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24 alternatives to Hand Mirror +
A one-click camera check, right from 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. Hand Mirror + launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A one-click camera check, right from the menu bar
2020 · handmirror.app · its alternatives →
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Mirror Magnet▲187Live camera image that stays on top of everything else
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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SpyCam▲132Mac menu bar camera app that detects motion + records video
2024 · spycam.app · its alternatives →
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BetterTouchTool▲130Free OS X app to configure custom gestures for your trackpad
2014 · boastr.net · its alternatives →
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EasyFinder▲108Mac menu bar app to help access your important files fast
2019 · easyfinderapp.com · its alternatives →
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Key Click Pro▲108Track mouse clicks & keystrokes in your macOS status bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Touch Bar Timer▲186A little stopwatch for your Mac's touch bar
2018 · touch-bar-timer.alexzirbel.com · its alternatives →
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A one-click camera check, right from the menu.
2024 · chromewebstore.google.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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Access Apple Reminders from your screen edge instanly
Apr 2026 · sidereminder.com · its alternatives →
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ScreenMark▲79Menu bar app for live annotations, whiteboard overlay + more
Aug 2026 · ceritmustafa.github.io · 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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An instant camera check right from your menu bar
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Preview what's on your connected displays
2015 · sidemirrorapp.com · its alternatives →
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Pawvis▲101Control your Mac via camera & train gestures, local & FOSS
Aug 2026 · pawvis.app · its alternatives →
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