Spectacle App VS uBar

uBar

The Dock replacement for the Mac.

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2021-09-18

Important note: Spectacle is no longer being actively maintained

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2022-08-03

Demo of Spectacle App for Mac

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Category Popularity

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

uBar

Window Manager

58 58%

Window Manager

42% 42

OSX Tools

62 62%

OSX Tools

38% 38

Screenshot Annotation

100 100%

Screenshot Annotation

0% 0

Mac

0 0%

Mac

100% 100

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Reviews

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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

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, uBar should be more popular than Spectacle App. It has been mentiond 10 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.

Spectacle App mentions (4)

.app vs .com?
Like spectacleapp.com or alfredapp.com for example. Source: almost 2 years ago
The Essence operating system at Handmade Seattle 2021 [video]
If that's your only complaint, it's very simple to fix: SpectacleApp Source: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle Download: https://spectacleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Workspace - Mid work day
If you're comfortable with shortcuts already, consider using Spectacle. Or their successor, Rectangle. Source: over 2 years ago
Window management for PPC Mac OS
Before Rectangle I used Spectacle but can’t recall what I used 10 years ago! Source: almost 3 years ago

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: over 1 year 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