Menu Bar Apps Products & Tools (2026)

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BetterTouchTool
Free OS X app to configure custom gestures for your trackpad
5.0 (2 reviews)
Rocket
Mind-blowing emoji on your Mac
5.0 (2 reviews)
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Bartender 4
Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar
5.0 (2 reviews)
App switcher
TabBack for Safari
Go to the most recently used tabs with a keyboard shortcut!
5.0 (2 reviews)
App switcher
Magnet
Organize Your Workspace
5.0 (2 reviews)
Productivity Virtual office platforms Automation tools
Monocle for macOS
Elegant noise-cancelling for your  screen
5.0 (2 reviews)
Productivity
Chute
The fastest way to send anything to your iPhone
4.5 (2 reviews)
Recento
Instantly access your recent files, folders, apps, clipboard
4.5 (2 reviews)
Productivity
PastePal
Pasteboard, note and shortcut manager
4.5 (2 reviews)
AlDente
MacOS menu bar tool to limit maximum charging percentage
3.5 (2 reviews)
DockFix
Launched this month
Customize your macOS dock like never before
3.5 (2 reviews)
Productivity Design & Creative App switcher
Meeter
Swiftly join your next call
3.5 (2 reviews)
Roy
A simple & delightful color picker for designers
5.0 (1 review)
ColorNoise
Boost your productivity with Brown noise for macOS menu bar
5.0 (1 review)
Command E
The faster way to navigate your workspace.
5.0 (1 review)

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Product Hunt

What's in your dock?

I was recently reminded of @Dockhunt and how fun it was to see what kinds of apps different folks kept in their dock. I remember it being a cool way to discover some new products I hadn't seen before. I'm also just a big fan of desktop apps over web apps. I find it a lot easier to stay focused when I'm flipping between apps vs flipping between tabs.

These are the apps in my dock:

@Google Chrome - Pretty basic. I've really been considering switching over to @Horse though.
@Slack - The de facto option.
@Superhuman - Maybe the fastest I've become a fan of a product. I think I was pushing it on others within a few hours.
@Notion - Great for documentation and collaborating. I also use it personally for tracking books I read and video games I play, along with tracking personal projects.
Notion Calendar - The menu bar aspect of this is really what sold me. It makes it so much easier to stay on top of my meetings every day.
@Linear - We just recently switched over to Linear here at @Product Hunt and I've been loving it. Pro tip: if you prefer the desktop app, there's a setting to open links in the app, but you can only set that option through the web version.
@iTerm2 - I've tried others, but this is my favorite. This + @Neovim is just
@Claude by Anthropic - This has been my LLM of choice for a while, and I really like having it as a desktop app. Especially the keyboard shortcut to quickly bring it up and ask something.
@Tandem - Super easy to stay in touch and sync with teammates. Incredibly useful for a remote team.
@Spotify - I typically have a YouTube video on in the background, but if I'm writing or doing something more focused, I'll typically have some kind of Jazz going.

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1yr ago

Pulse Island

I turned the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island

Every MacBook since 2021 has a notch, and on macOS it does absolutely nothing. On iPhone, the same cutout became the most useful strip on the screen.

That gap bothered me, so I built Pulse Island, a native macOS app that turns the notch into a live, interactive island.

10 comments•128 views

2mo ago

Audio Writer iOS

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5 comments•46 views

4yr ago

PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List

my mac app didn't open at all for 4 months and i had no idea

there's no changelog for PopTask anywhere, the app store "what's new" box is read by roughly nobody, so from now on every update lands in this thread, small ones as replies, bigger ones as their own post

what's shipped since july:

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1mo ago

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