Make Mac BetterCompare
Make Mac Better vs Magnet
Magnet has been a Mac App Store favourite for years: drag a window to an edge or press a shortcut, and it snaps into place. Make Mac Better goes further with windows that organise themselves, and adds other everyday utilities.
| Feature | Magnet | Make Mac Better |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Low one-time purchase on the Mac App Store (around $4.99) | €19.99 once, with seven more utilities included |
| Where to get it | Mac App Store | makemacbetter.com (signed and notarized by Apple) |
| Halves, thirds, quarters, full screen | Yes, by dragging to edges and corners or with shortcuts | Yes, by docking windows onto each other |
| Windows fill the space automatically | No: each window keeps the size you snapped | Yes: neighbours share the space when you open or close one |
| Scrolling strip | No | Yes |
| Tabs from any windows | No | Yes, ⌘ while dropping |
| Multiple displays | Yes, up to six | Yes |
Where Magnet is better
Magnet is cheap, simple and sold through the Mac App Store, which some people prefer for purchases and updates. If you just want Windows-style snapping, it does the job.
Where Make Mac Better is different
With Magnet you snap each window yourself, and when you close one there is a gap. In Make Mac Better’s tiling, windows dock onto each other, slots can be split as deep as you like, and when a window closes its neighbours take the space. Prefer not to tile at all? Switch to the scrolling strip with ⌃⌥M.
One app instead of several
Make Mac Better also includes a second Dock with widgets, 38 local tools for video, PDF and images, natural-language file search, phone-to-Mac transfer, screenshots with an editor and keep-awake.
Bottom line
Choose Magnet for inexpensive, classic snapping from the App Store. Choose Make Mac Better for automatic tiling or a scrolling strip, tabs, and the other utilities in one purchase.
Reviewed October 2026. Prices and features of other apps can change; check their websites.