A BetterSnapTool Alternative for Mac

BetterSnapTool, from folivora.AI — the BetterTouchTool people — snaps windows when you drag them to a screen corner or edge, to halves, quarters or custom snap areas, with keyboard shortcuts and window-button tweaks. It's $1.99 on the Mac App Store and runs back to macOS 10.12. Notchy's snapping uses one target: the notch.

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BetterSnapTool price: $1.99
BetterSnapTool requires: macOS 10.12 or later
Notchy price: $24.99 one-time, 7-day free trial

Why use Notchy instead of BetterSnapTool?

One place to drop
Drag a window up to the notch and pick a zone — halves, quarters, full screen, thirds, two-thirds — instead of aiming for a corner.
Built for wide screens too
Thirds and two-thirds are there for docked ultrawides, alongside halves for a laptop on its own.
Part of everything else
No separate purchase: the same app handles media, clipboard, timers and HUDs.
Where BetterSnapTool is better
Keyboard shortcuts, custom snap areas anywhere, window-button actions and modifier-key moves. Notchy snaps by dragging to the notch, plus three optional shortcuts for left half, right half and full screen.

At a glance

Everything Notchy does, in one app

Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap

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Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
Custom islands through the local developer API (off by default)
iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
Camera Guard — alert (or block) when any app opens your camera
Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
AirPods connection manager & battery
Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
Quick notes & Calendar widgets
Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
134 languages, fully localized
Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple silicon

The honest verdict on BetterSnapTool

At $1.99 BetterSnapTool is a bargain for power users who want shortcuts and custom zones. If you want snapping alongside media, clipboard and timers in one app, Notchy does it from the notch.

BetterSnapTool alternative — FAQ

How much is BetterSnapTool?

$1.99 on the Mac App Store, per its listing, for macOS 10.12 or later.

Does Notchy have snapping shortcuts?

A few, since 1.0.184: switch on Window Snap Shortcuts for left half, right half and full screen (⌃⌥⌘←, ⌃⌥⌘→ and ⌃⌥⌘↩ by default, rebindable). Press Left or Right again to move the window to the next display. Thirds, quarters and custom areas are drag-only.

Can Notchy snap to quarters?

Yes — quarters, halves, thirds, two-thirds, three-quarters and full screen are all available as notch zones. BetterSnapTool adds custom areas you draw yourself.

Does Notchy's snapping need permissions?

Accessibility, like every window manager, so it can move and resize windows.

Is Notchy free?

No. Notchy is a one-time $24.99 purchase for one Mac, with a 7-day free trial and updates included — no subscription or in-app purchase.