ReTab - Tab Switch for Safari appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ReTab is 85 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Name: ReTab - Tab Switch for Safari
Rating: 4 (4 reviews)

ReTab - Tab Switch for Safari

Lychee Isle Co

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.2% of reviews

Neutral4.2% of reviews

Negative experience16.7% of reviews

~ Based on 24 written reviews from the US App Store.

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ReTab - Tab Switch for Safari appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ReTab is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Useful tool for safari users

Great tool making tab switching easier

Hhfgghjir

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you! Happy to hear tab switching in Safari feels easier now.

Does what it says

Great little extension, does what it says and gets out of the way. Would be amazing if we could assign shortcuts without modifiers (I’d like to map F1 to it for example).

Ssitaktif

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks! ReTab works by holding a modifier and releasing it to jump, which is why shortcuts need one. If F1 is easier to reach, you could remap it to your ReTab shortcut with a key remapper like Karabiner-Elements.

works like a charm

Quite useful for switching the tabs. I usally have many tabs open and couldn't find the recent one. Will be more helpful if it opens the tabs I closed recently.

VVivikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words! Wouldn't Cmd+Shift+T work for you to reopen closed tabs?

Most useful extension for Safari

It makes Safari 10x more enjoyable to use!

Hhyouuu

4 months ago

Response from developer

10x is the best compliment we could ask for. Thank you!

Smooth as Butter

I love ReTab. This keyboard shortcut is legit one of my favorites. A critical option if you are a Safari user!!!

Ddfrie!!

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for your encouragement! Let us know if you got any suggestions to improve ReTab!

Lifesaver!

I honestly don’t know how people browse without a quick method to switch tabs - highly recommended to everyone!

AAlexAlexiev

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for your encouragement! Let us know if you got any suggestions to improve ReTab!

Works but…

This extension works but it requires read access to every page you visit (or want to cycle through), meaning it can access very sensitive information like passwords, credit cards, SSN, etc. To me it’s just too risky, which is such a shame since I really find it useful.

Llouisewachtis

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback and totally understand the concerns. The reason is that we have to use the "scripting" permission in order to display the list of tabs on each webpage, and the permission includes read access which we can't omit. We promise that we never read any content of the web pages, and you can open the developer console to verify no network call is ever made by ReTab. On the side, we could make a "ReTab Lite" which doesn't show the list of tabs but you can just use key combinations to switch blindly, which would only require tab history permission - if you think you'd like it better that way let us know!

Great app and easy to use, VoiceOver compatible.

I found it to be a great app and easy to use. I would like to congratulate the Developer on integrating accessibility, specifically enabling compatibility with the VoiceOver screen reader.
How I wish more developers would do likewise!
The developer is fast to respond to queries and open to user suggestions.
Overall. I would recommend this app

RRagingron38

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words! Accessibility matters a lot to us, and we're really glad ReTab works well with VoiceOver. If anything ever gets in your way, just reach out at lychee.isle.support@gmail.com.

Simple mais essentielle

Pour mon travail j’ouvre beaucoup de tabs different pour les différents outils (Confluence, ServiceNow) et je dois souvent passer d’un tab à l’autre pour copier/coller du texte. ReTab me permet de me concentrer sur mon travail sans perdre du temps et de l’energie dans la recherche du bon tab

SSpigJacopo

8 months ago

Response from developer

Merci beaucoup ! Passer rapidement d'un outil à l'autre sans chercher le bon onglet, c'est exactement l'idée. Ravi que ReTab vous aide au quotidien.

Doesn’t work for the one thing I needed

All I wanted was to close a tab and go back to the previous tab, something that should be native to Safari in the first place. I bought this and opened the extension options and the toggle for this feature is set, yet it doesn’t work. Complete waste of $2

SStupidnicknamepolicy6969

10 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry to hear that, please give a try to the fresh 3.0 which just came out and made significant improvements.

Finally Safari is usable

Works well, just wish the shortcut could match Arc/Zen (Ctrl+tab instead of Cmd+tab)

UUrbanole

a year ago

Response from developer

In case you didn't know, with the latest Safari 26 you could customize shortcuts!

works like a charm

Quite useful for switching the tabs. Will be more helpful if it opens the tabs I closed recently.

VVivikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words! Wouldn't Cmd+Shift+T work for you to reopen closed tabs?

Saved me from my headache switching over tabs

This thing actually works! I always have way too many tabs open and kept losing track of stuff. Now I can just quickly jump back to whatever I was looking at before. Super simple to use and doesn't mess with anything else. Definitely worth getting if you're like me and can't keep your tabs organized.

A1at su s h 1

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words and glad it's helpful!!

A handy tool if you are a shortcut freak like me!

If you’re obsessed with shortcuts, ReTab is a gem. Flying through Safari tabs feels effortless, and you can even set your own keys. I just wish it had a few extra tricks, like closing the current tab while cycling. Overall, a great tool!

Jjinshanni

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks, fellow shortcut fan! Tip: turn on "Jump back to your most recent tab when you close a tab" in ReTab's extension settings. Then Cmd+W closes the current tab and drops you right back on the previous one.

Very useful extension

I’ve been waiting for one like this for a long time, so glad to see ReTab, well worth the price.

Lliugi23

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you! Glad the wait was worth it.

Works as intended but could be better

On the plus side this works reliably for me compared to TabBack.   However it’d be nice if I could see a visual preview of my previous tabs, like Firefox / Arc do when ctrl-tabbing (or even TabBack’s lackluster list of page titles is better than nothing).  Also like other reviews it’d be nice if I could set a custom shortcut, not sure why this isn’t possible with this extension given TabBack lets you. Is it because TabBack runs in the background perhaps.

CCheapeOne

a year ago

Response from developer

Happy to report that the fresh 3.0 just came out which simplified to one shortcut with the visual list - give it a try and let us know!

Doesn’t work

Closing tab to return to previous tab doesn’t work, it just moves one tab to the left

LLordSloth113

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback and you can toggle that behavior on from the Extension Options page :) Also with the latest update we show a list of your recent tabs that you can choose by cycling through using keyboard or pick with mouse just like how Cmd+Tab works - try it out!

Doesn’t work. Fix it or give me a refund.

The cmd+g doesn’t take you back to the previous tabs you were on. It’s totally random. Charging me for an app that doesn’t function is fraud. Fix it or refund me.

AAlads267

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback and with the latest update we show a list of your recent tabs that you can choose by cycling through using keyboard or pick with mouse just like how Cmd+Tab works - try it out!

Poor design

One common workflow I have is cycling through three tabs. Retab doesn’t do this. cmd+e only does two tabs, and cmd+g doesn’t update the tab order afterward, so if I use cmd+g then cmd+g again it doesn’t take me back to where I was.

It’s pretty bold to charge money for an incomplete product like this. It doesn’t serve common use cases due to poor design, and it doesn’t let you change the shortcut. I’m pretty sure it’s possible to override ctrl+tab too, correct me if I’m wrong.

Make this free and I’ll give it four stars. Better yet, make it open source. Then someone, maybe me, will fix these flaws, and then I’ll give it five stars.

Aakriegman

2 years ago

Response from developer

Simple and intuitive tool!

I have been searching for this feature for so long and finally it's here! works well on MacOS and incredibly easy to use with the keyboard shortcut and super fast response time!

Qqdai0504

2 years ago