Best Swish Alternatives in 2026

Swish is a focused window manager driven by trackpad gestures. Swipe a window’s title bar to snap it, pinch to zoom or close, and move windows between screens and Spaces. It is $16 one-time after a 14-day trial, covers two active Macs, and runs on macOS 12 or later.

We make TrackStudio, which is not a window manager. This page is about the apps that actually compete with Swish on window placement. TrackStudio appears near the end as a broader surface, not as a Swish replacement.

What Swish does well

Swish advertises around 30 window, Dock, and menu-bar gestures. It supports 2×2, 3×2, and 3×3 snap grids, per-display snap targets, title-bar swipes, moving windows between screens and Spaces, and keyboard shortcuts. It works with a Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse and is also available on Setapp.

The narrowness is the appeal. There is no trigger tree and no scripting language. If your only complaint is that moving windows takes too many keystrokes, Swish is one of the cleanest answers.

The short list

Prices and trials checked on vendor pages in November 2026. “Not stated” means the vendor does not publish a trial on the page we checked. Regional pricing varies.

1. Rectangle — the best free alternative

Rectangle is free and open source under MIT. It snaps windows with keyboard shortcuts and drag-to-edge, supports halves, quarters, thirds, fourths, and sixths, and cycles through sizes when you repeat a shortcut. It is the default recommendation for most people who just want windows to move.

Choose it if: you want free, reliable keyboard and drag snapping. Choose Swish if: you specifically want trackpad title-bar gestures.

2. Rectangle Pro — the best custom-layout alternative

Rectangle Pro is $9.99 one-time after a 10-day trial and runs on macOS 13.5 or later. It adds custom sizes and positions, saved layouts, workspaces, and display-connect/disconnect actions. One license covers three devices.

Choose it if: you want repeatable layouts across displays. Choose Swish if: you want the gesture model and do not need saved workspaces.

3. Magnet — the cheap App Store alternative

Magnet is $4.99 on the Mac App Store and runs on macOS 13 or later. It snaps windows to halves, thirds, quarters, and corners with keyboard shortcuts and drag-to-edge. It is simple and familiar.

Choose it if: you want a cheap, set-and-forget window manager from the App Store. Choose Swish if: you want trackpad gestures and per-display snap targets.

4. Moom — the visual-grid alternative

Moom is around $10 and offers a visual grid, saved layouts, and zoom-button integration. It is a long-running Mac window utility with a more explicit layout model than Swish.

Choose it if: you like drawing or choosing a grid and saving layouts. Choose Swish if: you want gestures instead of a palette.

5. BetterSnapTool — the BetterTouchTool-adjacent option

BetterSnapTool is $2.99 and comes from the BetterTouchTool developer. It adds window snapping, custom snap areas, and keyboard shortcuts. If you already own BetterTouchTool, check whether its built-in snapping covers the job before buying a second app.

Choose it if: you want a cheap snapping utility in the same ecosystem. Choose Swish if: you want trackpad-first gestures.

6. Loop — the free gesture alternative

Loop is free and open source, with a radial menu for window actions and a gesture-driven model. It is a good option if you want to try gesture-based window management without paying.

Choose it if: you want free and gesture-driven. Choose Swish if: you want title-bar swipes and snap grids.

7. BetterTouchTool — the automation-platform option

BetterTouchTool includes window snapping, custom snap areas, keyboard shortcuts, and per-app conditional groups, alongside its gesture engine. It costs $15 for two years of updates or $25 lifetime, with a 45-day trial.

Choose it if: you want window management inside a broader automation platform. Choose Swish if: you want a focused window manager with less setup.

8. TrackStudio — not a Swish replacement

TrackStudio is the app we make. It includes window half, window right, and maximize actions, but it is not a window manager. It has no snap grids, title-bar gestures, or per-display snap targets. It is a whole-trackpad surface with edges, corners, areas, per-app scenes, media scrub, and haptics.

Choose TrackStudio if: you want a broader trackpad surface and only need basic window actions. Choose Swish if: window management is the main job.

Who should stay with Swish

Stay if you want title-bar swipes, around 30 gestures, 2×2/3×2/3×3 grids, per-display snap targets, and a trackpad-first model. Swish is still the cleanest version of that job.

The bottom line

Rectangle is the best free alternative. Rectangle Pro is the best custom-layout alternative. Magnet is the cheap App Store pick. Moom is the visual-grid pick. Swish is still the trackpad-first pick.