An AltTab alternative for Mac

No. We checked AltTab's website, its README and every string in its shipping localization file, and none mentions a browser tab. A browser window with twenty tabs is one entry there. Better Window Switcher gives every tab in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi and Opera a card with its site's icon, and stacks them per window so a busy browser stays readable. A Safari tab gets its site icon once the switcher has seen it in front.

Only in AltTab Pro, which costs 9.99 USD for the current major version or 24.99 USD with lifetime updates. Its search covers window titles and app names. In Better Window Switcher, search comes with the app from the first launch. It matches the app name, the window title and the website behind a browser tab, and it tolerates typos, so giggle docs still finds every Google Docs tab you have open.

No. AltTab draws a flat row or grid of thumbnails, much like Command-Tab with pictures. Better Window Switcher arranges the same windows as real perspective cards in one of seven shapes (Cover Arc, Carousel, Ring, Flip 3D, Panorama, Grid and 2D Row), and you orbit them with the trackpad. If you change the shape while the switcher is open, the scene morphs into the new one at up to 120 frames per second on a ProMotion display.

Yes, and it is open source under the GPL-3.0 license. Search, two of its appearance styles, Auto Size and extra shortcuts are in AltTab Pro, which costs 9.99 or 24.99 USD on top. Better Window Switcher is a one-time purchase for two Macs with every feature included, and nothing gets moved to a higher tier later. Before you buy, the 7-day free trial needs no account and no card.

Browser tabs get cards of their own, each with its site icon, and search comes included. It matches the website behind a tab as well as the title. Your windows sit in a real 3D scene in one of seven shapes, where AltTab shows a flat row or grid. And it captures your screen only while the switcher is open, plus one warm-up pass at launch.

AltTab has a setting whose own description is about avoiding the purple screen recording indicator. You only need that if an app captures your screen while you are not looking at it. Better Window Switcher captures while the switcher is open, plus one warm-up pass shortly after launch, and never continuously in the background. The pictures stay on your Mac, are never written to disk and are never sent anywhere.

No. A quick tap of the shortcut jumps straight back to your last window without drawing anything, so it responds as fast as a flat switcher would. When the full scene opens, it runs at up to 120 frames per second on a ProMotion display. The cards are drawn from pictures the app already holds, so even with forty windows open you are not waiting for anything to load.

Yes. The 7-day free trial unlocks every feature and needs no account and no card, so you can compare it with AltTab for a week before you spend anything. It needs an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later. If you buy it and then change your mind, there is a 14 day money back guarantee. One payment covers two Macs, and nothing recurs after it.