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Amethyst VS Spectacle App

Compare Amethyst VS Spectacle App and see what are their differences

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Amethyst logo Amethyst

A tiling window manager for macOS

Spectacle App logo Spectacle App

Move and resize windows with ease.
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  • Spectacle App Landing page
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    2021-09-18

Important note: Spectacle is no longer being actively maintained

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Demo of Spectacle App for Mac

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  • Review - Spectacle App Showcase: Window Management, Manipulation, & Organization for Mac (2017)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Amethyst and Spectacle App)

Amethyst

Spectacle App

Window Manager
14 14%
Window Manager
86% 86
OSX Tools
12 12%
OSX Tools
88% 88
Mac Tools
100 100%
Mac Tools
0% 0
Screenshot Annotation
0 0%
Screenshot Annotation
100% 100

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Amethyst and Spectacle App

Amethyst Reviews

Best 6 Mac Window Managers
Until Apple brings better window management to Macs, these third-party tools are the best way to improve organization and productivity. Most of them let you snap windows into position by dragging them to the edge of your display—similar to the window snapping found in Microsoft Windows. But others, like Amethyst, Mosaic, and Moom, offer some interesting alternatives....
Source: mackeeper.com
The 6 Best Mac Window Management Tools
If you don't like to drag and drop windows to arrange them all the time, you should try Amethyst. Amethyst has predefined layouts that you can cycle through a keyboard shortcut, which is, by default, Option + Shift + Space bar.
Source: www.makeuseof.com

Spectacle App Reviews

Moom vs Magnet vs Spectacle
While custom sizes can only be done with Moom, the predefined window sizes are provided by Magnet and Spectacle out of the box, but can also be configured manually with Moom. It’s also possible to assign keyboard shortcuts. So, in this case, if you want all the features, Moom can do them all.
Source: medium.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Spectacle App seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Amethyst mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Amethyst yet. Tracking of Amethyst recommendations started around Mar 2024.

Spectacle App mentions (4)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Amethyst and Spectacle App, you can also consider the following products

Hammerspoon - This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X.

Greenshot - Greenshot is a free and open source screenshot tool that allows annotation and highlighting using the built-in image editor.

Moom - Move your mouse over the green zoom button in any window, and Moom's mouse control overlay will appear (as seen in the above animation).

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

SizeUp - SizeUp allows you to quickly resize and position your windows with keyboard shortcuts or a handy menu bar icon. Arranging windows on Mac OS X is tedious and imprecise.

ShareX - ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen...

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