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Magnet pricing
Magnet publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the utilities tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Magnet pricing is $4.99/one-time. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $4.99/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Magnet plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnet | $4.99/one-time | 3 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Magnet feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Drag to snap
- Multi-display support
- Mac App Store distribution
- Menu bar access
- Third display layouts
People bring Magnet in for a user who wants the app store handling licensing, family sharing and updates automatically, someone who prefers paying a small one-time fee up front over evaluating a free tool first, a less technical user who does not want to install from github or homebrew, a family sharing one apple id that wants one purchase to cover multiple macs in the household. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Magnet are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Utilities
Too few utilities tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnet (this page) | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Calsense | On request | quote | - | vs Magnet |
| Find My | Free | Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud | - | vs Magnet |
| Google Lens | Free | Free, bundled into other Google apps | - | vs Magnet |
| Hazel | $42/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Magnet |
| Karabiner-Elements | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Magnet |
| Kap | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Magnet |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Magnet badges page.
Before you pay for Magnet
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at $4.99/one-time. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Magnet against the tools that do have one before committing.
Magnet runs on mac, and is published by CrowdCafe of United States. The full record is on the Magnet review, and the rest of the category is under best utilities tools.
Magnet pricing questions
- How much does Magnet cost?
- Magnet publishes a single tier, Magnet, at $4.99/one-time.
- Does Magnet have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Magnet is listed as One-time purchase. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which utilities tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 utilities tools listed alongside Magnet have a free tier: Find My, Google Lens, Karabiner-Elements, Kap, Deluge.
- What am I actually paying for with Magnet?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a user who wants the app store handling licensing, family sharing and updates automatically, someone who prefers paying a small one-time fee up front over evaluating a free tool first, a less technical user who does not want to install from github or homebrew.
- Does Magnet charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Magnet prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Magnet against before paying?
- The closest utilities tools in this directory are Calsense, Find My, Google Lens, Hazel. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Magnet covering price, platforms and features.