PiP for Mac Alternatives

PiP for Mac is described as 'MacOS Picture in Picture window preview and AirPlay Receiver' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PiP for Mac for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Safari, Google Chrome and iPhone apps. The best PiP for Mac alternative is OnTopReplica, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PiP for Mac are Pennywise, Yape, Afloat and WindowWatcher.

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  1. OnTopReplica icon
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    A lightweight application that provides a real-time thumbnail replica of any window of your choice. OnTopReplica will stay always on top, allowing you to keep track of the original window while working and without having to keep the keyboard focus on it.

    13 OnTopReplica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • OnTopReplica is the most popular Windows alternative to PiP for Mac.

    • OnTopReplica is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PiP for Mac.

    • OnTopReplica is Free and Open SourcePiP for Mac is also Free and Open Source
  2. Pennywise icon
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    Pennywise opens any website or media in a small floating window that remains on top of all other applications. Pennywise windows stays up all the time. No need to keep struggling with alt + tab, use Pennywise for easy multitasking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Pennywise is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to PiP for Mac.

    • Pennywise is Free and Open SourcePiP for Mac is also Free and Open Source
  3. Yape icon
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    Yape does a very simple thing: finds all HTML5 videos on a webpage and allows you to play them in the Picture-in-Picture mode. Just click on an item from the list and this video will be switched to the Picture-in-Picture mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Safari
     
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    WindowWatcher is a free hybrid window magnifier and remote control spy. It gives Windows the ability to have proper and resizable picture-in-picture support above and beyond Aero Snap. It's great for watching stuff like online TV, streams or Youtube playlists in a small...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. PiP-Tool icon
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    PiP tool is a software to use the Picture in Picture mode on Windows. This feature allows you to watch content (video for example) in thumbnail format on the screen while continuing to use any other software on Windows.

    11 PiP-Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Helium icon
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    Helium is a floating browser window that allows you to watch media while you work. Your content will never fall behind your other windows even as you switch tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. AfloatX icon
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    An alternative to Afloat that lives in the dock icon menu. Although AfloatX has some of the same features as Afloat, it is not meant to be a clone. AfloatX is a simple and unobtrusive plugin made to add some additional window management features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. PiPifier icon
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    PiPifier is a macOS and iOS Safari (action) extension that lets you use every HTML5 video in Picture in Picture mode

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Safari
     
    • PiPifier is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to PiP for Mac.

    • PiPifier is Free and Open SourcePiP for Mac is also Free and Open Source
  9. PiPer icon
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    PiPer is the browser extension to watch video Picture in Picture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
     
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    Duplicate Windows visually copies any window in Mac OS X live and on-the-fly. It’s like display mirroring for individual windows! I created the tool to display windows across multiple monitors in extended desktop mode during presentations.

    9 Duplicate Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Duplicate Windows is the most popular commercial alternative to PiP for Mac.

    • Duplicate Windows is Paid and ProprietaryPiP for Mac is Free and Open Source
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    Picture in Picture (PiP) allows watching videos from the internet while working at a computer. Using unique algorithms, the program finds videos on web pages and allows to open them in a floating window, that remains in the front.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Google Chrome
     
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