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24 alternatives to Pearl

A mirror in your Mac 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. Pearl launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Pearl▲121

   See yourself in your Mac's menu bar

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hand Mirror for Mac▲191

   A one-click camera check, right from the menu bar

   2020 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hand Mirror +▲237

   A one-click camera check, right from your Menu Bar

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5PM
   Pie Menu – a radial menu for macOS▲309

   Hi everyone! I'm Marius Hauken, an indie developer, and I'm excited to share my app: Pie Menu. It offers a fresh way to access your favorite menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts on macOS. By simply pressing a hotkey you choose during setup, a radial menu appears around your cursor, customized to the current active application. This allows you to quickly select commands without having to remember complex shortcuts across different applications. Pie Menu comes with a library of preprogrammed commands for popular apps, but you can easily add any app on your computer. We've also created an…

   2024 · pie-menu.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hocus Focus▲304

   A Mac menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7BP
   BitBar – Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar▲149

   2016 · getbitbar.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MenubarX▲483

   A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Finbar▲104

   Supercharged menu bar search for your Mac

   2023 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    EasyFinder▲108

    Mac menu bar app to help access your important files fast

    2019 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Maya▲81

    Your photos in the Mac menu bar

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ClipBar▲76

    Quickly see your pasteboard from your Menu Bar

    2020 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Solace▲171

    Your Mac's appearance, in tune with the world around you.

    Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PiPHero▲143

    The macOS menu bar app to picture-in-picture any window

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Later▲450

    Save all your Mac apps for later with one click

    2022 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Short Menu 3.0 for Mac▲199

    The most powerful URL shortener for macOS

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Menu Bar Web Browser▲93

    Browse your favourite websites in menubar

    2021 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    One Thing▲138

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

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Folder Peek▲135

    Put folders in the menu bar on your Mac

    2022 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Palette For Mac▲205

    A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    DockX▲232

    Everything on dock & menu bar

    2023 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Mirror - Menubar Quick Camera▲6

    check yourself out quickly

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CleanMyMac X Menu App▲324

    Make sure you can trust your Mac

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Mirror Magnet▲187

    Live camera image that stays on top of everything else

    2021 · its alternatives →

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