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LaunchPad vs Toby: save your tabs or launch your work?
Last updated August 2026.
Quick answer: Toby's job is closing tabs without fear: save them into visual collections, reopen them later, share them with a team. LaunchPad covers that surface with groups, open-all and session restore, then adds the layer Toby doesn't attempt: tasks with their own clocks, focus sessions, and measured time. Toby's free plan caps at 60 saved tabs; LaunchPad's free tier has no shortcut limit and no account. Paid, Toby is $54 a year and LaunchPad is $39.
What's the difference between LaunchPad and Toby?
Toby replaces your new tab with a visual workspace of saved tabs. You drag open tabs into collections, group collections into spaces per project, add notes and tags, and share collections with teammates. It syncs through your account across devices, with companion mobile apps. It is a genuinely polished answer to tab overload, and if your main problem is fifty open tabs you're afraid to close, Toby solves that problem.
LaunchPad treats saved tabs as the starting point, not the destination. Shortcuts and groups cover the save-and-reopen job: unlimited, free, with one-click open-all and automatic session restore. On top of that sits the working layer Toby doesn't have: tasks and goals on the new tab, a clock attached to the active task, focus sessions with site blocking, and a tracking engine producing Deep Work Time, time by site and a 30-day Insights board.
The structural difference underneath: Toby is a cloud product with an account; LaunchPad has no server and no account, and everything lives in your browser's local storage.
How do LaunchPad and Toby compare?
| Feature | LaunchPad | Toby |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier limit | Unlimited shortcuts and groups | 60 saved tabs |
| Paid price | Pro: $4.99/mo or $39/year | Productivity: $4.50/mo billed yearly, $54/year |
| Account required | Never | Yes |
| Where your data lives | Your browser's local storage | Toby's cloud, synced to your account |
| Save and reopen tab sets | Groups with open-all; session auto-restore | Collections and spaces; session save |
| Team sharing | No, deliberately | Yes, a core feature |
| Mobile companion apps | No | Yes |
| Tasks and goals | Yes, on the new tab | No |
| A clock on each task | Yes | No |
| Focus sessions and site blocking | Yes | No |
| Automatic time measurement | Deep Work Time, time by site, 30-day Insights | No |
| Data export | JSON backup, free | Not documented |
What makes LaunchPad different?
Then the part Toby doesn't do
A clock attached to the task you're actually on, focus sessions that block the sites you choose, and a month of measured time. Saved tabs tell you what you meant to do. Measured time tells you what you did.
Unlimited shortcuts and groups, free
Every site you work with, one click away, sorted into groups you name. Open a whole group at once and your working context is up in seconds.
No account, anywhere, ever
There is no LaunchPad server. Your tasks and your time data live in your browser's local storage and never leave your machine. Pro included.
What does Toby do well?
Team sharing that actually works
Shared collections are Toby's real differentiator. If your tabs are a team resource, an onboarding kit, a project's links, LaunchPad has no answer to that and doesn't try to.
Your tabs on your phone
Toby's mobile apps put your collections in your pocket. LaunchPad is a Chrome extension and stays one.
Is Toby still free?
Yes, up to 60 saved tabs. Beyond that it's $4.50 a month billed yearly. LaunchPad's free tier has no shortcut limit; the paid layer is the focus and measurement system, not the launcher.
Can LaunchPad save and reopen groups of tabs like Toby?
Yes. Groups with one-click open-all cover the reopen job, and session restore auto-saves your open tabs every five minutes so closing a window is never a loss. Toby's collection interface is more elaborate, with drag-in saving, tags and notes per item; if you want to curate a library of saved tabs, that elaborateness is a genuine advantage. If you want to get your working context open and start, a group named for the job does it in one click.
Does Toby track your time or help you focus?
No. Toby has no timer, no blocking, and no time measurement. That is the clean line between the products: Toby organizes what you might work on; LaunchPad measures what you actually worked on, with focus sessions to protect the time while it happens.
Where does your data live?
Toby syncs your collections through its cloud, tied to your account. LaunchPad has no server: shortcuts, tasks, goals and tracked time live in your browser's local storage, and the free backup exports the lot as a JSON file you own.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Toby if...
Your problem is tab overload and your tabs are shared. Collections, spaces, team sharing and mobile apps make Toby a genuinely good shared library for a team's links.
Choose LaunchPad if...
Your problem is where the day went. You want the launcher covered for free, and a paid layer that measures your time instead of curating your tabs. And you'd rather no account existed anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Is LaunchPad a good Toby alternative?
For personal use, yes: the save-and-reopen job is covered free and without Toby's 60-tab cap, and LaunchPad adds focus and time measurement Toby doesn't have. For team-shared collections, no: LaunchPad deliberately has no sharing.
Does Toby have a free plan?
Yes, capped at 60 saved tabs. LaunchPad's free tier has no shortcut limit.
Does Toby track your time?
No. Time measurement is LaunchPad's core: per-task clocks, Deep Work Time, time by site, all stored locally.
Can I export my data from LaunchPad?
Yes, a free JSON backup covers shortcuts, tasks, goals and tracked time. It's your data on your machine.
Which one costs less?
LaunchPad: $39 a year against Toby's $54, and the free tiers aren't comparable, unlimited against a 60-tab cap.