Magnet

What it is for

Magnet is a macOS window-snapping desk: you drag a window onto a trigger area (or hit a shortcut / menu-bar command), it tiles into halves / thirds / quarters, and the Mac App Store license is $4.99 once. Use it when the job is a snap you start at a public $, not when you need Rectangle’s Free OSS Snap Areas only.

Soft-note: Mac App Store $4.99 one-time (iTunes lookup id 441258766; perpetual license; no subscription; no in-app purchases). Distinct from Rectangle, Raycast, and CleanShot X.

What makes it unique: the cover is Magnet’s official App Store tiling still (MacBook with three snapped panes — compass / command / paper-plane, EDITORS' CHOICE / MAC ESSENTIALLY) from the Mac App Store listing (3_0_7_GM_01) — not a wordmark. The three tiles themselves are ops of snap.

Key features

• Tiled workspace — three snapped panes on the cover laptop (cover still; magnet.crowdcafe.com). One desk. Cover compass / command / paper-plane sit here.
• Drag trigger areas — corners → quarters; sides → halves; top → maximize; bottom → thirds (homepage). Drag-snap, not a $4.99 meter.
• Keyboard shortcuts — optional / customizable hotkeys (homepage; iTunes lookup). Shortcuts, not Get Magnet.
• Menu bar + dropdown — menu-bar icon and green-button menu (lookup “Operated via menu bar icon” / “green button menu”). A menu, not an App Store tile.
• Multi-display + vertical — up to six external displays; thirds along the sides on a vertical screen (homepage). Displays, not Enterprise.
• Custom commands — “an infinite number of custom commands” plus optional iCloud sync (lookup). Commands, not SSO.

View in Mac App Store / Get Magnet are CTAs (not desks). The $4.99 card stays in Pricing. There is no AI extra to drop.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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 prefs pane, and not a Windows build (there isn’t one).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from iTunes lookup id 441258766 (formattedPrice $4.99, currency USD, price 4.99) plus magnet.crowdcafe.com and the Mac App Store listing. Soft-note: lookup description prints Perpetual license / No subscription / No in-app purchases.

• Magnet (Mac App Store) — $4.99 one-time. Seller BOOTCODE A.S. Bundle com.crowdcafe.windowmagnet. Version we fetched: 3.0.7.
• macOS — lookup minimumOsVersion 13.0. (Older storefront copy still mentions 10.13; cite the live lookup.)
• No free tier / no trial $ on the lookup or the first-party site HTML we fetched.
• Not a subscription. Updates are included on the site copy (“The easiest way to get your copy of Magnet and its free updates”).
• Storefronts differ. Confirm the App Store checkout in your country; taxes may apply.

Limitations / costs

• macOS only. There is no Windows or Linux build.
• There is no $0 seat. The printed floor is $4.99 once.
• A paid snap desk, not Rectangle’s Free OSS Snap Areas. For that $0 snap see Rectangle.
• The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA rather than invent a product repo.

Alternatives

• Rectangle — a Free OSS snap when you want $0 Snap Areas (Top Left), not Magnet’s App Store $4.99 tiles.
• Raycast — a launcher + window commands when you want Free $0 / Pro $10, not a dedicated tiling license.
• CleanShot X — a Mac capture desk when you want Basic $35 once (soft adjacent utility, not a snap clone).

Official tutorial

Official CrowdCafe channel (200; oEmbed author: CrowdCafe; canonical UCwDoSNFlHoyoiP1vvV4EGAQ). Videos we resolved are Stripes | Magic Moving Images for iPhone & iPad (c9FTLAcxsZs) and BubbleHead: Ultimate cartoon iPhone game (iK0ZrLNDpMY) — other CrowdCafe iOS products, not a Magnet how-to — so we do not embed them. We searched @crowdcafe (200), @magnet (404), @MagnetApp (404), @magnetapp (404), @magnetmacos (404), @windowmagnet (404), @magnetcrowdcafe (404), and @MagnetForMac (404). @bootcode / @BOOTCODE (200) channel title is bOOT CoDe — a different channel, not seller BOOTCODE A.S. We do not embed third-party “How to Use the Magnet App for Mac” videos.

Written path: magnet.crowdcafe.com plus the Mac App Store listing and iTunes lookup id 441258766.

Website

https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Magnet’s official App Store tiling still (MacBook three-pane snap + EDITORS' CHOICE / MAC ESSENTIALLY) — 3_0_7_GM_01. Dollars checked on iTunes lookup id 441258766 (Mac App Store $4.99 one-time; perpetual; no IAP; macOS 13.0+; seller BOOTCODE A.S.). Official YouTube: @crowdcafe (Stripes / BubbleHead only — no Magnet how-to oEmbed). No invented product GitHub.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.