Our take
Pick Karabiner-Elements if mac users who will stay on Free / Unlicense while they remap a first right_command → button3 — then keep it at $0, not Raycast Pro $10 first unless they want a launcher, and not if they refuse Input Monitoring / DriverKit. Pick Magnet if mac users on macOS 13+ who will pay $4.99 once while they snap a first quarter tile — not Rectangle’s Free OSS first unless they want a $0 Snap Areas
Best for
Karabiner-Elements A remap you start at a public $
Magnet A snap you start at a public $
Free plan
Karabiner-Elements No free plan
Magnet No free plan
Lowest paid
Karabiner-Elements Not published by the vendor
Magnet Magnet (Mac App Store) $4.99
Watch out
Karabiner-Elements macOS only
Magnet macOS only
Last checked
Karabiner-Elements 2026-10-23 · karabiner-elements.pqrs.org
Magnet 2026-10-23 · itunes.apple.com/lookup
mac users who will stay on Free / Unlicense while they remap a first right_command → button3 — then keep it at $0, not Raycast Pro $10 first unless they want a launcher, and not if they refuse Input Monitoring / DriverKit.
Read the Karabiner-Elements pagemac users on macOS 13+ who will pay $4.99 once while they snap a first quarter tile — not Rectangle’s Free OSS first unless they want a $0 Snap Areas prefs pane, and not a Windows build (there isn’t one).
Read the Magnet page
