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24 alternatives to Bartender 4

Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bartender 4 launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bartender 5▲151

   Raising the bar, again

   2023 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bartender 2▲301

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   MenubarX▲474

   A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

   2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Superbar▲191

   Supercharge your Mac menubar

   2019 · superbar.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Captain▲191

   A Docker menu bar app for Mac

   2017 · getcaptain.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   DockX▲232

   Everything on dock & menu bar

   2023 · dockx.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Make OS X Great Again▲630

   Fix the things that make 🍎 OS X annoying

   2018 · makeosxgreatagain.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Finbar▲104

   Supercharged menu bar search for your Mac

   2023 · finbarapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cocktail▲123

    Clean, repair and optimize your Mac 🍸

    2021 · cocktail.maintain.se · its alternatives →

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    Badgeify▲210

    Add App Icons & Notifications to Your Mac Menu Bar

    2024 · badgeify.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Ice▲106

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

    2025 · icemenubar.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Bartender 4▲11

    Take control of your menu

    2020 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Arthur▲271

    Effortlessly optimize some of your Mac's hidden settings

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Superpowered▲574

    Power through the day without your calendar

    2021 · superpowered.me · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Joy▲125

    A Mac menu bar app that throws confetti for your wins

    Aug 2026 · joy.jawahar.sh · its alternatives →

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    Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar▲118

    Get instant notifications from Messages, Mail, Slack, and more directly in your menu bar. Perfect for Mac users who hide their Dock or want better notification management.

    2025 · badgeify.app · its alternatives →

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    Clyde▲82

    No more asking strangers if they could watch your stuff

    2023 · theclyde.app · its alternatives →

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    ExtraBar▲152

    Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…

    Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →

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    MacMenuBar▲317

    A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps

    2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CleanMyMac X Menu App▲321

    Make sure you can trust your Mac

    2022 · macpaw.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    EasyFinder▲108

    Mac menu bar app to help access your important files fast

    2019 · easyfinderapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hand Mirror for Mac▲191

    A one-click camera check, right from the menu bar

    2020 · handmirror.app · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Mac TODO Menubar▲144

    All your todos easily accessible from your menu bar!

    2018 · its alternatives →

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