Menu bar apps for Mac
Apps with a menu bar interface keep controls, status information, or small tools accessible from the top of your Mac’s screen. They can help you check clocks, manage tasks and timers, control playback, or monitor activity without opening a main window.
Aion
Utilities
A menu-bar utility that automatically quits idle apps using per-app rules.
Automation
Shiny
Utilities
A menu bar utility for memory cleanup and managing busy background apps.
Memory cleanup
Chorus
Utilities
Menu-bar audio controls for grouping speakers and routing sound from individual apps.
Audio routing
Volume control
MacClearings
Utilities
Disk analyzer and cleaner with folder explanations and reviewed cleanup to the Trash.
Disk cleanup
Disk usage
Strata Mac Cleaner
Utilities
Disk cleanup utility that maps storage usage and previews files before moving them to the Trash.
Disk cleanup
Disk usage
MacScapes
Utilities
Desktop customization with live wallpapers and matching widgets, grouped into scheduled themes.
System customization
PulseTiles
Utilities
A menu bar window manager with Command-drag snap zones for arranging Mac windows.
Window management
Luma Music
Music
Offline music player that reads local music folders without copying files.
Music player
PulseShot
Productivity
Screenshot and screen recording app with editable markup and a video editing timeline.
Screen capture
Screen recording
Haptiker
Utilities
Menu bar utility for adjusting volume, brightness, and keyboard backlight with trackpad edge gestures.
Trackpad gestures
Display control
SnapState
Productivity
Menu bar app that saves and restores named workspaces with window layouts, apps, and browser tabs.
Window management
Stay Green
Utilities
Menu-bar utility that keeps chat apps showing Available by resetting the idle timer without moving the cursor.
Idle prevention