Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to DeskArcade
An arcade in your menu bar - playable over anything
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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MenubarX▲474A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.
2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →
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Bartender▲616Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2014 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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ExtraBar▲152Hey 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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Bartender 2▲301Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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MacMenuBar▲317A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · its alternatives →
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Make your product addictively easy to use
2022 · amplitude.com · its alternatives →
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A monthly calendar, one click away
2023 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →
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Bartender 4▲247Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar
2021 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
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Apple Arcade▲189A game subscription for mobile, desktop, and the living room
2019 · apple.com · its alternatives →
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A simple, fun game for the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar - GitHub - leits/MeetingBar: 🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AgentQuartz▲94Claude & Cursor usage in your macOS menu bar
Jul 2026 · agentquartz.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Launch any file, folder or app from your Mac menu bar
2019 · onmyway133.com · its alternatives →
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Howdy, gang; After almost two weeks of sitting in Apple's approval queue, my new app Timebar is finally available. I think it has a pretty innovative UI feature, so I wanted to float it by Hacker News. It's a timer app that turns your Mac's menu bar into a sort of virtual hourglass. Your menu bar starts out tinted blue (or whatever colour you pick) and it slowly drains from right-to-left until your time is up. It works very well for situations where you want to keep track of time, but don't need to be super precise. The menu bar is easy to glance up at, and it doesn't take long to happen…
2013 · whimsicalifornia.com · its alternatives →
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Usagebar▲172A macOS menu bar app that tracks your Claude Code 5-hour and weekly usage limits. See reset timers, get notifications, and never hit the wall unexpectedly.
Jan 2026 · usagebar.com · its alternatives →
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