TesseraSnapKeys, throws and layouts, for a third of the price.
AquaSnap is built around dragging, and its free edition is personal use only. TesseraSnap puts 22 placements on keys, is free at work too, and Pro is $9.99 once instead of $29.
- Built in Rust
- About 2 MB, one process
- Free, no time limit
- Pro $9.99 once, per PC
Where TesseraSnap is better
AquaSnap starts every placement with a drag; TesseraSnap doesn't have to.
Thirds on keys, and more
Press again and a half becomes two thirds, then a third; a third walks across the screen. AquaSnap's pages describe no thirds.
A flick instead of a drag
Hold Ctrl+Alt anywhere over a window, even one behind others, and toss it.
Your desk, back in place
Every window on every screen, back in place by shortcut or when you dock or wake. AquaSnap saves no layouts.
- Ten snap areas Edges and corners plus thirds along the bottom, each set to any action.
- Pin Mode and Stash Dock a window beside the rest, or slide it off the edge to peek at. (Pro)
Side by side
| AquaSnap | TesseraSnap | |
|---|---|---|
| Free edition | Personal, non-commercial only | ✓At home or at work, no time limit |
| Paid edition | Professional $29 per computer | ✓Pro $9.99 once per PC |
| Thirds and smaller on keys | —Not described | ✓22 shortcuts on install; fourths to ninths a click away |
| Press again to change size | —Not described | ✓Half → two thirds → third |
| Drag to snap | ✓Edges and corners | ✓10 areas, each any action |
| Throw gesture | — | ✓16 targets, keys or a mouse button (Pro) |
| Saved layouts | — | ✓Move open windows, on dock or wake (Pro) |
| Windows stick to each other | ✓Magnetism, stretch, move as a group | —Screen edges only |
| Always on top | ✓Shake: on top and see-through | —Stash and Pin Mode instead |
| Windows 7 to 10 | ✓ | —Windows 11 only |
Stay with AquaSnap if
- you like windows to stick to each other, resize together and move as a group
- you use shake-to-keep-on-top or its 15 clickable window areas
- you still run Windows 7 or 10, or want a tool with years behind it (TesseraSnap is at 0.1)
Or run both
- Both dock at the edges. If AquaSnap should own dragging, switch off TesseraSnap's snap areas; keys and throws still work.
- If a shortcut is taken, TesseraSnap lists it and you pick another.
- TesseraSnap pauses Windows' own Snap while it runs, so only one of them reacts.
Try it next to AquaSnap
Free, no time limit, no account. Every install includes a 7-day Pro trial.
Sources, checked 22 October 2026
Nurgo Software, AquaSnap, AquaSnap pricing (also a $29.99 Steam edition, an $899 site license, a 90-day refund), AquaSnap news (1.24.1, 7 October 2024); AquaSnap on Steam. Features of AquaSnap as described in its own pages. AquaSnap is a trademark of its owner. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. TesseraSnap is not affiliated with Nurgo Software or Microsoft.