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Add to SafariWhen comparing Cinch vs Gridsutra, the Slant community recommends Cinch for most people. In the question“What is the best window manager for Mac?” Cinch is ranked 36th while Gridsutra is ranked 38th. The most important reason people chose Cinch is:
There are both versions of Cinch available, though the free version can be naggy.
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Pros
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
Pro Good Adobe support
Gridsutra has Adobe support with the ability of stacking Adobe windows.
Pro Simple UI
The interface if Gridsutra is well thought through and easy to use.
Pro Window arrangement with a single click
Windows can be arranged or snapped in Gridsutra with a single click.
Pro Intuitive UI and delightful user experience
Pro A great tool for a reasonable price
Pro Highly flexible
Gridsutra works with most MacOS applications.
Pro Great drag and drop functionality
The drag and drop option in the layout gives freedom to the user for arrangement of any windows to any positions desired.
Pro Useful ignore/unignore feature
The ignore / unignore feature in Gridsutra allows the user to block unwanted applications to be listed in the layout option.
Pro Custom layout support
Cons
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.
