lifetime |
 HomerowDexter Leng | $49.99Perpetual | Only works as well as an app's accessibility support; some Electron apps expose almost no labels |
 IceJordan Baird | FreeOpen source | The repo has not been pushed to in a year and some README features are still unimplemented |
 MagnetBOOTCODE A.S. | $4.99Perpetual | App Store only, so there is no trial, and updates have slowed to occasional minor fixes |
 MoomMany Tricks | $15This version | Major versions are a paid upgrade — Moom 3 to 4 cost owners $8 — and free updates run about a year |
 RectangleRyan Hanson | FreeOpen source | Saved layouts, display-triggered layouts and window throwing are held back for the paid Rectangle Pro |
 Rectangle ProRyan Hanson | $9.99Perpetual | No published upgrade policy, so a future Rectangle Pro 2 could be a second purchase |
 SwishChristian Renninger (Highly Opinionated) | $16Perpetual | Useless without a trackpad; on a mouse-only Mac almost none of the gestures are reachable |
 WitchMany Tricks | $14This version | Your licence is valid forever but includes only about a year of updates, and Witch 5 will cost extra |