Comparison - Launcher and productivity tool

Winy vs Raycast

Raycast is the shortcut you summon and dismiss; Winy is the board you stay on while the work happens.

Raycast is a keyboard-first launcher for the Mac, with Windows and iOS versions, that bundles clipboard history, snippets, window management, notes and thousands of extensions, with Raycast AI on paid plans.

Winy is a native app for Mac, iPad and iPhone that gives your work one infinite board, where live terminals, web pages, notes, Pencil ink, images and agents sit side by side.

They work at different moments: Raycast gets you to an app or an action in a keystroke, and Winy is the place you stay while a piece of work and its agents are in progress.

At a glance

Question	Winy	Raycast
What it is	One infinite board for all your work	A keyboard launcher with extensions
Platforms	Mac, iPad and iPhone	Mac, with Windows and iOS versions
How you use it	A board you stay on and arrange	Summon with a hotkey, act, dismiss
Windows	Work sits as cards on one board	Window management for app windows
Notes	Text, Pencil ink, images and arrows	Quick notes while you work
AI and agents	Claude Code, Codex and other CLI agents as live cards	Raycast AI on paid plans
Price	Early access waitlist; no public pricing	Free core; Pro from $10 a month

Which one is for you

Choose Raycast if

You want to launch apps, search and run actions from the keyboard without opening anything.
You want clipboard history, snippets and window management in one free tool.
You want quick AI answers and extensions for tools like Linear, Slack and Spotify.

Choose Winy if

You want a place to stay with a piece of work, with its terminals, pages, notes and agents all on one board.
You run several agents and want to see which are working or waiting with one zoom out.
You think with the Pencil and want your sketches beside the work they are about.
You want the same board on iPad and iPhone while the Mac runs the agents.

Using both

Keep Raycast for getting anywhere on your Mac in a keystroke. Winy is the place you land: the board where the terminals, pages, notes and agents for the work you are doing stay laid out until you come back.

Questions

Is Raycast free?

Raycast's core features, including clipboard history, snippets, window management and extensions, are free. Raycast AI comes with paid plans, starting with Pro at $10 a month.

Does Winy replace Raycast?

No. Raycast is a launcher you call up and dismiss. Winy is a board you work on. You can use Raycast to open Winy like any other Mac app.

How is Winy different from window management?

Window management arranges app windows on your screen. Winy puts the work itself, terminals, pages, notes and agents, on one board you can pan and zoom across.

Is Winy an operating system?

No. Winy is an app for macOS, iPadOS and iOS. It runs on top of your operating system and becomes the place you work.

Is Winy available now?

Winy is in early access. You can join the waitlist on winy.ai.

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