Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Pixel Pet

Your menu bar friend

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pixel Pet launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Mac Pet▲469

   A menu bar pet that wakes and sleeps as you work

   2024 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Mac Pet▲134

   A pixel pet for your menu bar or MacBook notch w/ Pomodoro

   Apr 2026 · mac-pet.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Mac Pet▲22

   A menu bar pixel pet with Pomodoro timer to keep you focused

   2025 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   RunCat▲158

   Creatures living in your menubar

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bartender▲616

   Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Characters▲143

   Mac menu bar app for quick use of special characters.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Googly Eyes▲317

   Watchful eyes in your menu bar

   2025 · its alternatives →

8. 8PM
   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 →

9. 9
   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ChocolateBar▲74

    Add a row under your menu bar for hidden icons

    Jun 2026 · chocolatebar.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    CozyPet▲70

    A tiny pixel pet that lives on your Mac desktop.

    2025 · cozypet.app.br · its alternatives →

12. 12
    MenubarX▲483

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

    2022 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    PiPHero▲143

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

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14BP
    BitBar – Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar▲149

    2016 · getbitbar.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Battery Buddy▲297

    Like the default battery indicator in your menu bar but cute

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    PixelClaw▲162

    A tiny pixel crab that lives on your Dock

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    CharmBar▲134

    Mac dock icon customization app, personalize your macOS dock

    2025 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    PiBar for macOS▲86

    Manage your Pi-hole(s) from your macOS menu bar

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Screenie 2▲282

    Search the text inside your screenshots

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Fonty Menu Bar▲60

    Install Google Fonts right from your Mac menu bar.

    Jun 2026 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    TabDog▲102

    macOS menu bar app for managing browser tabs and apps

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hoot for Mac▲140

    Widgets, tools, screenshots, wake screen all in your menubar

    Sep 2025 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Maya▲81

    Your photos in the Mac menu bar

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Pearl▲121

    See yourself in your Mac's menu bar

    2016 · its alternatives →

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