# WebCatalog

> Turns websites into desktop apps, with many accounts signed in

WebCatalog turns websites into desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, each with its own window, notifications and badges, and keeps several accounts of the same service signed in at once. Apps can be grouped into spaces for work, personal life or clients, and a browser extension puts the same apps on the new-tab page. A free plan covers two apps; Pro removes the limits.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** WebCatalog, Inc. (since 2020)
- **Website:** https://webcatalog.io
- **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

WebCatalog has a free plan. Paid plans start at $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic plan: 2 desktop apps, 2 profiles and 1 space, one new-tab page, basic widgets and cloud sync. It shows ads and has no app lock or ad blocker.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of Pro or Business.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | 2 desktop apps, 2 profiles, 1 space, basic widgets and cloud sync, with ads. No credit card required. |
| Pro | $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) | Unlimited desktop apps, profiles and spaces, all widgets, an ad and tracker blocker, app lock, theme colors, no ads and priority support. |
| Business | $8 per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly) | Everything in Pro plus shared spaces, team management, centralized billing and SAML single sign-on. |

Read from https://webcatalog.io/en/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WebCatalog before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page says yearly billing saves up to 20%: Pro is $5 a month billed annually against $6 monthly, and Business $8 per user against $10. Source: https://webcatalog.io/en/pricing

## Key features

- **Desktop apps from websites:** Gives any website its own window, icon and place in the Dock or taskbar, with native notifications and badges. The catalog lists 65,000+ ready-made apps.
- **Multiple accounts:** Each app keeps its own session, so several WhatsApp, Slack or Instagram accounts can stay signed in at the same time.
- **Spaces:** Group apps into spaces for work, personal life or each client, and switch between them without closing anything.
- **New-tab extension:** A new-tab page for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and Vivaldi shows the same apps, folders and pages, which sync across devices and the web.
- **Widgets:** To-dos, focus mode and live weather on every plan; Pro adds a Pomodoro timer, world clock, calculator and currency and unit converters.
- **Privacy controls:** Pro adds an ad and tracker blocker and an app lock, and removes the ads shown on the free plan.

## Good for

- People juggling several accounts of the same web app
- Freelancers and agencies keeping each client's apps apart
- Anyone who wants web apps in their own windows instead of browser tabs

## Worth knowing

- The free Basic plan stops at 2 desktop apps, 2 profiles and 1 space, and it shows ads.
- Linux support is experimental: WebCatalog says the app may not work on every distribution and it may not help with distribution-specific issues.
- The desktop app needs macOS 13 or Windows 10 or later, and no phone apps are listed.
- Shared spaces, team management and SAML single sign-on need Business, at $8 per user / month billed annually.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. WebCatalog turns websites into proper desktop apps on Mac and Windows, each with its own window, notifications and badge, and it keeps several accounts of the same service signed in at once. Three WhatsApps, two Slacks, no tab hunting. But the free plan stops at 2 apps and shows ads, and there's nothing for your phone.

- **Value for money: C.** Pro is $5 a month billed yearly ($6 monthly), the dear end of what utilities charge, though it undercuts the apps it competes with, like Rambox at $70 a year and Wavebox at $8.33 a month. Teams pay $8 a user on Business for shared spaces and SSO.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Basic is free for good, but it's 2 desktop apps, 2 profiles and 1 space, with ads and no blocker or app lock. Fine for one extra WhatsApp; you'll hit the wall after that. There's a 7-day Pro trial too.
- **Features: C.** It does its one job fully: any site in its own window with native notifications, separate sessions for several accounts, spaces per client, a new-tab extension and an ad blocker on Pro. That's a small job, though, and Linux support is only experimental.
- **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but there's next to nothing to set up: install it, pick a site from the 65,000+ in its catalog, sign in, and it's an app.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Mac, Windows and, experimentally, Linux, plus a new-tab extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and Vivaldi. That's computers only: no phone apps are listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WebCatalog's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among desktop utilities

- WebCatalog's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 7 of the 94 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 10.
- It stands best on ease of use (B, above 33 of 94) and worst on features (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 13 of the 17 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace WebCatalog you would be making a web browser. 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: 77 of the 94 other desktop utilities grade higher. It costs $60 a year.

- You could make: Ad and tracker blocking and bookmarks: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A web browser.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Web browser, Ad and tracker blocking, Bookmarks

## Alternatives

- [Rambox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rambox): Workspace app that runs many web apps and accounts in one window. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rambox-vs-webcatalog)
- [Wavebox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wavebox): Desktop browser that keeps many web apps and accounts signed in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/wavebox-vs-webcatalog)
- [Shift](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shift): Build-your-own desktop browser for multiple inboxes, apps and Spaces. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shift-vs-webcatalog)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://webcatalog.io/en/pricing
- https://webcatalog.io/en
- https://webcatalog.io/en/browser-extension
- https://webcatalog.io/en/about
- https://webcatalog.io/en/docs/article/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-the-webcatalog-desktop-app
- https://webcatalog.io/en/docs/article/what-is-webcatalogs-refund-policy

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/webcatalog
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