Every window, back in place.

SnapState is a macOS menu bar app that saves your window layout, apps, Spaces and browser tabs as named workspaces. It restores them in one click, or automatically after sleep or a monitor change. It costs $9.99 once for up to three Macs and needs macOS 15.7 or later.

Yes. Arm a workspace and SnapState restores it when the Mac wakes from sleep, when a display connects, or when a matching saved display layout appears. You can also restore by hand from the menu bar or with a Control-Command-1 to 6 shortcut.

SnapState restores automatically on wake or monitor connect; ShiftPlus says its restore does not trigger on monitor reconnect. SnapState costs $9.99 once for three Macs; ShiftPlus costs $24 for one Mac or $39 for two. ShiftPlus has a 14-day trial, editable workspaces and iCloud sync; SnapState has none of these yet. Prices checked 11 November 2026.

No. SnapState has no free trial. It has a 14-day money-back guarantee instead.

SnapState saves windows on every macOS Space, the apps needed to relaunch them, your display topology, and all open tabs from each supported browser window.

Yes. macOS Accessibility permission lets SnapState read window positions and move windows back into place. SnapState does not need root access.

The current release can read and reopen all open tabs from Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Chromium, and Safari Technology Preview when Automation permission is granted.

Yes to both. SnapState captures all open tabs in each supported browser window and restores layouts across multiple Spaces (apps go back to the Space they were saved on, full-screen windows return to full screen, and windows on other Spaces are placed when you switch to them). It does not save tab groups. Since 2.7.2, SnapState moves an app back to the desktop Space it was saved on when all of its saved windows belong on one Space. Limits: an app whose windows were saved on several Spaces is not split between them (those windows get their saved position when you switch to that Space), apps pinned with Dock > Options > Assign To are left to macOS, and Space moves use private macOS APIs, so behavior can vary by macOS version.

Save one workspace per location, for example Work with your office monitors connected and Home with your home monitors connected. Each workspace remembers the monitor setup it was saved with. Turn on the Matching saved display layout trigger for each workspace and pick Full, and SnapState restores the workspace whose saved monitors match the ones you just plugged in. Keep the Displays have separate Spaces setting the same in both places.

SnapState compares the saved display topology with the current one and remaps saved window frames onto the available displays. You can also arm a workspace to react to display connect, disconnect, matching-layout, or wake events.

SnapState is $9.99 once — no subscription, no account, and no tiers. The lifetime license covers up to three Macs, minor version updates and bug fixes are included, and there is a 14-day money-back guarantee.

No. You pay once through Lemon Squeezy, download the DMG, and your license key arrives by email. There is no SnapState login and no recurring charge.

SnapState updates itself with Sparkle (Check for Updates in the menu, or leave automatic updates on). To reinstall, download SnapState.dmg from getsnapstate.com or use the link in your Lemon Squeezy receipt; enter the same license key on each Mac, up to three devices.

No. SnapState is a paid app: $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. Buy and download it at getsnapstate.com.

SnapState updates itself with Sparkle. Use Check for Updates in the menu, or leave automatic updates on and new versions install for you.

No. It doesn't snap single windows to halves or arrange them as you open them. It saves whole layouts and restores them, so it works well next to Rectangle, Magnet or macOS tiling.

Firefox windows are moved back into place, but their tabs aren't saved yet.