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24 alternatives to Plume

Take fast notes in your menubar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plume launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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I made a light&free menubar app for taking Notes (Mac)▲5
Download Plume - Light Menubar Note by CREACH Agency on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Plume - Light Menubar…
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Plume▲75
App for writing documents, scripts, books and more.
2018 · danmoop.github.io · its alternatives →
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Lacona▲645
Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac
2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →
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Meteorite▲134
A minimal & frictionless menu bar notetaker for macOS
Feb 2026 · trymeteorite.com · its alternatives →
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Escape▲665
Track all your unnecessary trips to distracting websites
2016 · focuslist.co · its alternatives →
6
Tyke▲362
Mac menu bar app that @torrez really needed to take notes
2017 · tyke.app · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024 · quicknoteapp.com · its alternatives →
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Compose for macOS▲280
Your personal writing assistant to increase productivity
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Notebag▲298
A keyboard-focused note-taking app that gets out of your way
2020 · notebag.app · its alternatives →
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Breaks▲118
A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026 · gjinprelvukaj.github.io · its alternatives →
12
Gravity Notes For Mac▲121
One list of notes, for you and your AI agents
Feb 2026 · gravitynotes.app · its alternatives →
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PopNotes▲96
The notes app that lives in the menu bar of your Mac
2020 · serialcoder.dev · its alternatives →
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Gestimer▲313
Lovely Mac menu bar app to create reminders w/ drag & drop
2015 · maddin.io · its alternatives →
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AudioNotes▲185
Easily record and share audio messages from your Mac menubar
2017 · audionot.es · its alternatives →
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PaceBar▲130
A quiet pace instrument for your Mac
May 2026 · pacebar.app · its alternatives →
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EasyFinder▲108
Mac menu bar app to help access your important files fast
2019 · easyfinderapp.com · its alternatives →
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AudioPriorityBar▲217
Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar
Dec 2025 · github.com · 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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Hyperfocused▲148
Deep work menubar app for macOS
2023 · hyperfocused.app · its alternatives →
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Jot▲115
Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.
2020 · getjot.app · its alternatives →
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Coffee Companion▲164
A free native macOS companion app for Buy Me a Coffee
2023 · codetouch.com · its alternatives →
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EasyFinder 2▲81
Access your information, FAST
2020 · easyfinderapp.com · its alternatives →
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Vicinity▲116
High Quality Ambient Background Sounds in your macOS MenuBar
2016 · appahead.studio · its alternatives →

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