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24 alternatives to ColorNoise

Productivity booster with brown noise for macOS 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. ColorNoise launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   ColorNoise 2.0▲82

   Boost your productivity

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Brown Noise▲73

   Smooth ambient noise (feels like you're on a plane)

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Noizio▲779

   Ambient background sounds for your Mac

   2014 · noizioapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Color Peeker▲115

   Color code in the menu bar

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   System Color Picker▲233

   The macOS color picker supercharged

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   AudioPriorityBar▲217

   Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

8. 8
   NotchNook▲338

   Access media, calendar, files & more from the Mac's notch

   2024 · lo.cafe · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Chameleon▲117

   A macOS App for changing interface colors

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NightTone▲121

    Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ColorSnapper▲177

    The missing color picker for Mac.

    2015 · colorsnapper.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Solace▲171

    macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…

    Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Noize▲90

    Your personal ambience sound mixer

    2023 · mynoize.app · its alternatives →

14. 14MN
    My New Year's project, ICanHasNoise - Noisy backgrounds with just a URL▲13

    2012 · icanhasnoise.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dark Noise▲131

    Powerful way to play ambient noise to help you sleep

    2019 · darknoise.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ColorSlurp▲182

    The ultimate color picker for Mac

    2020 · colorslurp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Kelir▲120

    Color picker, color pallete and color gradient for your Mac

    2016 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Contrast Safe▲88

    Small macOS menu bar app to check your colors against WCAG

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Gradient Synth▲132

    Turn colors into sounds

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Noise Smith▲72

    Bring modern native macOS 26 visual effects to Electron App

    2022 · bytemyth.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    NoNotify▲112

    Put your mac in Do Not Disturb mode when you need it

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pikka - Color Picker▲110

    Color picker & color schemes generator for macOS

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    StaleMate PR▲134

    Your menu bar turns red when PRs pile up

    Jun 2026 · stalematepr.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    FarbVélo▲123

    An easy random color explorer to generate color harmonies

    2020 · farbvelo.elastiq.ch · 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 →