On paper, Biscuit and WebCatalog Desktop look close. Both run on macOS, Windows, and Linux, both keep separate accounts signed in at once, and both group your web apps for work, personal life, or each project. Both even include an ad blocker and cloud sync.
The difference shows up the moment you use two monitors. Biscuit keeps your workspaces in one window and switches between them in a sidebar. WebCatalog Desktop gives each client or project its own space, a separate window you can put wherever you like, and lets any app run on its own as well.
At a glance
| WebCatalog Desktop | Biscuit | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Web apps as desktop apps, organized into spaces | A workspace app for web apps and tabs |
| Organizing apps | Spaces, each in its own window, with folders inside | Workspaces and projects in one window |
| Multiple accounts | Every account for a service side by side in one app, each with its own session | Sessions separated by workspace or app |
| Standalone apps | Any app can run on its own, with its own Dock or taskbar icon | Apps live inside the Biscuit window |
| Notifications | Unread badges per account and on the Dock or taskbar, mute per account | Notifications you can turn on or off per app |
| Privacy | Ad and tracker blocker, app lock with Touch ID, per-account proxies | Built-in ad blocker |
| Teams | Shared spaces, with logins kept on each computer | Not mentioned on its site |
What is WebCatalog Desktop?
WebCatalog Desktop turns your web apps into desktop apps and lets you arrange them two ways: in spaces, where one window holds everything for a client or project, or as standalone desktop apps with their own icons. Each space is itself an app, so it can be opened, closed, and placed on screen independently.
What is Biscuit?
Biscuit is a desktop app that organizes your web apps and tabs into workspaces, such as work and personal, and projects that bundle related apps together. It keeps sessions separate by workspace or app, lets you turn notifications on or off per app, and, since version 2.0, includes a built-in ad blocker and cloud sync.
1. Two clients, two screens
Say you're an account manager at an agency, looking after two clients this week. Each has its own Asana, HubSpot, and Notion.
In Biscuit, both clients share one window. You switch workspaces in the sidebar, and the window swaps one client's apps for the other's.
In WebCatalog Desktop, "Client A" and "Client B" are separate spaces, each with its own Dock or taskbar icon and its own global keyboard shortcut. Put Client A's space on your laptop screen and Client B's on the external monitor, and both stay visible during a joint call. When the project wraps, close the space and it's out of the way. Inside each one, folders keep the sidebar short, and Cmd or Ctrl plus a number switches apps.
2. All your accounts for a service, together
Biscuit separates sessions by workspace or app, so using two accounts of the same service means keeping them apart.
In WebCatalog Desktop, one app can hold every account you have for a service, each with its own isolated session, all signed in. Your agency HubSpot login and a client's sit next to each other in the same sidebar, each with its own unread badge. Where Biscuit lets you switch notifications on or off per app, WebCatalog Desktop goes down to the account: mute the notifications, sounds, or badge for one login and leave the rest alone.
3. More than an ad blocker
Both apps block ads. WebCatalog Desktop's blocker also stops trackers, and it adds an app lock with a password or Touch ID on Mac, so client data isn't on display if you step away. Proxies can be set per app or per account, and 1Password, Bitwarden, and LastPass work inside every app.
4. Apps that stand on their own
Your calendar or an AI assistant isn't tied to any client. In WebCatalog Desktop, those can run as standalone apps from a catalog of more than 65,000, each with its own window and icon, and a standalone app can be your default email or calendar client.
5. Shared with your team
When a colleague joins the Client A account, you don't have to walk them through which apps to add. With shared spaces, everyone gets the same apps and accounts list, while logins and browsing data stay on each person's computer.
Which one should you choose?
Biscuit can make sense if you specifically want every workspace inside a single window that you switch with the sidebar.
For anyone running more than one client at a time, WebCatalog Desktop is the stronger choice. It's built for you if you:
- Like to keep two clients open at once, on different screens
- Have several logins for the same service and want them in one list
- Want an app lock and tracker blocking around client data
- Onboard teammates onto the same set of apps
If each client deserves a window of its own, try WebCatalog Desktop.
