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Switchbar VS Redirector for macOS

Compare Switchbar VS Redirector for macOS and see what are their differences

Switchbar logo Switchbar

Open links in the right email clients, browsers or profiles

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 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-21
  • Redirector for macOS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-04-26

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Switchbar and Redirector for macOS)
Project Management
77 77%
23% 23
Website Testing
74 74%
26% 26
Safari Extensions
82 82%
18% 18
Webapp Testing
54 54%
46% 46

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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.

Switchbar mentions (0)

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

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

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

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...

Account Surfer - Quickly switch between accounts and browsers on Windows

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.