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Redirector for macOS VS Switchbar

Compare Redirector for macOS VS Switchbar 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.

Switchbar logo Switchbar

Open links in the right email clients, browsers or profiles
  • Redirector for macOS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-04-26
  • Switchbar Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-21

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Redirector for macOS and Switchbar)
Website Testing
27 27%
73% 73
Project Management
23 23%
77% 77
Webapp Testing
50 50%
50% 50
Safari Extensions
18 18%
82% 82

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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

Switchbar mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Switchbar yet. Tracking of Switchbar recommendations started around Aug 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Redirector for macOS and Switchbar, 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.

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

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

Braus - A small application to select a browser every time you click a link anywhere. This is especially useful if you have multiple browsers or profiles, and you want to be able to open certain links in certain browsers.

Account Surfer - Quickly switch between accounts and browsers on Windows