Default Folder X vs Yoink

Default Folder X

• Mac users who open and save files across many folders every day
• People who want keyboard shortcuts to favorite and recent folders
• Buyers who prefer a one-time license to a subscription

Yoink

• Mac users who drag files between windows, spaces and full-screen apps
• People who prefer a one-time purchase under $10
• Owners of several Apple devices who pass files between them with Handoff

Default Folder X

• macOS only: version 6 runs on macOS 10.13 through 27, and macOS 10.10 to 10.12 need the older version 5.6.6.
• There is no free version; after the 30-day trial a $39.95 license is required.
• A license covers updates until the next major release, which the vendor says typically comes every 5 to 7 years; upgrades after that are paid.
• Licenses are per user, not per computer, so each additional person needs a license of their own.

Yoink

• This is the Mac app, for macOS 10.13 High Sierra or newer. Yoink for iPad and iPhone is a separate app, and Handoff with iOS devices requires it.
• There is no free version: after the 28-day trial it has to be bought.
• Continuity Camera needs macOS Mojave 10.14 or newer and an iPhone or iPad on iOS 12 or newer.

Default Folder X

Enhanced Open and Save dialogs

Adds a toolbar to file dialogs in every app, with hierarchical menus that expand as the mouse moves over folders and a larger field for typing file names.

Recent and favorite folders

Remembers recently used files and folders, re-selects the last file opened, and gives favorite folders their own configurable keyboard shortcuts.

Click a Finder window

With a file dialog open, clicking any Finder window makes the dialog jump to that folder, so a file can be opened from or saved to it in one click.

Quick Search

Command-Shift-Space opens a search window: typing a few letters of a file, folder or application name brings up recently used items to open in a dialog or the Finder.

Default folders per application

A default folder can be set for each application so its dialogs start in the right place, and the app can remember a folder you save into repeatedly.

Finder drawer and menu bar drop target

Items can be parked in a drawer below a Finder window, or dragged to the menu bar icon and moved straight to a folder chosen from its menus.

Yoink

Shelf at the screen edge

The shelf fades in at the edge of the screen when a drag starts. Drop files on it, move to the destination window, space or full-screen app, then drag them out again.

Files and app content

Holds files from Finder as well as content such as text from a word processor or images from a website. Several files dropped at once are condensed into a stack.

Placement and shortcut

The shelf can appear at once, only near the screen edge or at the mouse cursor, and can ignore chosen apps. Its shortcut also recalls removed files or saves the clipboard.

Clipboard history

Stores recently copied items, which can be sent to the shelf or copied again from the app or its Notification Center widget. Popular password managers are excluded by default.

Handoff and Continuity Camera

Transfers files between Macs, iPads and iPhones running Yoink, and accepts photos or documents sent from an iPhone or iPad with Continuity Camera.

macOS integration

System services, a Quick Action and a Share extension add files without dragging, and it works with the Terminal, Automator and Shortcuts. Previews use QuickLook.

Default Folder X

• Single-user license$39.95

  one-time purchase per user

  One license per person, usable on every Mac where that person is the sole user. Updates are free until the next major release.

• 2+ licenses$34.95

  one-time purchase per user, when buying 2 or more

  Lower per-license price when two or more single-user licenses are bought together.

Yoink

• Yoink for Mac (website)$8.99

  one-time purchase (also listed as 9,99 € and £8.99)

  Bought directly from the developer. The site says the website, Mac App Store and Setapp versions have the same functionality.

• Yoink for Mac (Mac App Store)$8.99

  one-time purchase (US Mac App Store)

  The same app through the Mac App Store, with optional tips as in-app purchases. Also sold in the developer's Productivity Bundle.

Default Folder X

• Other savings

  $34.95 each for 2 or more licenses

  The product page prices a single-user license at $39.95 and drops the price to $34.95 per license when two or more are bought.

• Education

  Educational discounts

  The product page links to educational discounts, which are sold through the Student App Centre store. The amount is not shown on the vendor's page.

• Other savings

  Upgrade pricing for earlier licenses

  Version 6 is free for licenses bought on or after March 1, 2023, $9.95 for those bought from September 1, 2022, and $19.95 for older ones.

Yoink

• Other savings

  Productivity Bundle at about 20% off

  The developer's Mac App Store bundle sells Yoink together with ScreenFloat, Transloader and DeskMat at roughly 20% off.