WebCatalog: What It Is, Pricing and How to Use It (2026 Guide)

What is WebCatalog?

WebCatalog is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux that turns websites into standalone desktop apps. Each one gets its own window, icon, Dock or taskbar entry, native notifications and unread badges, so Gmail, Slack, Notion or your CRM stop being one tab among forty. This approach is called a site-specific browser: a browser window dedicated to a single site.

On top of that, WebCatalog adds two organising layers. Profiles keep separate sessions, so you can stay signed in to several accounts of the same service at once. Spaces group apps, accounts and bookmarks by context, for example “Work”, “Personal” or one space per client.

It is made by WebCatalog, Inc., based in Dover, Delaware, which also makes the Singlebox, Switchbar and Lexibird apps. The homepage claims a catalog of more than 65,000 ready-to-install apps (an older help article says 50,000+), and you can add any website that is not in the catalog. A browser extension and a web version bring the same home screen into an ordinary browser.

The problem it solves is simple: web apps are where most work happens now, but browsers handle them poorly. Notifications get lost, accounts log each other out, and finding the right tab wastes time all day.

Who it is for

• People with several accounts of the same app. Two Slack workspaces, a personal and a work Google account, three WhatsApp numbers: profiles keep them all signed in at once.
• Freelancers and agencies. A space per client keeps that client’s project tool, chat and docs together and out of sight when you switch to another client.
• Support, social and community managers who watch many inboxes and dashboards and rely on badges and notifications to know where to look.
• Small teams on the Business plan that want everyone to open the same shared apps and shared accounts from one place.

WebCatalog is not a good fit if you mainly watch streaming video (DRM content does not play), if you only use two or three web apps (your browser’s built-in “install as app” feature may be enough), or if you want AI that does work for you. WebCatalog organises web apps; it does not summarise, draft or automate anything inside them.

Key features

• Desktop apps. Install any site from the catalog or by URL and it runs as its own app with native notifications and badges, separate from your main browser.
• Profiles. Each profile is a separate set of cookies and sessions. One profile can be reused across apps, so a “Client A” profile can hold that client’s Google, Slack and Asana logins together. Deleting a profile removes its local browsing data and sessions, not the underlying web accounts.
• Spaces and subspaces. Group apps, accounts and bookmarks by context, with a second level for sub-areas (for example Work > Marketing, Finance, Support).
• Shared spaces (Business). Everyone in a WebCatalog organization gets the same apps and profiles. Changes to shared profiles sync across the organization, while each member’s bookmarks, settings and personal customisations stay private.
• Home, Pages and Widgets. A customisable home screen with widgets such as weather, to-dos, a currency converter, a world clock and focus/break timers. The browser extension shows the same home on your new tab page.
• Settings inheritance. Settings exist at three levels: Global settings, App-specific settings and Profile-specific settings. Leave a setting on Default to inherit from the level above, or override it for one app, space or profile. For example, keep Block ads & trackers on everywhere except one app that breaks with it.
• Pro extras. The ads and trackers blocker, app lock, theme colours and location services are listed as paid features, along with ad-free use and priority support.
• Sync. Sign in to a WebCatalog account and your setup syncs across devices.

Pricing

WebCatalog has three plans. Prices below are from the vendor’s pricing page at the time of writing (checked 21 October 2026). The page shows prices with a ”$” sign plus local taxes, and does not name the currency.

Plan	Price (billed annually)	What you get	Trial
Basic	Free, no credit card	2 desktop apps, 2 profiles, 1 space, 1 page; no ads and trackers blocker, app lock, theme colours or location services	n/a
Pro	$5/month	Unlimited desktop apps, profiles, spaces and pages; ad-free; priority support; all Pro features	7-day free trial
Business	$8/user/month	Everything in Pro, plus shared spaces (desktop only), team management, centralised billing and SAML SSO	7-day free trial

How to read this:

• Monthly billing exists but its price is not published on the page we checked. WebCatalog says yearly billing saves “up to 20%”, so expect monthly billing to cost more than the figures above. Check the toggle on the pricing page before you pay.
• The free plan is a trial in practice. Two apps and two profiles are enough to see whether the approach suits you, not enough to run your working day.
• Refunds. A full refund is available within 14 days of your first subscription purchase. Monthly renewals are generally not refundable; annual renewals can be refunded within 14 days of renewal. Payments are processed by Paddle.
• No lifetime deal is offered on the pricing page.

How to use WebCatalog: step-by-step

1. Install and sign in

1. Download the desktop app from webcatalog.io (the desktop download page offers macOS, Windows and Linux builds) and install it.
2. Open WebCatalog and sign in to, or create, a WebCatalog account. Signing in is what lets your apps, profiles and spaces sync to other computers.
3. If you plan to use more than two apps, start the 7-day Pro trial now so you are not testing against the free limits.

2. Add your first desktop apps

1. Search the catalog for the service you use most, such as Gmail, Slack or Notion, and install it.
2. If the site is not in the catalog (an internal tool, a client portal), add it yourself by entering its URL.
3. Open the new app and sign in to the service as you would in a browser. From now on it has its own window, icon and notifications.
4. Repeat for the handful of apps you open every day. Start with five or six; you can add more once the setup feels natural.

3. Add a second account with profiles

This is the workflow most people buy WebCatalog for.

1. In the desktop app, click Profiles, then Add profile.
2. Give the profile a clear name, such as “Work”, “Personal” or a client name, and optionally customise it.
3. Open an app with that profile and sign in with the second account. Both accounts now stay signed in, each in its own session.
4. Reuse the same profile across other apps for that account or client, so all of one client’s logins live together.
5. To rename, customise or delete a profile, go back to Profiles. Deleting one clears its local sessions only; your accounts on the services are untouched.

4. Organise with spaces

1. Create a space for each context you switch between, for example “Work”, “Personal” and one per major client. (The help centre explains what spaces are but does not document the exact clicks, so look for the spaces controls in the desktop app.)
2. Move the relevant apps, profiles and bookmarks into each space.
3. Add subspaces if one space gets crowded, such as Work > Marketing, Finance and Support.
4. On Business, put shared accounts (a team inbox, a social media login) in a shared space so every member gets them without passing passwords around.

5. Tune settings per app

1. Set sensible defaults in Global settings, such as turning on Block ads & trackers (Pro).
2. If one app misbehaves, open its App-specific settings and override just that setting rather than changing it everywhere.
3. Use Profile-specific settings only where one account genuinely needs different behaviour; leaving things on Default keeps the setup easy to reason about.

Tips to get better results

• Name profiles after the account owner or client, not the app. “Client A” reused across Slack, Gmail and Asana is easier to manage than three profiles called “Slack 2”.
• Keep spaces few. Three to five spaces you actually switch between beat a dozen you never use.
• Turn off notifications you do not act on. The point of separate apps is to see the right badge at the right time; leave alerts on only for apps that need a response.
• Pair it with a task manager. WebCatalog keeps your tools tidy, but it does not track what you must do in them. A tool such as Todoist fills that gap.
• Protect focus time. Spaces make it easy to hide client work during deep-work blocks; an AI calendar like Reclaim can schedule those blocks for you.
• Keep a normal browser for video and odd sites. Streaming services with DRM and sites that fight with embedded browsers are easier in Chrome, Safari or Firefox.
• Use the 7-day trial with your real workload. Install everything you would use daily, then decide; the free plan’s limits will not tell you much.

Limitations and common problems

• Tight free plan. Two apps, two profiles and one space mean almost everyone serious about it ends up on Pro.
• DRM video does not play. WebCatalog does not support Widevine-protected video, so many streaming services will not work. Use a regular browser or the service’s own app.
• Monthly prices are not shown upfront. The pricing page lists annual prices only; check the monthly toggle before subscribing.
• Thin, slightly inconsistent docs. One help article mentions only Mac and Windows and 50,000+ apps, while the homepage lists Linux and 65,000+ apps. Some steps, such as creating a space, are not documented, and we found no public changelog.
• Updates can stall. WebCatalog has a help article for when the desktop app will not update automatically; if you are on an old version, download a fresh copy from the website.
• Data handling. The company is US-based and stores data in the United States, with Standard Contractual Clauses for EEA, UK and Swiss transfers. Its privacy policy says connected-account credentials are stored encrypted and data is not sold or used for advertising. Read it before putting regulated client accounts in a shared space.

Alternatives

• Your browser’s built-in web apps - Chrome and Edge can install a site as an app, and Safari on macOS can add a site to the Dock. Free, but with weaker multi-account handling and no spaces.
• Singlebox - another app from WebCatalog’s maker for working with web apps and multiple accounts; compare it on the vendor’s site if WebCatalog’s model does not suit you.
• Rambox, Shift or Wavebox - all-in-one workspace apps that put many web apps and accounts in a single window with a sidebar, rather than separate desktop apps.
• Browser profiles - Chrome, Edge and Firefox profiles keep accounts apart for free, at the cost of a whole browser window per identity.

Browse more options in our productivity tools directory. If notifications are mostly email, our SaneBox guide covers a different way to cut the noise.

Verdict

Sign up for WebCatalog if you spend your day in web apps, keep more than one account in several of them, and are tired of tabs logging each other out. At $5 a month billed annually, Pro is cheap for what it fixes, and the 7-day trial is enough to know. Skip it if you only use a few web apps, if you mainly stream video, or if you were hoping for AI help: your browser’s built-in profiles and “install as app” feature may cover you for free.