70 menu bar utility apps in one list: the established products, and every new one as it launches.
Updated
35 apps launched in the last 12 months, by month.
The apps we added to this market most recently.
| # | App | Added |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portlivo Portlivo lives in your Mac's menu bar and shows every local dev server and port, then opens, kills, restarts, tails or shares it in one click. | |
| 2 |  Fortyoneagency Human Turn watches reviews, CI, and coding agents from your Mac's menu bar, then shows the moment… | |
| 3 |  Brink Brink is a quiet black notch on your Mac's screen edge. Hover it to peek at your Notion pages and tasks, tick things off in place, capture a task from any app with a hotkey, and see what's due today. Free and open source. | |
| 4 |  SOUND macOS has one volume slider and no equalizer. SOUND gives every playing app its own 8-band EQ, independent volume, and output device—right from the menu bar. No virtual audio driver or account; audio stays on your Mac. Free and available in 10 languages. | |
| 5 |  NotchPop NotchPop turns your MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island: music, a file shelf, clipboard history, focus timer, calendar, weather, AI coding stats and revenue. Works on Macs without a notch too. Native SwiftUI, $3.99 once, 7-day free trial. | |
| 6 | LI LinkFlick I built this because I got sick of re-pairing my Magic Keyboard and Mouse every time I moved between my MacBook and my work MacBook — different Apple IDs, so Universal Control was never going to work for me. LinkFlick just flicks them over Bluetooth instead. Hotkey, or tell Siri "flick devices," done. Menu bar app, customizable hotkey, and it nags you before your Magic Mouse battery dies. Still rough around the edges in places, but it works, and it's mine. | |
| 7 | Raycast A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. | |
| 8 |  Keymap Keymap is a macOS menubar app that shows every menu shortcut in the app you're using. Double-press ⌘ to summon the panel. Local and private. | |
| 9 | AG Agents Never Sleep A macOS menu bar app that keeps your agents AI awake even if with lid closed. No more keeping your laptop half-open or carrying it around in weird ways. Stop this madness 🙅♂️, close the lid. | |
| 10 |  Surfdeck Keep your favorite sites close at hand, right from your Mac's menu bar. | |
| 11 |  Switchy for Mac Switchy is a macOS menu bar app that automatically discovers nearby Macs on your local network, so you can connect to your magic devices without disconnecting and reconnecting or having to use a cable. It's useful for users who have multiple Macs or MacBooks (i.e work and personal) but want to use one set of magic accessories. | |
| 12 |  CodexBar Lite CodexBar Lite is a native macOS menu bar app that keeps your OpenAI Codex usage visible at a glance. It uses your existing Codex CLI session - no browser cookies, Keychain permissions, API keys, or third-party accounts required. Monitor usage, reset times, and receive notifications, all from a lightweight, open-source app. |
The products every new one is compared with.
| App | Launched | Monthly visits | Store ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | 36,675 | 245 |
* Launch date estimated.
Grouped by what each app says it does. 34 of 70 apps fit a group so far.
| Type | Apps | Share | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity and shortcuts | 8 | 23.5% | BananaBin, Brink, Chunk |
| System utilities | 8 | 23.5% | Agents Never Sleep, AppHalt, Ejectify |
| System indicators | 7 | 20.6% | Battery Buddy, Corner Time, Itsycal |
What we could detect on their websites.
| Framework | Apps | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 22 | 78.6% |
| Astro | 3 | 10.7% |
Of 28 apps whose framework we could detect.
| Host | Apps | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 15 | 83.3% |
| Netlify | 3 | 16.7% |
Of 18 apps whose host we could detect.
How many of the 70 apps show a price, and how many sell to large companies.
| Measure | Apps | Share of 70 |
|---|---|---|
| Publish a pricing page | 8 | 11.4% |
A menu bar utility is a small app that lives in the system menu bar of macOS. It runs in the background, shows a compact icon or text, and opens a lightweight panel when you click it or use a keyboard shortcut.
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