Tiles

Who It's For

Tiles is for users who want the absolute minimum: a snap manager that works, has no configuration overhead, and doesn't try to be anything more. If you primarily use halves, quarters, and fullscreen, and find Rectangle's settings panel or Magnet's menu bar icon to be more than you need, Tiles strips it down to just the snapping behavior. It's free, runs silently in the background, and requires no decisions beyond granting Accessibility permission.

How It Works

Tiles registers global keyboard shortcuts for a fixed set of snap positions — left/right halves, top/bottom halves, all four corners, and fullscreen. There are no custom zones, no snap areas editor, no menu bar icon, and no preferences beyond remapping the default shortcuts. When you press a shortcut, the focused window snaps to that position. That's the entire feature set.

Compared to Similar Tools

Tiles and Rectangle occupy the same category but at different complexity levels. Rectangle adds snap areas (drag-to-snap), more shortcut positions, configurable gaps, and a preferences panel. Tiles has none of that — just keyboard shortcuts for basic positions. Users who want drag-to-snap should use Rectangle. Users who exclusively use keyboard shortcuts and find Rectangle's options unnecessary should consider Tiles. Magnet ($5.99) adds drag-to-snap and a menu bar UI over Tiles' free barebones approach.

Requirements

• macOS compatibility: check sempliva.com for specific requirements
• Accessibility permission required
• Free, no App Store or subscription

Getting Started

Download from sempliva.com/tiles and launch. Grant Accessibility permission. The default shortcuts work immediately — check the Tiles preferences (if available) to remap any shortcut you want to change.