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Redirector for macOS VS Browser Tamer

Compare Redirector for macOS VS Browser Tamer and see what are their differences

Redirector for macOS logo Redirector for macOS

Set it as your default browser and when opening a link from anywhere you'll get a neat selection which browser to use or use rules to automate which browsers to use for which links.

Browser Tamer logo Browser Tamer

Makes correct URLs open in browsers you want instead of the system defaults.
  • Redirector for macOS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-04-26
  • Browser Tamer Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-02

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Redirector for macOS and Browser Tamer)
Project Management
31 31%
69% 69
Website Testing
33 33%
67% 67
Webapp Testing
36 36%
64% 64
Safari Extensions
38 38%
62% 62

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Redirector for macOS seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time 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.

Redirector for macOS mentions (1)

  • Cannot change Netflix desktop shortcut to open in Safari
    There is a fantastic app that is just what you are looking for. redirector. You set redirector as your default browser in MacOS. Inside redirector you set what browser you want to be your "default" (open all URLs that don't match any rules) and set rules to open specific URLS in specific browsers. Source: about 2 years ago

Browser Tamer mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Browser Tamer yet. Tracking of Browser Tamer recommendations started around Jul 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Redirector for macOS and Browser Tamer, you can also consider the following products

Browser Selector - Simple rules-based automatic browser selection based on URLs.

Choosy - Choosy opens links in different browsers as specified, according to rules, set by the user.

Browser Select - Browser Select is a utility to dynamically select the browser you want instead of just having one...

Finicky - A MacOS app for creating rules that decide which browser is opened for every link that would open...

Switchbar - Open links in the right email clients, browsers or profiles

Browser Fairy - One tool to rule them all Get virtually as many default web browsers as you want.