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Alternatives to Stay
22 browser extensions tools sit alongside Stay in this directory. Below is what separates each from Stay on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 22
- Cheaper to start
- 9
- Stay starts at
- Free, then $5/one-time
Why people look past Stay
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Stay has a free tier, and starts at $5/one-time against a category median of $8.33/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open-source userscript manager for Safari on Mac and iOS
- Sold on a open-source model rather than one-time.
- 1 tier to Stay's 2.
The most popular userscript manager
- Sold on a open-source model rather than one-time.
Chromium-based browser organized around user workflows
- Sold on a Free model rather than one-time.
- 1 tier to Stay's 2.
Advanced color picker and eyedropper
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a free model rather than one-time.
- 1 tier to Stay's 2.
Personal dashboard for focus and inspiration
Priced and rated the same as Stay on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Make your writing bold and clear
- Starts $3.33 a month dearer, at $8.33/month.
- 4 tiers to Stay's 2.
Every Stay alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stay (this page) | Free, then $5/one-time | One-time | 2 | |
| UserscriptsFree and GPL-licensed on the same platforms, with a built-in editor and iCloud sync, but without the bookmark sync, downloads and dark mode Stay bundles alongside. | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Stay |
| TampermonkeyThe manager most Safari scripts were written for, sold as a paid App Store extension, with the fullest dashboard of any option here. | Free | Open-source | - | vs Stay |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs Stay |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Stay |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Stay |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Stay |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Stay |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs Stay |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Stay |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Stay |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Stay |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Stay |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Stay |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Stay |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Stay |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs Stay |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Stay |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs Stay |
| GoFullPage | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Stay |
| AdBlock Plus | Free | Free | 1 | vs Stay |
| BuiltWith | Free, then $295/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Stay |
| Evernote Web Clipper | Free | Freemium | - | vs Stay |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Stay badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (22)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Userscripts , Free
- Tampermonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
- ColorZilla , Free
- Momentum , Free
- Hemingway Editor , Free, then $8.33/month
- LanguageTool , Free
- Ghostery , Free
Cheaper than Stay (9)
Entry price under Stay's $5/one-time. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- ColorZilla , Free
- Night Eye , Free
- Awesome Screenshot , Free
- HTTPS Everywhere , Free
- Keeper , Free, then $1.79/month
- Fireshot , Free
- Mercury Reader , Free
- GoFullPage , Free
What you would be giving up
Stay is most often brought in for running tampermonkey scripts on safari, running userscripts on iphone and ipad, syncing bookmarks across apple and non-apple devices, managing downloads into categorised folders on ios, forcing dark mode on sites that do not offer it. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Stay is broadly right and the question is cost, the Stay pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Browser Extensions category lists everything the directory holds, and best browser extensions tools ranks them.
Stay runs on safari, ios, macos. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Stay alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Stay?
- 22 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Userscripts, Tampermonkey, Arc, ColorZilla. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Stay?
- 22 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Userscripts, Tampermonkey, Arc, ColorZilla, Momentum.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Stay?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Stay's $5/one-time: ColorZilla at Free, Night Eye at Free, Awesome Screenshot at Free, HTTPS Everywhere at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Stay?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Stay has a free tier, and starts at $5/one-time against a category median of $8.33/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Stay?
- Stay is most often brought in for running tampermonkey scripts on safari, running userscripts on iphone and ipad, syncing bookmarks across apple and non-apple devices, managing downloads into categorised folders on ios, forcing dark mode on sites that do not offer it. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Stay?
- Userscripts, Tampermonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Stay alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Browser Extensions, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Stay against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Stay covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every browser extensions tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Browser Extensions category, 22 tools beside Stay. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.