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24 alternatives to Now Playing - Taskbar Widget

See what's playing, right inside your Windows taskbar

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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   Spotify Miniplayer▲510

   Discreetly play music, podcasts & videos on desktop

   2024 · community.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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   Flutter HP Redesign + Play/Pause Spotify, WMP via Gesture on Windows7▲74

   2012 · flutterapp.com · its alternatives →

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   TrayPlay▲93

   Control Spotify and iTunes from your menu bar

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   MiniPlay for Spotify and iTunes▲136

   What's currently playing in your favorite music app

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   MD Vinyl▲198

   Vinyl widgets for Apple Music & Spotify

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Emcee▲63

   See what's playing on iTunes or Spotify in you Mac menubar

   2015 · ilyabirman.net · its alternatives →

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   PlayTray▲82

   Control the Spotify web player with your macOS media keys

   2018 · cleverthings.io · its alternatives →

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   Sidepod▲144

   A Spotify widget to control your music from anywhere

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Notify for Spotify▲94

   Notifications for Spotify tracks + menubar miniplayer

   2020 · notifyspotify.app · its alternatives →

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    SpotMenu▲259

    Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar

    2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Background Music▲218

    Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Swipefy for Spotify▲368

    Swipe left to boring music, swipe right on Swipefy

    2023 · swipefy.app · its alternatives →

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    Songstack▲171

    Swipe to discover new music for Spotify

    2017 · about.songstack.co · its alternatives →

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    See your current Spotify song in the menu bar▲55

    SoundSeer is a macOS app that shows your current song & controls in the menu bar. - jonathangarelick/SoundSeer

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    New Spotify Web Player▲435

    Spotify new UI for web player (no more Adobe Flash)

    2017 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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    Soundbar▲213

    A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Spotify-Now-Playing – information and playback control from menu bar▲22

    Spotify now playing information and control popup for macOS menu bar - davicorreiajr/spotify-now-playing

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Listen▲94

    Add songs to any Spotify playlist using your keyboard

    2017 · listenmac.com · its alternatives →

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    Muru Music Playlist Widget▲91

    Personal Spotify playlist in seconds

    2017 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →

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    Heartbeat▲246

    Listen to music with your friends together, on Spotify

    2017 · getheartbeat.io · its alternatives →

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    Baritone▲116

    Spotify controls that live in your menubar.

    2017 · tma02.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Beatbar - Media player that beats in the browser address bar▲147

    2012 · jaipandya.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dock Party 3▲81

    Spotify+Apple Music visualizer & controls in your macOS dock

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Harmony 0.7▲234

    A lightweight music player for SoundCloud, Spotify and more

    2017 · its alternatives →

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