Alternatives guide
If you want an app like Moom that saves window layouts, pick SnapState. It brings the whole workspace back after sleep, a restart, or a monitor reconnect: window positions and sizes on every macOS Space, the apps to relaunch, the monitor layout, and all open browser tabs. It is $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs. Moom is a tiling and positioning tool, which is a different job. For the head-to-head, see Moom vs SnapState.
Moom, from Many Tricks, moves and resizes windows. Moom 4.6 needs macOS 10.13 or later and costs $15. You work from a pop-up palette on the window buttons, snap zones, grids, and the keyboard. Saved layouts are one part of that toolkit. A layout can be tied to the apps that were open, or it can apply to the frontmost windows. Many Tricks says those layouts try to adjust when the display size differs, can run when the display setup changes, and can launch the apps in the layout and open a single window in each app. A layout can also be set to apply on wake and unlock. Moom checks open browser tabs so it can match a window by title. It does not document reopening every tab in a browser window, and it does not list restoring each macOS Space when you switch to it.
That is a fair description of a tiling tool with layout recall. If you searched for a Moom alternative because windows, apps, and tabs disappear after sleep, a restart, or a monitor reconnect, you want a workspace snapshot instead. Moom vs SnapState covers the feature-by-feature comparison.
SnapState 2.7.2 is a native Swift macOS menu bar app. A named workspace stores window positions and sizes on every macOS Space (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), relaunches the apps that workspace needs, remembers the monitor layout, and reopens all open tabs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and Chromium windows. Restore from the menu bar, with Control-Command-1 to 6, or automatically on display connect, display disconnect, and wake from sleep. It costs $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, with a 14-day refund. It needs macOS 15.7 or later and runs on Apple Silicon and Intel. Workspace data stays on the Mac, and the app updates automatically via Sparkle. It does not tile or snap windows.
Keep Moom if the job is placing the window you are using right now: palette, snap zones, grids, and keyboard moves. Saved layouts are included, as described above. It is $15 from Many Tricks. Use Moom vs SnapState if you are deciding between the two, and keep reading if you want other layout tools.
Display Maid is a Mac App Store utility, commonly listed at $5.99, that saves and restores window locations from your display configuration or from profiles you create. It can restore when a display connects or disconnects and when an app launches. Its own FAQ says it is not an app launcher, so it only moves windows of apps that are already open. It does not put closed browser tabs back, and it does not support full screen or tiled windows. Confirm the live App Store price before you buy. Display Maid vs SnapState and Display Maid alternatives.
Stay 1.5.1 needs macOS 14.6 or later. It stores a set of windows for each display combination and can restore them as displays connect and disconnect, which is close to the display half of what people want from Moom layouts. It does not list app relaunch or browser tab restore. Stay vs SnapState.
Rectangle and Magnet snap the front window into halves, thirds, and corners. They do not remember a named workspace of apps, Spaces, and tabs, so they are not a Moom alternative for layout restore. Magnet is a Mac App Store snapping app. Rectangle Pro is a separate snapping app that can also arrange apps. Rectangle, Magnet and Raycast vs SnapState.
Hammerspoon is a bridge from macOS to Lua. Out of the box it does nothing. You can write a script that moves windows, watches screens, and reacts to wake, and you maintain that script. Hammerspoon alternative.
| Moom | SnapState | Display Maid | Stay | Rectangle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $15 | $9.99 one-time | $5.99 | See listing | See site |
| Main job | Tiling and layouts | Workspace snapshots | Window positions | Window positions | Snapping |
| Every macOS Space | Not listed | Yes, on switch | Not listed | Not listed | No |
| Relaunches closed apps | Launches apps | Yes | No | Not listed | No |
| Restores all browser tabs | Not listed | Yes, all tabs | No | Not listed | No |
| Restore on display change | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Restore on wake | Optional per layout | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | No |
| Tiles or snaps | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Facts come from each developer's site or App Store listing as of October 2026. Check live prices before you buy. Hammerspoon is a scripting tool, so it is not in this table.
For the wider field, see the best Mac workspace managers in 2026.
SnapState, if you want the whole workspace back after sleep, a restart, or a monitor reconnect. It saves window positions and sizes on every macOS Space, relaunches the apps a workspace needs, remembers the monitor layout, and reopens all open tabs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and Chromium. It is $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs. Moom stays the better fit when the job is tiling and snapping.
SnapState. It is a native Swift menu bar app that restores a named workspace on wake, on display connect or disconnect, or with Control-Command-1 to 6. Moom is a $15 tiling and positioning tool that can also save layouts. They do different jobs.
Moom can save layouts. SnapState is the app to pick when you want that layout to include every Space, the apps to relaunch, the monitor layout, and all open browser tabs, then come back after sleep, a restart, or a monitor reconnect.
Yes. Moom is a tiling and window positioning tool, with a pop-up palette, snap zones, grids, keyboard controls, and saved layouts. SnapState does not tile or snap windows.
Yes. Use Moom to place the window you are working in right now, and SnapState to save that arrangement and restore the whole workspace later from the menu bar, a shortcut, or an automatic trigger.
SnapState 2.7.2 is $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, with a 14-day refund. It requires macOS 15.7 or later and runs on Apple Silicon and Intel.