Does Divvy save window layouts?
Divvy lets you pick a grid area for the window in front, one window at a time. It does not save a multi-app arrangement across Spaces and displays, relaunch apps or reopen browser tabs.
Alternative
A Divvy alternative that brings back your whole layout, not one window.
Short answer: Divvy places the front window into a grid area and does not save the whole arrangement. SnapState saves the full setup, apps, windows on every Space, displays and browser tabs, and restores it in one click or automatically on wake and monitor connect. $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, macOS 15.7 or later.
Where Divvy falls short
Divvy is good at one job: open the grid, drag across the cells, and the front window fills them. It keeps no record of where all your windows were, so after sleep, a restart, a macOS update or plugging into a dock you start from a messy screen and rebuild the layout window by window. It does not relaunch apps, put apps back on their Spaces, handle full screen windows or reopen browser tabs.
What SnapState does instead
SnapState is a native macOS menu bar app that saves named workspaces. Each one keeps the windows on every Space with position and size, the apps needed to relaunch them, the display layout, full screen windows, and all open tabs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and Chromium once Automation permission is granted. Restore from the menu bar, with Control-Command-1 to 6, or automatically on wake from sleep, when a monitor connects or disconnects, or when a matching display layout appears.
Divvy vs SnapState at a glance
- Save a multi-app layout: SnapState yes, Divvy no.
- Restore after sleep, restart or docking: SnapState restores automatically; with Divvy you place each window again.
- Windows on every Space and full screen apps: SnapState puts them back; Divvy only acts on the front window.
- Browser tabs: SnapState reopens tabs in Safari and Chromium browsers; Divvy does not.
- Price: SnapState is $9.99 once for up to three Macs, with a 14-day refund.
Keep Divvy if you like the grid
The two run fine side by side: arrange with Divvy while you work, save the result as a SnapState workspace, and let SnapState put it back. See also the BetterSnapTool alternative, the Rectangle alternative and the Magnet alternative.
Questions people ask
Is Divvy still updated?
Divvy has seen very few updates in recent years. SnapState is actively developed and supports macOS 15.7 and later, including macOS 26.
Why do my windows move after sleep or docking even with Divvy?
macOS re-detects displays on wake and reconnect and often piles windows onto one screen. Divvy has no saved workspace to put back, so you place each window again. SnapState can restore the saved workspace automatically on wake or when a monitor connects.
How much is SnapState?
$9.99 once for up to three Macs, no subscription.
Get SnapState for $9.99One-time purchase · up to three Macs · 14-day refund