7 virtual screen applications to maximize the Ultrawide screen

The introduction of Ultrawide and 4K monitors gives computer users plenty of room for activities. But keeping the screen organized is a difficult thing. How do you keep work documents in a single area or ensure that Spotify is open in the same place every morning?

Some display manufacturers have taken this into account. Here are the best screen management apps, as well as the best free and premium virtual screens!

1. MaxTo

MaxTo is a great window and screen split management application. You can use MaxTo to divide your screen into areas, using the application slider. You can adjust the sliders without a problem and control the divider quickly. Once the areas are in place, you can move the windows around these areas (hold Shift while dragging to bring the window into an area).

MaxTo is a premium screen management application. A lifetime subscription costs $ 29 (672,000 VND) at the time of writing (with a free trial).

1. Download MaxTo for Windows (Free trial version)

2. GridMove

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GridMove is a free screen and window management tool. It comes with a number of window management features, built-in snap-to-grid templates (the function used to organize files or images automatically) and custom hotkeys.

Customization options are perfect for Ultrawide displays with larger screen ratios than the default options. Overall, GridMove is a handy free window manager.

1. Download GridMove for Windows (Free)

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3. Desktop Divider

Desktop Divider splits the screen into 'adjacent non-intersecting areas', called tiles. The Desktop Divider tiles are customizable. You can create different sized tiles to complete your screen layout. There are also some handy keyboard shortcuts to help you manage the widescreen.

1. Download Desktop Divider for Windows (Free)

4. Divvy

Divvy allows you to divide your screen into several easy-to-use areas. You can use the built-in screen grid to create areas that match your working style, then assign shortcuts to quickly move between application windows.

Also, every time you move a window, a Divvy grid will appear and you can put your window to a specific size.

Divvy is a premium tool, priced at $ 14 (324,000 VND) for both Windows and macOS (with a free trial)

1. Download Divvy for Windows | Divvy for macOS (Both have free trials)

5. AquaSnap

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AquaSnap brings the Snap-to functionality of modern operating systems to older versions of Windows. You can use AquaSnap to quickly split windows into equal sizes, attach to defined window grids, etc.

1. Download AquaSnap for Windows (Free)

6. Virtual Display Manager

Virtual Display Manager (VDM) is a powerful monitor management tool with support for Ultrawide and multi-monitor settings.

VDM can divide each screen into a maximum of 16 separate virtual screens, allowing detailed control on the screen. You can specify the ratio and adjust for each virtual screen. VDM is a premium tool, priced at $ 35 (810,000 VND) / PC (with a free trial version).

1. Download Virtual Display Manager for Windows (Free trial version)

7. Fancy Zones

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No. 1 for the best window management tool will certainly belong to Fancy Zones from Microsoft. Fancy Zones is an extension of the Windows 10 snap tool. It brings the functionality of some of the other apps on this list into a specific application for Windows 10.

Fancy Zones divides screen layouts into easy-to-use section layouts. The default layout includes handy rows, columns, grids and priority grids. If Fancy Zone's default grids aren't to your liking, you can create custom grid layouts with multiple zones.

To use Fancy Zones, you must install the PowerToys utility, then turn on Fancy Zones through the utility manager.

1. Download PowerToys for Windows (Free)