Comparison
Ledge vs Yoink
Yoink is the classic Mac drag-and-drop shelf — polished, mature, on the App Store since 2015. Ledge rethinks the same idea around the notch. Here's how they differ.
| Feature | Ledge | Yoink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free public beta (paid 1.0 planned) | $8.99 one-time |
| Where the shelf lives | The notch / top center | Screen edge (left, right, or bottom) |
| Files, folders, images, links | Yes | Yes |
| Text snippets as draggable cards | Yes — drop straight into any input field | Clipboard widget |
| Park whole windows | Yes — snapshot thumbnail, one click back | No |
| Batch stacking (drop many, move as one) | Yes | Stacks |
| Clipboard auto-capture | Optional, off by default | Yes |
| Jump back to the original browser tab | Yes | No |
| iPhone / iPad companion | No | Yes (Handoff) |
| Mac App Store | No — direct download | Yes |
| Local-only, zero account | Yes — core makes no network calls | Yes |
Choose Ledge if…
You like the shelf idea but want it where your eyes already are — the top of the screen, fused with the notch. Ledge also goes beyond files: park entire windows with a keyboard shortcut, stage text snippets and drop them into any input field, and jump back to the exact browser tab a link came from. And during the public beta, it's free.
Choose Yoink if…
You want the battle-tested option with an iOS companion, Mac App Store convenience, and years of refinements. Yoink is excellent software — Ledge exists because we wanted the same flow in the notch, with windows and text as first-class citizens.
A note on maturity
Ledge is in public beta. It's stable and daily-driver ready, but Yoink has a decade of edge cases behind it. If you depend on a shelf for work all day, try both — Ledge costs nothing to test.