Resettle alternatives for Mac.

Quick answer

If you want your whole workspace back, not just window positions, pick SnapState. It restores windows on the right display and size, relaunches closed apps, puts apps back on their saved Space, returns full screen windows to full screen, and reopens all open browser tabs. It is $9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, with a 14-day refund. If you only need positions and want an app that learns each desk with no saving, Resettle is a fair choice.

SnapState: $9.99 once, up to three Macs. Watch the 40 second demo.

What Resettle does

Resettle is a menu bar app that remembers where your windows belong on each display setup, which it calls a desk. When that setup comes back, after you dock, plug in a monitor, or wake the Mac, it moves the windows back. Its site lists these points:

• $14.99 once, no subscription, no account. Tax is added at checkout. 14-day refund.
• macOS 14 Sonoma through macOS 27, Apple Silicon and Intel.
• It learns setups on its own. You can also choose Remember This Layout.
• It tells identical monitors apart, and waits for displays to settle before it restores.
• Full screen windows go back to full screen on the right display.
• It can open apps a desk remembers. This is off by default and capped at eight apps.
• Undo Last Resettle reverses a restore.
• A key activates one Mac at a time, and it re-checks the licence online from time to time.

That is a focused, honest product. Its site says it does not tile windows and does not do anything beyond window positions. It does not mention browser tabs or putting apps back on their own desktops (Spaces). If those are why you are looking, read on.

Free fixes worth trying first

• In System Settings, Desktop & Dock, turn off Close windows when quitting an application. Apps then reopen their windows where you left them.
• When you restart, keep Reopen windows when logging back in ticked.
• For an app that should always live on one desktop, right-click its Dock icon, choose Options, then Assign To.
• Turn off deep sleep or auto input switching in your monitor's own menu, so it stays connected while the Mac sleeps.
• Try a different cable or dock port if one monitor keeps waking late.

These help when apps quit and reopen. None of them makes macOS put windows back after a monitor disconnects and reconnects. For that you need an app. See save window positions without an app for more detail.

The alternatives

1. SnapState (best when you want the whole workspace back)

SnapState 2.7.2 is a native macOS menu bar app. You save a named workspace once. It stores window positions and sizes on each display, the monitor layout, the Space each app was on, full screen windows, the apps to relaunch, and all open tabs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and Chromium. Restore from the menu bar, with Control-Command-1 to 6, or automatically on wake, display connect, display disconnect, or a matching display layout. If your monitors differ from when you saved, it remaps windows to the displays connected now.

$9.99 one-time for up to three Macs, with a 14-day refund. macOS 15.7 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. It does not tile windows, Firefox tabs are not supported, and unlike Resettle you save a workspace yourself instead of it learning one.

2. Many Displays (positions on every display, after wake or unlock)

Many Displays saves window positions while you work and restores them on its own when the Mac wakes, unlocks, or gets its monitors back. Its site says it handles identical monitors and can also put back the display arrangement and resolution. It offers a 14-day free trial, then one purchase for up to three Macs with a year of updates. It runs on macOS 13 Ventura or later, and its source is published on GitHub. Its FAQ says it does not reopen windows you closed, and it does not list browser tabs.

3. Stay (positions per display combination)

Stay stores a set of windows for each display combination and restores them as displays connect and disconnect. It does not list app relaunch or browser tab restore. Stay vs SnapState.

4. Display Maid (positions for apps that are already open)

Display Maid saves and restores window locations from your display configuration or from profiles you create. It only moves windows of apps that are already open. Display Maid alternatives and Display Maid vs SnapState.

5. Moom (if you also want tiling)

Moom is a tiling and positioning tool that can also save layouts. Pick it if snapping windows every day matters more than restoring a workspace. Moom alternatives.

Resettle vs SnapState vs Many Displays

Facts come from each developer's site as of October 18, 2026. Check live prices and requirements before you buy.

Which one should you pick?

• You want windows, apps, Spaces and browser tabs back after sleep, a restart, or a dock: SnapState. See windows rearranging when you dock and why windows move after sleep.
• You want positions only and never want to press save: Resettle or Many Displays.
• You are still on macOS 14 or 13: Resettle (14 and later) or Many Displays (13 and later). SnapState needs 15.7.
• You use more than one Mac: SnapState covers up to three Macs on one license.
• You want tiling too: Moom, or a snapping app alongside SnapState.

For the wider field, see the best Mac workspace managers in 2026.

See SnapState restore a workspace

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