Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SmartPause

The play/pause key, finally aimed at what's playing

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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   Play Embedded Player▲169

   A handy tool to narrate your Medium articles

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Spring▲63

   A rhythm based music app for exercise

   2014 · springmoves.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Musio▲72

   A new take on the iOS music player

   2013 · musioapp.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ricly▲74

   Putting your most recurring tools in the right-click menu

   11d ago · usericly.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Capo▲85

   A new way to analyze and learn to play music

   2014 · supermegaultragroovy.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   FlowTime▲72

   A Pomodoro-driven timer for Chrome

   2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Cursor Chaos▲56

   Keyboard-controlled mini-game action!

   2015 · freewebarcade.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Step in Time▲13

   A music player app for rehearsals

   2014 · sungheroes.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SP
    Smart Playlists for Spotify▲6

    2016 · smartplaylistsforspotify.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    SHU▲56

    Play, capture last 30 seconds, share, all with one button

    2016 · screenshu.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AW
    A web app for creating and sharing playlists instantly▲5

    2012 · choruzz.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SA
    SpotiMy ~ A menu bar controller for Spotify▲5

    2011 · getspotimy.com · its alternatives →

14. 14UM
    Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API)▲9

    2014 · thepara.de · its alternatives →

15. 15AT
    A tool to show your Spotify “Now Playing” status on your GitHub profile▲7

    2022 · np.chary.us · its alternatives →

16. 16BA
    BeforeShutdown – a macOS menubar todo app with reminders on system off▲9

    2020 · beforeshutdown.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Workflow, a “Screen Time” App for Linux▲8

    Modern, minimal GUI for ActivityWatch

    2019 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

18. 18FC
    FocusBit – cross-platform pomodoro timer and todo app▲5

    2019 · focusbitapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    I Made a Chrome extension that's a clone of the iOS screentime feature▲5

    tldr; improve productivity by tracking screentime & blocking sites that distract you would appreciate any feedback <3

    2023 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    An open source music grid you can play around and create short music▲9

    2020 · music-grid.surge.sh · its alternatives →

21. 21AA
    Again.app for groups of recurring tasks▲9

    2015 · againlist.com · its alternatives →

22. 22CM
    Customizable music loops for videos, games, podcasts▲8

    2019 · studio.awsm.st · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Smartlook▲12

    Free Visitor Screen Recording and Session Replay Tool

    2016 · getsmartlook.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SW
    Simple web app for time-tracking your tasks▲9

    2018 · timer.johnny.website · its alternatives →

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