Reviewers largely see Raycast as the Mac tool that quietly becomes the center of daily work: fast, keyboard-first, and useful well beyond app launching. People repeatedly praise clipboard history, snippets, window management, notes, scripts, AI access, and a deep extension ecosystem, often saying it replaces Spotlight, Alfred, and several smaller utilities at once. A few complaints recur: extension discovery is getting harder as the store grows, the iOS app feels weaker, remote MCP setup can be rough, and one reviewer found basic file and folder search frustrating.