Menu Bar Apps Products & Tools (2026)

Tiny little apps that do magical things and live in your OS X menu bar. Collect 'em all!

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Vibe Eyes
Launched this month
Put your pets in your macOS menu bar
Avatar generators
Calerto for Mac
Launched this month
Full-screen meeting alerts for your Mac
Calendar apps Meeting software
Snooze Files
Launched this month
Shelve messy files and restore them in one click
File storage and sharing apps
Thoughts for Mac
Launched this month
Capture notes from your menubar using text, images or voice
Note and writing apps
Die With Me
Launched this month
AIM buddy list for your friends’ Claude Code and Codex usage
Social Networking
Maaa
Launched this month
A mom in your Mac’s notch, looking out for you
Focus Firewall
Launched this month
Block distracting websites while you work
Time tracking apps Mental Health
Pastely 
Launched this month
Clipboard that adapts to wherever you paste it
Linguo Translate
Launched this month
Offline & AI Translation for macOS
Translation
NotchPop
Launched this month
The Dynamic Island your MacBook notch was missing
App switcher
Stash
Launched this month
Hidden controls for your Mac.
App switcher
Short Menu
The most powerful URL shortener for Mac, iPhone & iPad.
Mobile editing apps Social media management tools Social Networking
Arc AI Screen Assistant
Launched this month
One-tap AI actions on top of every app you use
AI Chatbots App switcher
Pingman
Monitor your ping on MAC
Crypto Pro
Portfolio Tracker
Crypto wallets Crypto tools Finance

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Product Hunt

What's in your dock?

I was recently reminded of @Dockhunt and how fun it was to see what kinds of apps different folks kept in their dock. I remember it being a cool way to discover some new products I hadn't seen before. I'm also just a big fan of desktop apps over web apps. I find it a lot easier to stay focused when I'm flipping between apps vs flipping between tabs.

These are the apps in my dock:

@Google Chrome - Pretty basic. I've really been considering switching over to @Horse though.
@Slack - The de facto option.
@Superhuman - Maybe the fastest I've become a fan of a product. I think I was pushing it on others within a few hours.
@Notion - Great for documentation and collaborating. I also use it personally for tracking books I read and video games I play, along with tracking personal projects.
Notion Calendar - The menu bar aspect of this is really what sold me. It makes it so much easier to stay on top of my meetings every day.
@Linear - We just recently switched over to Linear here at @Product Hunt and I've been loving it. Pro tip: if you prefer the desktop app, there's a setting to open links in the app, but you can only set that option through the web version.
@iTerm2 - I've tried others, but this is my favorite. This + @Neovim is just
@Claude by Anthropic - This has been my LLM of choice for a while, and I really like having it as a desktop app. Especially the keyboard shortcut to quickly bring it up and ask something.
@Tandem - Super easy to stay in touch and sync with teammates. Incredibly useful for a remote team.
@Spotify - I typically have a YouTube video on in the background, but if I'm writing or doing something more focused, I'll typically have some kind of Jazz going.

40 comments•522 views

1yr ago

Audio Writer iOS

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5 comments•48 views

4yr ago

Pulse Island

I turned the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island

Every MacBook since 2021 has a notch, and on macOS it does absolutely nothing. On iPhone, the same cutout became the most useful strip on the screen.

That gap bothered me, so I built Pulse Island, a native macOS app that turns the notch into a live, interactive island.

10 comments•128 views

2mo ago

PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List

my mac app didn't open at all for 4 months and i had no idea

there's no changelog for PopTask anywhere, the app store "what's new" box is read by roughly nobody, so from now on every update lands in this thread, small ones as replies, bigger ones as their own post

what's shipped since july:

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2mo ago

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