Best Magnet alternatives for Mac
Magnet is a paid app in Productivity and Utilities. We found 24 Mac apps that cover the same ground. Of those, 4 are completely free, 9 are free to start and 4 are open source. Paste leads on overlap and community votes, followed by Rectangle and Alfred.
The app you want to replace
Magnet
Snap windows into tidy layouts
$4.99 · Productivity and Utilities
24 alternatives to Magnet
How we picked: every app here shares at least one category with Magnet. Apps that also share features rank higher, and community upvotes break ties. Price and licence never buy a better spot. How we rank apps
- 1Hot
Paste
Clipboard history you can search
199SubscriptionProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- 2
Rectangle
Move and resize windows with shortcuts
91FreeProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- Free
- Open source
- 3
Alfred
Keyboard launcher with custom workflows
60Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 4
BetterTouchTool
Custom gestures and shortcuts for everything
12PaidProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- 5Featured
- 6Hot
Raycast
A faster launcher with superpowers
140Free + in-appDeveloper tools- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 7
Karabiner-Elements
Remap any key on your keyboard
114FreeUtilities- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- Free
- Open source
- 8
Drafts
Capture text first, decide later
38Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 9
- 10
Obsidian
Markdown notes stored on your own disk
23Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 11
Commander One
Dual-pane file manager
23Free + in-appUtilities- Also in Utilities
- Keyboard-driven
- Free to start
- 12Featured
- 13Featured
Craft
Docs and notes with beautiful structure
163Free + in-appProductivity- Also in Productivity
- Free to start
- 14
Fantastical
Calendar and tasks in plain English
156Free + in-appMenu bar- Also in Productivity
- Free to start
- 15
- 16
TickTick
Tasks, habits and a Pomodoro timer in one
115Free + in-appFocus- Also in Productivity
- Free to start
- 17Hot
- 18
- 19
- 20Hot
- 21Hot
- 22
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- 24Hot
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best alternative to Magnet on Mac?
- Paste is our top pick. It shares Productivity and Utilities with Magnet and has 199 upvotes from the community. Rectangle and Alfred are close behind.
- What is the best free alternative to Magnet on Mac?
- Rectangle is the best-ranked free alternative to Magnet. 4 of the alternatives listed here are completely free.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Magnet?
- Yes. 4 alternatives are open source, including Rectangle, Karabiner-Elements and Maccy.
- How many alternatives to Magnet are there for Mac?
- Mac App Index lists 24 apps that share a category with Magnet: 4 completely free, 9 free to start and 4 open source.