Alternatives to Moom
A Mac window manager for moving, zooming and snapping windows and restoring saved window layouts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Moom
A Mac window manager for moving, zooming and snapping windows and restoring saved window layouts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Moom.
Rectangle Pro
A paid macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows with cursor throws, shortcuts and snap areas.
Rectangle Pro also offers workspace layouts that trigger on display changes, plus window throws to 16 positions, and is paid and closed source.
Magnet
A Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds, quarters and full screen by dragging or shortcut.
Magnet snaps windows into halves, thirds and quarters by dragging or shortcut, supports up to six displays, and is sold only through the Mac App Store.
Rectangle
Snap macOS windows to halves, thirds, quarters and corners with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Rectangle snaps windows to halves, thirds and quarters by shortcut or drag, is free and open source, but lacks saved multi-display layouts.
Mosaic
A paid Mac window manager that applies layouts by dragging windows onto a panel.
Mosaic applies custom layouts with gutters and groups by dragging windows onto a panel, and is paid after a 7-day trial.
Loop
An open-source macOS window manager that moves and resizes windows through a radial menu.
Loop moves and resizes windows through a radial menu or shortcuts, is free and GPL-3.0 open source, and requires macOS 13 or later.
BetterSnapTool
A Mac utility that snaps windows to halves, quarters or custom areas by dragging them to screen edges.
BetterSnapTool focuses on drag-to-edge snapping into halves, quarters and custom areas, is paid, and does not offer saved multi-window layouts.
SizeUp
A keyboard-driven macOS window manager that resizes and positions windows into halves, quarters and other displays.
SizeUp arranges windows into halves, quarters and across displays from the keyboard, has an unlimited free trial, and stated compatibility ends at macOS 14.
Swish
A macOS app for snapping, resizing and controlling windows with trackpad and mouse gestures.
Swish controls windows with trackpad and mouse gestures and moves them between monitors by physical layout, and is paid after the trial.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Moom as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Cinch
A small Mac utility that snaps windows to half or full screen by dragging to an edge.
Moom is a paid Mac window manager with a pop-up palette and saved window layouts for different display setups, which suits laptops that switch monitors.
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager that you configure and script with JavaScript.
Moom is a paid, closed source app with a pop-up palette and saved window layouts for different display setups instead of JavaScript scripting.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Amethyst
Arrange macOS windows automatically with a keyboard-driven tiling manager.
yabai
A tiling window manager for macOS that arranges windows by binary space partitioning and is driven entirely from the command line.
AeroSpace
An i3-like tiling window manager for macOS, written in Swift.
HazeOver
A macOS app that dims background windows automatically so the active window stands out.
