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ADW Launcher vs Raycast

ADW Launcher

adwthings.com

Raycast

raycast.com

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FigureADW LauncherRaycast
Price fromFree$8/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
iOS—Yes
AndroidYes—
API—Yes
Plans published120
Spec score · App Launcher Software7.9 (#15)8.9 (#3)
Spec score · App Launchers7.7 (#17)9.5 (#1)
Spec score · App launchers7.4 (#25)9.5 (#1)

Plans

ADW Launcher

  • ADW Launcher 2Free

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Raycast

  • FreeFree
  • Raycast FreeFree
  • Raycast Teams FreeFree
  • Teams FreeFree
  • Pro$10 a month
  • Raycast Pro$10 a month
  • Raycast Teams Pro$15 a month
  • Teams Pro$15 a month
  • Pro+$20 a month
  • Raycast Pro+$20 a month

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In their own words

ADW Launcher

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Raycast

Raycast is a set of productivity tools organized around an extendable launcher, where a keyboard-focused interface opens tools and runs workflows. Built-in features include Clipboard History, Calendar, Window Management, Snippets, Quicklinks, Notes, file search and Calculator. Its Store offers community-made extensions, with examples for Linear, Slack, Notion, Google Translate, Spotify, 1Password and Jira. Developers can build integrations with an extension API, and Teams can publish private extensions. Raycast AI includes chat, quick AI actions, agents, commands and extensions, and supports models from multiple providers. The free plan includes core features and thousands of extensions, with Clipboard History limited to three months and Notes to five. Pro costs $10 a month and includes 500 AI credits each month, cloud sync, dictation, custom themes, Translator, and unlimited Clipboard History and Notes. Raycast is available on macOS, Windows, iOS and iPadOS, but not Android. Its browser extension supports Chromium-based browsers, Safari and Firefox. Eligible new accounts can start a seven-day Pro trial; advanced AI models are excluded.

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