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24 alternatives to My TouchBar My Rules (MTMR)
Customize your touch bar as you want it
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My TouchBar My Rules (MTMR) launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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MacMenuBar▲317A curated directory of 200+ Mac menu bar apps
2019 · macmenubar.com · 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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Stretch It▲120A minimalist gesture timer from your Mac menu bar
2024 · 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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TouchSwitcher▲319Switch between apps with just the Touch Bar
2016 · hazeover.com · its alternatives →
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One Thing▲138Put a single task or goal in your Mac's menu bar
2022 · apps.apple.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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Completely Upgrade your Mac... now with touchbar support!
2016 · boastr.net · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! So early this year I decided to build an iOS browser offering a large range of customization options, to accommodate anyone’s usage and visual preferences. Been using it as my default browser for 6 months and not looking back. On first launch it looks and behaves a bit like Safari, but to give you an idea, here are the various ways I customized it on my phone. - More screen real estate for the webpage, less for the toolbar. - A compact toolbar containing only the buttons for actions I use the most: new tab, close tab, open tab list. Since I use them hundred times a day, I need them…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Apptivate▲126Launch Mac apps with custom keyboard shortcuts
2016 · apptivateapp.com · its alternatives →
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2Touch▲92Giving you the ability to create custom TouchBar commands
2018 · two-touch.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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Bring David Hasselhoff's KITT car to the MacBookPro TouchBar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Moves for macOS▲180Position macOS windows like a goddamn wizard ✨
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nyancat on your MacBook Pro's Touch Bar #innovation
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Haptic Touch Bar▲168The missing haptic feedback for Touch Bar keys
2017 · haptictouchbar.com · its alternatives →
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Extend your Mac's battery life with one click.
Nov 2025 · turtlebar.app · its alternatives →
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TimeBars▲107Adds multiple timeframe progress bars to your macOS menu.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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