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24 alternatives to Baritone

Spotify controls that live in your menubar.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Baritone launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
SpotMenu▲259
Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar
2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →
2
Background Music▲218
Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
TrayPlay▲93
Control Spotify and iTunes from your menu bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Lacona▲645
Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac
2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →
5
See your current Spotify song in the menu bar▲55
SoundSeer is a macOS app that shows your current song & controls in the menu bar. - jonathangarelick/SoundSeer
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Tuneful▲115
Native way to control your music on macOS
2025 · tuneful.app · its alternatives →
7
Bartender▲616
Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
8
MenubarX▲474
A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.
2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →
9
Looking Glass▲74
Menubar music remote
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Squidoo▲91
Control iTunes, Spotify, & Rdio from your Mac menu bar
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
11
Skip Tunes▲115
Control iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio from your Mac's menubar
2015 · skiptunes.com · its alternatives →
12CY
Control your Bose headphones from your Mac's menubar▲450
Liberate your Headphones
2021 · boze.app · its alternatives →
13
AudioPriorityBar▲217
Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Klack▲179
Satisfying sound with every keystroke
2025 · tryklack.com · its alternatives →
15
Soundbar▲213
A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac
2016 · its alternatives →
16
PlayTray▲82
Control the Spotify web player with your macOS media keys
2018 · cleverthings.io · its alternatives →
17
Simplify for Mac▲220
The simplest way to control Spotify, Music, iTunes and Vox
2015 · mmth.us · its alternatives →
18
Breaks▲118
A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026 · gjinprelvukaj.github.io · its alternatives →
19
RunCat▲158
Creatures living in your menubar
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Emcee▲63
See what's playing on iTunes or Spotify in you Mac menubar
2015 · ilyabirman.net · its alternatives →
21
Cumulus▲160
A SoundCloud player that lives in your Mac menu bar
2015 · gillesdemey.github.io · its alternatives →
22
Heartbeat▲246
Listen to music with your friends together, on Spotify
2017 · getheartbeat.io · its alternatives →
23
Sound Warden▲63
Automatically routes each app to the audio device you want
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Check the things that matter to you in the menubar▲98
Radar is a menubar app that works on macOS, Windows & Linux. It lets you check the things that matter to you without leaving the app you are working on.
2021 · getradar.co · its alternatives →

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