# MaxTo review (2026): is it worth €19 a year? > Custom screen zones with hotkey and drag snapping for Windows and Mac Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. MaxTo divides each monitor into rows and columns that you define, then snaps a window into a zone with a keyboard shortcut or by dragging. It works across several monitors, including mixed resolutions, and can remember where an application's windows belong. It started on Windows and now also runs on Mac, with Home and Business licenses. - **Category:** Window Managers & Launchers - **Made by:** Domi.no AS - **Website:** https://maxto.net/ - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free tool, since there is only a 14-day trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, MaxTo is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €19 per year (Home, personal use). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Home Yearly | €19 per year, for up to 5 personal computers | Unlimited presets and monitors for personal use, with updates during the subscription. Does not activate on work-managed computers. | | Home Lifetime | €79 one-time, for up to 5 personal computers | Same as Home Yearly with updates for life and no renewal. | | Business Yearly | €39 per computer / year | Required for work or school computers, including those joined to Active Directory or Entra ID or enrolled in MDM; volume licensing is offered. | Read from https://maxto.net/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MaxTo before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lifetime Home license** (Lifetime license): A single payment of €79 for Home with updates for life, as an alternative to the €19 yearly subscription. Source: https://maxto.net/ ## Key features - **Custom grid zones:** Build the rows and columns you want on each monitor, differently per monitor, and save frequently used layouts as presets. - **Hotkey snapping:** Move a window into a preset zone from the keyboard, with Page Up and Page Down sending it to another monitor. - **Drag-to-snap:** Shows live zone highlighting while a window is dragged and snaps it on release. - **Remembered window positions:** Version 3.1 can remember where an application's windows go, and recall windows into place after a presentation or undocking. - **Multi-monitor support:** Handles monitors with different resolutions and scaling. - **Translations:** The interface is translated into 32 languages, including right-to-left support. ## Good for - Ultrawide or multi-monitor desks that need custom zones - People who prefer to place windows with the keyboard - Teams that need an organization license for managed computers ## Worth knowing - Home licenses do not work on work-managed computers; those need the Business license, billed per computer. - There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial. - Prices were read in euros; the page showed no US dollar figures. - Home updates stop when the yearly subscription ends, while Lifetime keeps updating. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. MaxTo snaps windows into custom screen zones by hotkey or drag, on Windows and Mac. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, and home licences don't work on work computers. - **Value for money: B.** €19 a year for up to 5 personal computers, in the cheaper quarter. Lifetime is €79. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial and no free plan; the listing doesn't say a card is needed. - **Features: B.** Custom grid zones, hotkey snapping, drag-to-snap, remembered window positions and multi-monitor support. No gap shown in the job. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You design your own zone layouts first. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Windows and Mac desktops, with a Shortcuts hook; no phone or web version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Domi.no AS's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among window managers and launchers - MaxTo's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 11 of the 48 other window managers and launchers we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on features (B, above 35 of 48) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at about $1.77 a month, against a middle price of $4.89 for the category: 1 of the 3 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/window-managers ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace MaxTo you would be making control over other apps' windows. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 26 of the 48 other window managers and launchers grade higher. It costs $21.23 a year. - You could not: Control over other apps' windows. - You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shortcuts **Tags:** Window management, Keyboard-first, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [AquaSnap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aquasnap): Windows tool that docks, snaps and tiles windows by dragging. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aquasnap-vs-maxto) - [Actual Window Manager](https://toolgpa.com/tools/actual-window-manager): Windows toolset for multi-monitor setups and virtual desktops. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/actual-window-manager-vs-maxto) - [Divvy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/divvy): Window resizing by dragging across a grid, for Mac and Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/divvy-vs-maxto) - [Dexpot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dexpot): Virtual desktops for Windows with previews and per-window rules. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dexpot-vs-maxto) - [SizeUp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sizeup): Keyboard-driven window resizing for the Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/maxto-vs-sizeup) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://maxto.net/ - https://maxto.net/blog Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/maxto Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).