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24 alternatives to Boze App

Control your Bose headphones from your Mac's menubar

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

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   Control your Bose headphones from your Mac's menubar▲450

   Liberate your Headphones

   2021 · boze.app · its alternatives →

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   Boson▲78

   Simple alternative iOS app for controlling Bose headphones

   2021 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   ANCBuddy for Bose QC Ultra▲73

   Control Bose QC Ultra from your macOS menu bar

   Aug 2026 · ancbuddy.com · its alternatives →

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   Background Music▲218

   Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   AudioPriorityBar▲217

   Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   SoundSource 3.0▲102

   The sound control that should be built into MacOS

   2017 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →

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   VolumeHub▲195

   Per-app volume control for macOS with no driver installs

   Feb 2026 · volumehub.app · its alternatives →

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   Klack▲179

   Satisfying sound with every keystroke

   2025 · tryklack.com · its alternatives →

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   Soundbar▲213

   A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Tuneful▲115

    Native way to control your music on macOS

    2025 · tuneful.app · its alternatives →

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    Looking Glass▲74

    Menubar music remote

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Soundboard Mac App▲92

    Play your favorite sound samples all across over macOS

    2021 · app.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    A macOS app to prevent sound quality degradation on AirPods▲223

    Right, here's the thing: If you are using AirPods(or any Bluetooth headphones with a mic in fact) on Mac and something activates the mic(i.e. you Shazam a song), the sound will be interrupted momentarily and will return in very low quality. This is happening because Bluetooth can't handle both way high quality streaming and the bandwidth is decreased to make it work. It's a known issue and here's what Apple recommends to fix it: https://support.apple.com/en-hk/102217 Most of the time(unless you are on a Mac Mini/Studio/Pro), you have much higher quality…

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Baritone▲116

    Spotify controls that live in your menubar.

    2017 · tma02.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Sound Control▲417

    App-specific volume control

    2016 · staticz.com · its alternatives →

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    Squidoo▲91

    Control iTunes, Spotify, & Rdio from your Mac menu bar

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    SoundBar▲82

    Realtime audio level meter for mac menu bar

    2025 · macsoundbar.com · its alternatives →

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    Noize▲90

    Your personal ambience sound mixer

    2023 · mynoize.app · its alternatives →

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    TheBoringNotch▲205

    Open source Dynamic Island for your Mac's Notch

    Oct 2025 · theboring.name · its alternatives →

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    Sound Warden▲63

    Automatically routes each app to the audio device you want

    May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Sound Control 2▲6

    Take full control of your Mac's audio.

    2017 · staticz.com · its alternatives →

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    Skip Tunes▲115

    Control iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio from your Mac's menubar

    2015 · skiptunes.com · its alternatives →

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    Simplify for Mac▲220

    The simplest way to control Spotify, Music, iTunes and Vox

    2015 · mmth.us · its alternatives →

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    Bose QC 35 II▲172

    The best from Bose. Now with the Google Assistant built in.

    2017 · bose.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →