AppSwitcher

Place

#8 of 11

Chart

Score

5.8

The facts below are what the maker publishes about AppSwitcher, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From AppSwitcher's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Free	Free	Windows 10 20H1+ or Windows 11 · Free

Each one read from AppSwitcher's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Cycle modes: Per-app behavior includes cycling among apps sharing a hotkey, minimizing the focused app, or cycling among one app’s windows.checked 14 Nov 2026
Distribution: The Windows app is available as an installer, a portable ZIP, and through Chocolatey, Scoop, and Winget.checked 14 Nov 2026
Hotkey switching: Users can assign key combinations to apps and launch an app through its hotkey if it is not running.checked 14 Nov 2026
Peek mode: Peek mode temporarily brings an app forward and returns to the prior work when the modifier is released.checked 14 Nov 2026
Privacy: The maker states that the app operates offline without telemetry, servers, or automatic updates.checked 14 Nov 2026
Purpose: AppSwitcher assigns apps individual hotkeys so users can jump directly to the app they need.checked 14 Nov 2026
Runtime: Framework-dependent builds require the .NET 8.0+ Desktop Runtime; self-contained builds include the runtime and dependencies.checked 14 Nov 2026
Source availability: The source code is publicly available.checked 14 Nov 2026
System requirements: AppSwitcher supports Windows 10 version 20H1 or later and Windows 11; Windows 8.1 and 7 are unsupported.checked 14 Nov 2026
Usage statistics: The product tracks switching habits and displays productivity-related statistics locally.checked 14 Nov 2026

Maker: The official pages opened did not state the maker’s name, headquarters, or founding year.checked 14 Nov 2026

Permissions and elevated apps: The app runs as a standard user, but switching to an elevated application requires AppSwitcher to run as administrator too.checked 14 Nov 2026