When comparing Hyperdock vs Spectacle, the Slant community recommends Hyperdock for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for macOS?” Hyperdock is ranked 25th while Spectacle is ranked 35th. The most important reason people chose Hyperdock is:
Hyperdock adds a lot of small improvements to the default mac dock, like better iTunes controls and calendar event previews.
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Pros
Pro Lots of small improvements to the dock
Hyperdock adds a lot of small improvements to the default mac dock, like better iTunes controls and calendar event previews.
Pro Select individual application
Select individual application windows just by moving the mouse on a dock item, use mouse clicks to quickly open new windows and many more.
Pro Lets you easily find a window you have open
Pro Scroll up/down on menu bar to change size
Scroll up for full size.
Pro Snaps to corners
Pro Free and open source
Spectacle is licensed under MIT with source code available on GitHub.
Pro Simple hotkeys
Spectacle offers easy-to-remember preset hotkeys.
Pro Mouseless
All windows in Spectacle can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, so no mouse is needed. This makes for a fast way to control windows.
Pro Great UX
Spectacle is easy to use and configure. It's plug and play.
Pro Low footprint
Spectacle only uses up 18-19 MB of RAM, which means there is not much overhead by using this app.
Pro Multi-monitor support
Pro 7+ years of use
Using it for 7 years
Cons
Con Not under active development
Hyperdock doesn't seem to be under active development and hasn't been updated since october 2014.
Con Can't bring back the 3d dock
Con Not maintained
The software is free, but no longer seems to be maintained.
Con Impossible to add new functions
While keyboard shortcuts can be changed for the available actions, there is no way to add custom actions which in turn limits the functionality of the app.
Con Limited window sizing capabilities
You can use 1/2 of the screen vertically and horizontally (divide into 4 parts). You can also use the screen in thirds too, but only the left and right third: you can't use the 1/3 in the center. There is no way to do a more granular distribution.
Con Breaks on macOS High Sierra / Chrome or Firefox
Doesn't support side by side windows.
Con Doesn't work with any Adobe products
There are some apps like Adobe Reader that do not work with Spectacle. Basically, any app with a heavily customized UI that breaks OS X accessibility will not work correctly under Spectacle.