Paid macOS menu bar apps

MenuToDo , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Kanban Task Manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Vision Pro

The simple kanban task manager that lives in your Mac menu bar and syncs with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. One click access to your tasks across all Apple devices.

Productivity 441 views 30 clicks

NameQuick, opens the developer's site in a new tab Rename Files From What's Inside Them

Reads PDFs, invoices, scans and images and renames them to your naming convention, from the menu bar on a Finder selection, or automatically as files land in a watched folder. Every proposed name is previewed before anything changes. macOS 15.4+.

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Caplio , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Search the Text Inside Your Screenshots

Turns your screenshot folders into a searchable library. On-device text recognition reads the words inside each image, so you can search for what you saw, browse a timeline, and drag any result straight into another app.

Productivity 222 views 8 clicks

Sundown, opens the developer's site in a new tab Warmer Than Night Shift Can Go

Takes the display down to 500K, far warmer than Night Shift's 2700K floor, on a schedule tied to sunset and sunrise, with six presets and gamma-curve dimming. Native Swift, about 6 MB, macOS 14+.

Utilities 218 views 7 clicks

Sidebar Calendar , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Always-Visible Calendar for macOS Menu Bar

View your calendar from the menu bar! Sidebar Calendar brings your schedule to your screen's edge and menu bar, so you always know what's next.

Calendar 187 views 10 clicks

Back, opens the developer's site in a new tab Know the Moment an AI Outage Ends

Watches the AI services you depend on from the menu bar and tells you the moment an outage is over, so you can stop refreshing a status page and get on with something else.

Development 177 views 3 clicks

Ese, opens the developer's site in a new tab A Battery Menu Bar That Predicts, Not Just Reports

A menu bar battery manager with predicted empty time, a 60-95% charge limit, a forecast for Apple's 80% health mark, 7/30/90-day insights, configurable alerts, and AirPods and iPhone levels, all from this Mac's own data.

Utilities 175 views 9 clicks

Mole, opens the developer's site in a new tab Mac Maintenance With a Menu Bar HUD

A native Mac maintenance app, cleanup, app management, disk maps and live status, with an optional menu bar HUD for system metrics, privacy activity, top processes, Keep Screen On and Clean Screen. $19 once for two Macs.

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MenuCopy , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Powerful Clipboard Manager for macOS

A powerful and intuitive clipboard manager that seamlessly integrates with your workflow on macOS.

Utilities 170 views 13 clicks

Nox, opens the developer's site in a new tab Display Filter for Light-Sensitive Mac Users

A native macOS menu bar display filter for light-sensitive users: 12 presets plus tint, software dimming, black point, contrast, grayscale, temperature, and individual color channels.

Utilities 165 views 3 clicks

Antinote , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab A Beautiful Productivity Scratchpad for macOS

A beautiful, fast, and lightweight note-taking macOS app that lets you quickly jot down temporary notes and perform calculations seamlessly.

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Remind , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Remind provides full-screen meeting reminders with AI briefing and quick virtual meeting join links.

Stay focused until your next meeting starts. Remind provides full-screen reminders, AI briefings, and one-click joining from your Mac menu bar. Connect Google or Microsoft calendars, with optional email, Slack, and Notion context. $19.99/year with a 7-day free trial.

Calendar 152 views 2 clicks

SpeakUp, opens the developer's site in a new tab On-Device Dictation for Mac Menu Bar

A macOS menu bar dictation app powered by on-device whisper.cpp with Metal GPU acceleration. Press a hotkey, speak, press again, your words are typed into any app. 100% private, no cloud, no subscription.

Utilities 148 views

Perch , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Apple Reminders, One Hotkey Away

A menu bar panel for Apple Reminders that drops in on a hotkey and reads the date, time, priority and list straight out of a plain sentence. Not a second list, it writes to the reminders you already keep, with no account and no network access.

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Pointer Cue , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Visual Pointer Cue for Presentations and Demos

Pointer Cue is a lightweight macOS menu bar utility that helps audiences follow on-screen actions during presentations, software demos, training sessions, tutorials, and screen sharing.

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Roadie, opens the developer's site in a new tab

Stop macOS from choosing the wrong microphone or speakers. Set your priorities once and Roadie handles every reconnect, wake-up, and device change.

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Nori Clipboard , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Clipboard History and Replayable Flows for Mac

A native Mac clipboard manager with recent clips, capture controls, and Quick Paste in the menu bar, plus Flow Replay for saving an ordered set of clips as a workflow you can run again. Local-first, 14-day trial, one-time purchase.

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Solace, opens the developer's site in a new tab Appearance, Wallpaper and Warmth That Follow the Day

Adapts your Mac's appearance to the world outside, light and dark mode, wallpapers, and screen warmth driven by time of day, solar position, and live weather conditions.

Utilities 134 views

TacticBar , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab TacticBar puts chess puzzles one click away in your Mac menu bar.

Open a chess puzzle from your Mac menu bar, solve it, and carry on.

Productivity 133 views 4 clicks

DeskCommit, opens the developer's site in a new tab Keyboard-First Display Manager for the Mac Menu Bar

DeskCommit is a keyboard-first macOS menu bar app for arranging displays, changing resolution and refresh rate, choosing the main display, and manually restoring saved setups.

Utilities 131 views 1 clicks

Sonant, opens the developer's site in a new tab Glass-Style Music Controller for Mac Menu Bar

A glass-style music controller for your Mac menu bar. Album art, playback controls, and a live visualizer for Apple Music and Spotify, always one glance away.

Utilities 127 views 5 clicks

Callulu, opens the developer's site in a new tab A Mac menu bar app with eight quiet visual cues. Nothing is recorded.

Callulu puts eight quiet visual cues in the Mac menu bar: a flash to start, a dimming of everything but the centre of the screen, a light that passes along the edge, a breathing guide, a softening of the whole screen to end the day. Nothing is measured, nothing is scored, and there is no streak to keep. It makes no network connections at all, so there is no account, no sign-in, and no telemetry in the binary. macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

Focus 126 views 4 clicks

TokenTracker , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Keep AI work in view.

A native Mac menu bar app for Claude Code, Codex and other AI coding tools. View agent activity, receive alerts from supported hooks, and filter local token usage by tool, model and project with CSV export. macOS 14+. Seven-day trial, then a CNY 9.9 one-time license for up to 3 Macs.

Development 118 views 2 clicks

SnipperApp 3 , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Stop digging through old projects, scattered Gists, and random text files.

The AI-ready code snippet manager for macOS. Built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI, featuring MCP integration for Claude and Cursor, plus a Raycast extension.

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The Surf Hero , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Change Your Default Browser from the Mac Menu Bar

A small macOS status bar application that allows you to change your default browser in a few clicks.

Utilities 115 views

TodoNxt, opens the developer's site in a new tab Minimalist Menu Bar To-Do App for Mac

A minimalist task manager that lives entirely in your Mac menu bar. Three priority lanes: Now, Nxt, and Ltr. Drag & drop, multiple tabs, global shortcut. 100% private.

Productivity 114 views 6 clicks

Usage Battery for Claude Code , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Live Claude Code Usage Tracker for Mac Menu Bar

A lightweight macOS menu bar app that tracks Claude Code usage limits in real time with live battery-style indicators for sessions, usage, and model limits.

Development 113 views

Scroll the Mic , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Effortless Microphone Volume Control

Adjust your microphone volume effortlessly with a smooth scroll gesture. Perfect for meetings, podcasts, and streaming. Beautifully designed for intuitive control, it helps maintain professional audio levels without distractions, enhancing your workflow instantly.

Utilities 113 views 1 clicks

NotchyTask, opens the developer's site in a new tab

NotchyTask is a macOS task manager that opens when you hover over the notch. Capture tasks in Work, Personal, or custom sections, reorder them manually, and use on-device AI to prioritize tasks with explanations. Each section can have its own sorting instructions. A lifetime license costs $14.99 once, including updates. Requires macOS 26 or later; AI sorting needs an Apple Intelligence-capable Mac with Apple Intelligence enabled and ready. License activation is required to use the main app; there is no free trial.

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Listen Orb, opens the developer's site in a new tab AI voice dictation for Mac: speak prompts, use custom vocabulary, and refine selected text with Orb Commands using your own OpenAI API key.

Listen Orb is push-to-talk dictation and voice editing for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 13+. Hold Fn to dictate into supported text fields, or use Listen from the menu bar. Select editable text and use an Orb Command to revise it by voice. Custom Vocabulary lets you define preferred spellings. Your own OpenAI API key is required. Usage is billed separately by OpenAI. Speech processing uses OpenAI’s cloud; your key is stored in macOS Keychain. A one-time license covers up to three Macs. A public trial is available; see the website for current pricing and trial terms.

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DynamicHorizon, opens the developer's site in a new tab Reimagine your macOS notch with Dynamic Horizon. Responsive animations meet powerful features for the ultimate Mac experience.

DynamicHorizon turns the Mac notch into an interactive Dynamic Island for media controls, downloads, notifications, timers, weather, clipboard history and system activity.

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Parall , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab Parall - Multi-Instance App Launcher for macOS Run multiple instances of Mac apps natively and cleanly.

Parall lets you run multiple instances of supported macOS apps and turn websites into Web App Shortcuts with unique Dock icons, custom data paths, HOME overrides, environment variables, Dock effects, file/folder shortcuts, and command-line launchers.

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Backspace: macOS Live Wallpapers, opens the developer's site in a new tab Transform your Mac with cinematic live wallpapers, seamless playback, and controls designed for macOS.

Explore more than 1,000 live wallpapers in 4K, built to transform your Mac desktop and Lock Screen. Start with a 7-day free trial.

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App Trust Preview , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab App Trust Preview helps you understand Mac software before opening or installing it.

Understand Mac software before you open it. App Trust Preview inspects .app bundles, .pkg installers, .dmg disk images, binary executables, and executable scripts locally, then turns macOS security metadata, potential network connections found through static analysis, executable hashes, and VirusTotal report links into a readable trust report.

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DiskPress , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab DiskPress brings the power of two storage techniques together on your Mac.

Save space without deleting files. DiskPress combines native file compression and APFS file deduplication on your Mac, with background monitoring and a CLI.

Files 80 views 1 clicks

DockLock , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab DockLock Lite is designed specifically to prevent unwanted Dock movement across multiple screens.

DockLock is a macOS utility for controlling where the Dock appears across multiple displays. Choose DockLock Lite, DockLock Plus, or DockLock Pro for the features your setup needs.

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App Archiver for macOS , also on the App Store , opens the developer's site in a new tab I like keeping useful apps around.

Save lasting disk space with lossless compression that keeps app code, resources, signatures, and integrity intact.

Utilities 75 views 1 clicks

Dynamic Menu Bar, opens the developer's site in a new tab

Paints the macOS menu bar to match whatever is on your screen, live, or with a solid color, gradient or music visualizer, plus rounded screen corners and a different look per app. For people who care how their desktop looks.

Menu Bar 48 views 1 clicks

PaneSnap, opens the developer's site in a new tab PaneSnap is a native macOS window manager with custom layouts, drag-to-snap previews, and local window groups.

PaneSnap is a native Mac window manager that lives in the menu bar. Drag a window by its title bar to reveal your layouts, preview a region, and release to snap. Create custom layout zones, organize them into compact stacks, save Window Groups, and arrange windows across multiple displays. Layouts and settings stay on your Mac and can be imported or exported. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Accessibility permission. Includes a full 7-day trial, followed by a $9.99 one-time license for up to 3 Macs.

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Shiny, opens the developer's site in a new tab Shiny is the one-tap memory cleanup app for Mac.

Shiny is a menu-bar app for Mac that frees inactive memory and quiets the background apps eating your RAM, so your Mac feels like the day you bought it.

System 24 views 1 clicks

SnapState, opens the developer's site in a new tab

SnapState saves window layouts, the apps that were open, the display arrangement, and the active browser tab, then restores them after sleep or when a monitor reconnects. It runs on macOS 15.7 or later on Apple Silicon and Intel as a menu bar app, and is not on the Mac App Store. It does not do window tiling or Spaces, does not restore closed tabs, Firefox is not supported, and only the active browser tab is restored.

Menu Bar 22 views 1 clicks

DinoNotch, opens the developer's site in a new tab

DinoNotch is a tiny offline pixel dinosaur runner at the top of your Mac. Jump, duck, and chase your high score. It supports Macs with or without a notch, macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Try the free browser demo before downloading. The Mac app costs $2.99 USD once, plus applicable tax, including future updates.

Menu Bar 21 views 1 clicks

Final Call – Meeting Alarm, opens the developer's site in a new tab Final Call is a macOS app that lives as an icon in the menu bar and makes sure you never miss a meeting again.

Final Call lives in your menu bar and shows a full-screen countdown before every meeting, with a Join button for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and more. Your calendar data stays on your Mac. 14-day free trial.

Calendar 21 views 1 clicks

Sayburst, opens the developer's site in a new tab

Sayburst is a native Mac menu bar dictation app for Apple silicon. Hold fn to speak into the app you use. Speech recognition runs locally with Whisper or Parakeet; custom vocabulary, per-app writing modes and local history/recovery help keep your words usable. Optional cloud writing sends text and enabled context to your selected provider. macOS 14+. Seven-day free trial; $29 once for one Mac or $49 for three, including 1.x updates.

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ClapSnap, opens the developer's site in a new tab

A macOS menu bar app that opens your whole workspace on a double clap or snap — and moves, clicks, and scrolls your cursor from hand gestures. One-time purchase.

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MacUno, opens the developer's site in a new tab

Your desktop blurs, narrows in perspective, and dims as the lid closes — and restores as it opens. A menu bar app for Apple Silicon MacBooks.

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Offset, opens the developer's site in a new tab Offset automatically arranges your Mac windows, so your workspace stays organized while you stay focused.

Offset automatically arranges your Mac windows, so your workspace stays organized while you stay focused. Working across several apps often means spending time moving windows around before you can get on with your work. Offset is a window management app for macOS designed to make that part of your workflow easier. Use Offset to arrange your open windows and bring order to your desktop. Whether you are writing alongside reference material, comparing information, or switching between everyday work apps, the aim is simple: keep the windows you need organized so you can focus on what you are doing. Offset is for Mac users who want a more manageable desktop throughout the working day.

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Kiiwi, opens the developer's site in a new tab 38 real switch recordings. Lives in your menu bar, works in every app.

38 real switch recordings. Lives in your menu bar, works in every app.

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Peekabop, opens the developer's site in a new tab Every song. Every word. Right under your camera. Karaoke lyrics for your Mac.

Karaoke lyrics for your Mac: whatever you play in Spotify, Apple Music or the browser lights up word by word in the notch, a floating pill, subtitles or full screen. No account, no analytics, microphone never used.

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Shoji, opens the developer's site in a new tab Shoji splits each monitor into zones you draw. Drag a window over one and it snaps into place. A native Mac app, $4.99 once.

Draw window zones on each monitor, then drag a window while holding a key (fn by default, or one you choose) and let go over a zone: the window takes the zone's size. Each monitor keeps its own layouts, and they come back when you plug that monitor in again. macOS 15 or later, $4.99 once.

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