In short
OpenIn is a Mac app for power users. It handles web links, mailto: and tel: links and files. You build rules from conditions (the site, the app the link came from, the keys you hold, your Focus mode) and can add JavaScript or shell scripts. When more than one app is left, it shows a picker.
Profile Porter is only about web links and browser profiles. It picks the profile from where you're signed in and use the site, without rules, and asks when two profiles are about even.
Side by side
| Profile Porter | OpenIn | |
|---|---|---|
| Picks a profile without rules | Yes: from sign-ins, saved passwords and history | No: rules, or the picker |
| Rules | Optional: a site, or every link from an app, to one profile | Yes: site, path, source app, modifier keys, Focus mode; JavaScript and shell scripts |
| Asks you | When two profiles are about even, or when you hold Shift | When more than one app is left after the rules |
| Learns from your picks | Yes, from each pick and each Undo | No |
| Chrome, Edge, Brave profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Firefox profiles | Yes, old and new style | Yes |
| Firefox containers | Yes, with the Open external links in a container add-on | Not mentioned |
| Safari profiles | Yes, on a Mac (Safari 17 or later) | Yes (the App Store version needs the free OpenIn Helper) |
| Opens links in apps | Yes, when the site says its app opens the link (Zoom, Figma) | Yes, with rules (Zoom, Apple Music, Apple TV) |
| Removes tracking from links | Yes, built in | With a script (a sample is in its docs) |
| Expands short links | Yes, if you turn it on | No |
| Undo a wrong pick | Yes | No |
| Private window | Yes: hold Shift as you pick (not Safari) | Yes |
| Price | €12 once for 1.x, on up to 3 computers; 14-day refund | $11.99 (direct for up to 5 devices, or the App Store), or Setapp |
| Platforms | macOS 14 or later; Windows 10 or 11 | macOS 15.1 or later (4.2.2 for macOS 14) |
| Open source | No | No |
Where OpenIn is better
- More than web links. Email links can open in Gmail or Outlook on the web, phone links in the app you pick, and files in the app you choose for each type. Profile Porter handles web links only.
- Deeper rules. Conditions on the path, the keys you hold, your Focus mode and Handoff; scripts in JavaScript or zsh; links rewritten with regular expressions.
- It reads none of your browsing data to decide, so it needs no access to your browsers' files.
- Setapp. If you pay for Setapp, it's included.
- More Macs per license: a direct license covers up to 5 devices; Profile Porter's covers 3 computers.
Where Profile Porter is better
- No rules to set up. It reads which profile is signed in to the site and opens the link there. OpenIn picks only what your rules say, or asks.
- It learns, and you can undo. Each pick and each Undo teaches it.
- Built in, not scripted: removing tracking from links and expanding short links are settings, not scripts to write.
- Firefox containers, which OpenIn doesn't mention.
- Windows too, and macOS 14 for the current version, where OpenIn's newest needs macOS 15.1.
Price and platforms
OpenIn 4 is $11.99, from its own store (up to 5 devices) or the Mac App Store; the two licenses don't carry over. The direct version has a trial with no time limit that always shows the picker. On Setapp it's from $5.99 a year on its own. Version 4.5.2 needs macOS 15.1 or later; 4.2.2 is the last for macOS 14. When OpenIn 4 came out in 2022 it was a new purchase, with an upgrade offer for version 3 owners at the time.
Profile Porter is €12 once for every 1.x update, on up to 3 computers, Mac or Windows, with a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. It needs macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Which to choose
Choose OpenIn if…
- you want one app for links, email links, phone links and files;
- you like building rules and writing small scripts;
- you already pay for Setapp.
Choose Profile Porter if…
- your problem is the wrong browser profile, and you don't want to set up rules for it;
- you want it to learn, and to undo a wrong pick in one key;
- you use Firefox containers, or Windows.
Get Profile Porter for €12, once.
Everything included, no account, and a full refund within 14 days if it isn't for you. macOS 14 or later, or Windows 10 or 11.
Checked on 21 October 2026 on their official pages: OpenIn 4; Mac App Store; Loshadki store; Setapp; OpenIn Helper. Something out of date? Tell us at support@profileporter.com.