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24 alternatives to Thaw

The only app that owns your whole menu bar, in and out

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Captain▲191
A Docker menu bar app for Mac
2017 · getcaptain.co · its alternatives →
2
TyCal▲205
A peek at your Apple Calendar right from the menu bar
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
MeetPaw▲137
Instant meetings from your mac menu bar
6d ago · meetpaw.app · its alternatives →
4
Bartender 4▲247
Award-winning app for macOS that superpowers your menu bar
2021 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
5
QBlocker▲132
Never accidentally quit an app again
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Defer▲196
One universal inbox for your tasks
2024 · deferapp.com · its alternatives →
7
Maple▲67
OSX menu bar timer for pancake app
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Tadam▲182
Simple Mac menubar app for Pomodoro
2015 · tadamapp.com · its alternatives →
9
Bartender 2▲301
Organize and hide menu bar items on your Mac
2015 · macbartender.com · its alternatives →
10
Tuck▲63
A tidy menu bar for macOS 27
14d ago · appsbymo.app · its alternatives →
11
Ice▲106
Powerful menu bar manager for macOS
2025 · icemenubar.app · its alternatives →
12
InstaCal▲256
The missing menu bar calendar for MacOS
2017 · instacalapp.com · its alternatives →
13
CommuteBar▲106
Live commute times in your menu bar
Sep 2026 · commute.bar · its alternatives →
14
Breaks▲118
A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026 · gjinprelvukaj.github.io · its alternatives →
15
Today▲222
Quickly view your schedule in the macOS menu bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Instant for Mac▲132
A menu bar app to track the daily time spent on your Mac
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
WISK▲86
Your new bar assistant
2019 · wisk.ai · its alternatives →
18
Surfdeck▲125
Your tabs, within reach.
Aug 2026 · surfdeck.app · its alternatives →
19
Itsyhome▲72
Hey HN! Nick here – developer of Itsyhome, a menu bar app for macOS that gives you control over your whole HomeKit fleet (and very soon Home Assistant). I run 130+ HomeKit devices at home and the Home app was too heavy for quick adjustments. Full HomeKit support, favourites, hidden items, device groups, pinning of rooms/accessories/groups as separate menu bar items, iCloud sync – all in a native experience and tiny package. Open source (https://github.com/nickustinov/itsyhome-macos) and free to use (there is an optional one-time purchase for a Pro version which…
Feb 2026 · itsyhome.app · its alternatives →
20
ExtraBar▲152
Hey Hacker News The ones that know me here know that I am a productivity geek. After DockFlow to manage my Dock and ExtraDock, which gives me more space to manage my apps and files, I decided to tackle the macOS big boss: the menu bar. I spend ~40% of my day context-switching between apps — Zoom meetings, Slack channels, Code projects, and Figma designs. My macOS menu bar has too many useless icons I almost never use. So I thought to myself, how can I use this area to improve my workflows? Most solutions (Bartender, Ice) require screen recording permissions, and did not really solve my…
Dec 2025 · extrabar.app · its alternatives →
21
MacQuit▲107
Quit all running Mac apps in one click from your menu bar
Mar 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
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MeetingBar – A menu bar macOS app for calendar meetings▲131
🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar - GitHub - leits/MeetingBar: 🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
iCultus▲81
Open-source Mac menubar calendar app
2015 · djyde.github.io · its alternatives →
24
PRs MenuBar▲111
Stay on top of your pull requests from your Mac menu bar
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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