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Hookshot VS Moves for macOS

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Cursor movement window snapping on macOS

Moves for macOS logo Moves for macOS

?? Moves makes it easier than ever to position your windows *juuust* right. ? Just hold down your chosen modifier keys and move the mouse. No need to fiddle with 3px wide window edges or far way title bars.
  • Hookshot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-12
  • Moves for macOS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-29

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Hookshot and Moves for macOS)

Hookshot

Moves for macOS

Window Manager
76 76%
Window Manager
24% 24
OSX Tools
75 75%
OSX Tools
25% 25
Mac Tools
100 100%
Mac Tools
0% 0
OSX Window Manager
62 62%
OSX Window Manager
38% 38

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Hookshot seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 23 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.

Hookshot mentions (23)

  • macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux
    Rectangle and its paid cousin, Hookshot (https://hookshot.app) are great. I use Hookshot. They are the best window managers I've used on MacOS, because the resize features work flawlessly every single time. Other ones I've tried (e.g. bettertouchtool) have occasional issues with that. They'd be perfect if they supported full customization of drop zones. They have some limited customization, including via the... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux
    Since a few people already have mentioned Rectangle for Window management, I wanted to point out that there is also a payed version of it called Hookshot (https://hookshot.app/). The same developer also offers a great app called Hyperkey (https://hyperkey.app/) which defines CAPS as your hyper-key. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • MacBook apps you can't live without!
    Hookshot - A mouse/gesture-based window manager. I always have one installed and then almost never use it. This I started using right away. Then I realized the only things I used it for were built into Raycast. Still, it's my favorite of the window management tools that I've tried. Source: over 2 years ago
  • My new Setup! Ultra Wide Monitor ans 16“ M1 Max 😍🤩
    I've got the same setup. Hookshot and SwitchResX are essential. Source: over 2 years ago
  • LG 34WK95U review (from MBP 16" 2021 perspective)
    The LG software is trash, I bought Hookshot.app to better manage my windows. Source: over 2 years ago
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Moves for macOS mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Moves for macOS yet. Tracking of Moves for macOS recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Hookshot and Moves for macOS, you can also consider the following products

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

Spectacle App - Move and resize windows with ease.

Rectangle - Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.

BetterSnapTool - 10 Oct 2017 . BetterSnapTool allows you to easily manage your window positions and sizes by either dragging them to one of the screen's corners or to the top, left or right side of the screen.

LayAuto - Automated window management for Mac ✨

All Windows Appear - All Windows Appear is a platform that allows the users to see all of their windows in running action just by clicking on one.

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