Comparison guide
Pick SnapState if your windows scatter after sleep, a dock or a monitor reconnect and you want apps and browser tabs back too. It is $9.99 one-time and restores automatically. The others below each cover part of that job.
A window snapper like Rectangle, Magnet or Raycast moves one window into a grid. A workspace manager remembers a whole setup, every window, its size, its display, and puts it back later. That is the job that matters when macOS rearranges things on wake or when you dock a MacBook.
We looked at five things: automatic restore on wake or display connect, relaunching apps that are closed, browser tabs, the price model, and supported macOS versions. Facts come from each developer\'s site or App Store listing as of October 2026.
A menu bar app that saves named workspaces: window positions and sizes on every Space, the apps to relaunch, the display layout, and every open tab in Safari and Chromium browsers. Workspaces restore from the menu, from Control-Command-1 to 6, or automatically on wake, display connect or disconnect. It remaps windows when your display setup differs. $9.99 one-time, up to three Macs, 14-day refund, macOS 15.7 or later, universal for Apple Silicon and Intel, with built-in auto-updates.
Version 1.5.1, macOS 14.6 or later. Stay stores a set of windows for each display combination and can restore them automatically as displays connect and disconnect. It does not list app relaunch or browser tabs. Stay vs SnapState.
$5.99 on the Mac App Store. It saves and restores window locations based on your display configuration or user created profiles. Display Maid vs SnapState.
$15 from Many Tricks, macOS 10.13 or later. A strong tiling and window positioning tool that can also save layouts. Tiling is its focus. Moom vs SnapState.
$25 for one Mac, $35 for two or $45 for three, one-time, macOS 13 or later. It saves layouts across native macOS Spaces and can launch saved apps, but its site says it cannot reopen browser tabs once closed. Spencer vs SnapState.
Saved sets of Finder windows. Its last listed release is 3.8, updated for OS X 10.10, so it is not a current option. Simple WindowSets alternative.
| SnapState | Stay | Display Maid | Moom | Spencer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 one-time | Free | $5.99 | $15 | From $25 |
| Auto restore on display change | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Auto restore on wake | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Relaunches apps | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Restores browser tabs | Yes, all tabs | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | No |
| Minimum macOS | 15.7 | 14.6 | Not listed | 10.13 | 13 |
For most people who lose their layout after sleep or a monitor change, SnapState is the pick: $9.99 one-time, it restores windows, relaunches apps, reopens all browser tabs and can run automatically on wake or display connect.
SnapState can restore a saved workspace automatically on wake from sleep and when a display connects or disconnects. Stay and Display Maid also restore window positions when the display setup changes.
Yes. SnapState saves window positions, the apps needed to relaunch them, the display layout and the open tabs in Safari and Chromium browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc, then brings them all back with one click or shortcut.
No. macOS can reopen windows when an app relaunches, but it has no feature to save a named layout across apps and displays and restore it on demand.
A window manager such as Rectangle or Magnet snaps the front window into a position. A workspace manager saves your whole arrangement of windows and apps and restores it later.
SnapState is $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs. Moom is $15 and Spencer is $25 for one Mac and $45 for three.