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24 alternatives to PopNotes

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

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PopNotes launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   AudioNotes▲185

   Easily record and share audio messages from your Mac menubar

   2017 · audionot.es · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Quick Note▲149

   Colorful sticky notes for Mac

   2024 · quicknoteapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SideNotes▲311

   A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.

   2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →

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   Memo▲128

   Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac

   2017 · memo-app.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Jot▲115

   Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.

   2020 · getjot.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SnipNotes for macOS▲82

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

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PeekNote▲176

   Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Scratchpad▲382

   Quick notes, always available

   2024 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →

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   PopTask▲299

   Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks

   Mar 2026 · poptask.bar · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Notebag▲298

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

    2020 · notebag.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Tyke▲362

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

    2017 · tyke.app · its alternatives →

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    Evernote 8.0 - January 2017▲415

    The popular note-taking app, re-designed for iOS

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    PopDo▲94

    A quick task list for your Mac menu bar

    2020 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Notebook for Mac▲341

    The beautifully simple note-taking app from Zoho. Now on Mac

    2017 · zoho.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flash Note – No dock▲9

    Fast, lightweight, and doesn’t take up your Dock (macOs)

    2025 · flashnote.loce.io · its alternatives →

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    Gravity Notes For Mac▲121

    One list of notes, for you and your AI agents

    Feb 2026 · gravitynotes.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Supernotes 3▲427

    Take notes everywhere

    2023 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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    Better Notes▲357

    Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

    2016 · betternotesapp.com · its alternatives →

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    TabbyNote▲66

    Take one-line notes in your menubar

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    FSNotes 5 for iOS▲83

    Notes manager to make your life easier

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Alternote ▲263

    Gorgeous OS X note-taking app with Evernote integration.

    2015 · alternoteapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Evernote for iOS▲142

    The most popular note-taking app, reengineered.

    2020 · apps.apple.com · 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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    FSNotes▲101

    File system notes manager

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →