Disclosure: Anchor is our app. Facts about Display Maid come from Display Maid's website and its Mac App Store listing, checked on 1 October 2026.
Side by side
| Anchor | Display Maid | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 launch price, one-time (3 Macs); 7-day free trial | $5.99 on the Mac App Store; demo on its website |
| macOS | 14 or later | 10.13 or later |
| Saving a layout | Learned automatically per setup; manual save and lock available | You arrange windows and save the positions |
| Restore on connect / disconnect | Yes | Yes |
| Restore when an app launches | Optional: open missing apps on connect and place them | Yes, "when an app is launched" |
| Several layouts for one setup | One per setup (lockable) | Yes, multiple profiles, with a Command Control Tab selector |
| Full-screen windows and Spaces | Leaves full-screen windows alone; restores on the current Spaces | Its site says full-screen and tiled apps aren't supported and Spaces support is limited |
| Apple silicon | Yes (also Intel) | Yes (also Intel) |
How they differ in daily use
Display Maid is built around saved sets of positions: arrange, save, and Display Maid restores that set when the display configuration comes back, or when you pick a profile. It's a good fit if you like several named arrangements for the same desk and switch between them on purpose.
Anchor is built around not having to think about it. It learns the layout of each setup as you work, snapshots it when a display change starts, and restores it when the setup returns. It never moves windows at other times.
Which should you pick?
- Pick Display Maid if you're on an older macOS than 14, or want multiple profiles for the same monitors.
- Pick Anchor if you want plugging in to just work without saving anything. Try it free for 7 days.