When comparing Hyperdock vs Cinch, the Slant community recommends Hyperdock for most people. In the question“What is the best window manager for Mac?” Hyperdock is ranked 15th while Cinch is ranked 36th. 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 paid versions
There are both versions of Cinch available, though the free version can be naggy.
Pro Simple and easy to use
So simple, even my grandma can use it
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 Does not support the border of multiple displays well
When using multiple displays, the ability to dock a window to half of a display only works on one side of the screen divide. It can work (with some very careful cursor placement) only on the external monitor and not dividing edge of the native (laptop) monitor. It does not support quarter-splits either.
Bottom line, this was a great initial app, adding this capability before anyone else did, but it has been eclipsed by newer apps.