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24 alternatives to Noted

Note-taking for the 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. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Noted launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Noted.▲250

   Bring notes and audio together

   2018 · notedapp.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Notedown.▲79

   Take notes and reminders at lightning speed

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   One Thing▲138

   Put a single task or goal in your Mac's menu bar

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   MeetingBar – A menu bar macOS app for calendar meetings▲131

   🇺🇦 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 →

5. 5
   MeetingBar▲264

   Meetings before your eyes

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   timeOS 2.0▲739

   Really, really, ridiculously good meeting notes for macOS

   2024 · timeless.day · its alternatives →

7. 7
   AudioNotes▲185

   Easily record and share audio messages from your Mac menubar

   2017 · audionot.es · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PopNotes▲96

   The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac

   2020 · serialcoder.dev · its alternatives →

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   Noted, a note-taking web app inspired by Vim▲19

   2013 · noted.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hints▲492

    Valuable info is quickly captured and self-organized

    2022 · hints.so · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Tyke▲362

    Mac menu bar app that @torrez really needed to take notes

    2017 · tyke.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Agenda▲416

    Notes, your time has come

    2018 · agenda.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    PeekNote▲176

    Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gestimer▲313

    Lovely Mac menu bar app to create reminders w/ drag & drop

    2015 · maddin.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Noted: Audio & Voice Recorder▲10

    Beautiful audio note-taking app in your pocket.

    2017 · notedapp.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Memo▲128

    Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac

    2017 · memo-app.net · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Notebag▲298

    A keyboard-focused note-taking app that gets out of your way

    2020 · notebag.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Noted▲190

    Level up your note taking on Figma 📝

    2020 · figma.com · its alternatives →

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    https://cosmini0.github.io/noted./▲14

    Take notes with web context in a clean environment.

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Noted․▲4

    Bring notes and audio together

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Meteorite▲134

    A minimal & frictionless menu bar notetaker for macOS

    Feb 2026 · trymeteorite.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Focused Task▲121

    Open source mac menubar app that helps you do deep work

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Oatsfree▲249

    Free, open-source, and on device meeting notetaker

    Sep 2026 · ariso.ai · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SnipNotes for macOS▲82

    A versatile note-taking app. On all your Apple devices.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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