Choose your fighter
Scopo vs the alternatives
There are great window tools on macOS. Most show you every window, everywhere. Scopo is the one scoped to the project you are in right now. Here is an honest side-by-side.
Comparing Scopo to itself? See Free vs Pro
The lineup
Scopovs.the World
Every macOS window switcher, tiler, and built-in tool, lined up in one table. Scroll sideways to take on all challengers.
| Feature | Scopo | AltTab | Command-Tab Plus | Contexts | rcmd | Witch | Cmd+Tab | Mission Control | Stage Manager | Rectangle | Magnet | Tangrid | Workspaces | AeroSpace | Raycast | Amethyst | yabai | Loop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoped to the Space you're working in | Optional setting | Current Space view | Per screen | Per project group | Own workspaces | Layouts per Space | Layouts per Space | |||||||||||
| Window-level switching (not just apps) | Directional focus only | Text list, no previews | Directional focus only | Directional focus via CLI | ||||||||||||||
| Cross-Space navigation from the keyboard | Own workspaces only | Via window list | Move window only | With SIP changes | ||||||||||||||
| Per-project shelf for files, links & text | Project resources | |||||||||||||||||
| Client / context profiles | Per workspace | |||||||||||||||||
| Search across windows | By first letter | |||||||||||||||||
| Live window previews | ||||||||||||||||||
| Window tiling / snapping | Auto-arrange | Automatic (i3-style) | Snap presets | Automatic (layouts) | Automatic (BSP) | |||||||||||||
| Price | Free forever, Pro from $1.25/mo | Free, open source | Paid (one-time) | Paid | Free, with Pro upgrade | Paid (one-time) | Built into macOS | Built into macOS | Built into macOS | Free, open source | Paid (one-time) | Paid (lifetime) | Paid | Free, open source | Free core, Pro subscription | Free, open source | Free, open source | Free, open source |
| Open source | Extensions only |
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Scopo vs AltTab
AltTab is a free, open-source app that brings Windows-style Alt-Tab window switching to macOS, with thumbnails of every window.
See the matchupPaid Cmd+Tab replacementScopo vs Command-Tab Plus
Command-Tab Plus is a paid drop-in replacement for the macOS app switcher that adds window switching, quitting, and hiding from the switcher itself.
See the matchupWindow switcher with searchScopo vs Contexts
Contexts is a paid window switcher that adds a sidebar of all your windows and a fast type-to-search command bar.
See the matchupApp switcherScopo vs rcmd
rcmd lets you jump to any app by holding the right Command key and pressing the first letter of the app's name.
See the matchupWindow & tab switcherScopo vs Witch
Witch is a long-standing macOS utility that switches between windows, tabs, and apps system-wide by cycling through them.
See the matchupBuilt into macOSScopo vs Cmd+Tab
The macOS Cmd+Tab switcher cycles between applications. It is app-centric and shows every app regardless of which Space you are in.
See the matchupBuilt into macOSScopo vs Mission Control
Mission Control is the macOS overview that spreads out your open windows and Spaces so you can pick one with the mouse.
See the matchupBuilt into macOSScopo vs Stage Manager
Stage Manager is Apple's window-decluttering feature that groups your windows and tucks recent ones along the side of the screen.
See the matchupOpen-source window tilerScopo vs Rectangle
Rectangle is a free, open-source macOS window manager that snaps windows to halves, thirds, quarters, and more with keyboard shortcuts or a drag to the screen edge.
See the matchupPaid window snapperScopo vs Magnet
Magnet is a paid window manager on the Mac App Store that snaps windows into halves, thirds, quarters, and sixths by dragging to the edge or with keyboard shortcuts.
See the matchupAll-in-one window managerScopo vs Tangrid
Tangrid is a paid macOS window manager that combines BSP tiling and grid snapping, a Cmd+Tab replacement with live previews, and enhanced Dock previews in one app.
See the matchupProject launcher (Apptorium)Scopo vs Workspaces
Workspaces by Apptorium lets you group the apps, files, folders, and links for a project and open them all together in one click.
See the matchupi3-style tiling window managerScopo vs AeroSpace
AeroSpace is a free, open-source tiling window manager for macOS inspired by i3. It arranges every window automatically, uses its own virtual workspaces, and is driven entirely from the keyboard and a config file.
See the matchupLauncher with window managementScopo vs Raycast
Raycast is a launcher for macOS: open apps, run commands and extensions, search files, manage clipboard and snippets. It also includes window snapping shortcuts and a Switch Windows command.
See the matchupAutomatic tiling window managerScopo vs Amethyst
Amethyst is a free, open-source automatic tiling window manager for macOS in the xmonad tradition. It arranges windows into layouts such as tall, wide, and fullscreen, and moves them between macOS Spaces from the keyboard.
See the matchupScriptable tiling window managerScopo vs yabai
yabai is a free, open-source tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows in a binary space partition and exposes almost everything through a command-line interface. Its most powerful features require partially disabling System Integrity Protection.
See the matchupOpen-source window snapperScopo vs Loop
Loop is a free, open-source macOS app that snaps windows to halves, thirds, quarters, and custom sizes through a radial menu that appears when you hold a trigger key.
See the matchupSnap windows into split layouts with a keystroke or a drag, and every layout stays scoped to its Space. See how Scopo tiling compares to Rectangle and Magnet.