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Hookshot VS uBar

Compare Hookshot VS uBar and see what are their differences

Hookshot logo Hookshot

Cursor movement window snapping on macOS

uBar logo uBar

The Dock replacement for the Mac.
  • Hookshot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-12
  • uBar Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-08-03

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Hookshot and uBar)
Window Manager
43 43%
57% 57
OSX Tools
48 48%
52% 52
Mac Tools
100 100%
0% 0
OSX Window Manager
42 42%
58% 58

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Hookshot should be more popular than uBar. 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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uBar mentions (10)

  • Is there a way to quickly restart open apps?
    Probably overkill, especially given it's a paid app, but uBar (Dock replacement) has a shortcut that restarts an app: cmd+shift+click on the app icon. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Apple Silicon Is an Inconvenient Truth
    I use uBar, you can have all windows ungrouped on the bar and it should have the title for each window. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Finally seeing the draw to Mac...
    There's always Ubar for an alt to the dock. It's Windows-esq. Https://brawersoftware.com/products/ubar. Source: over 2 years ago
  • How to make easier MacOS for my mom long time user of Windows?
    UBar could help quite a bit. It replaces the MacOS dock with a Windows-style taskbar. That along with Start, which is basically a Windows Start Menu for the Mac, and she should be good to go. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Multiple MacOS Docks or MacOS Dock Alternatives
    Here is what I´ve found elsewhere: uBar - Cost 30$ - I havent tested this, purely because I doubt I would be paying 30 bux for a dock, also from screenshots, it seems to be tailored to looking like a windows taskbar, which I am not looking for. Source: over 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Hookshot and uBar, you can also consider the following products

Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers

Spectacle App - Move and resize windows with ease.

LayAuto - Automated window management for Mac ✨

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

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).

ActiveDock - Application Launcher, improved Dock for macOS, alternative to Apple Dock, uBar, HyperDock