The menu bar is the most underrated part of macOS. It sits quietly at the top of your screen, and most people never do anything with it other than checking the time and battery percentage. But if you find the right apps, that thin strip becomes the fastest way to get things done on your Mac.
The problem is finding those apps. The Mac App Store is not great at surfacing them, and hunting through random blog lists is a chore. And while I have shared my favorite Mac utilities that include menu bar apps like Supercharge and CleanShot X, there’s an even better place to find the best apps for your Mac’s menu bar.
What exactly is MacMenuBar?
MacMenuBar is a curated website of more than 1,500 Mac menu bar apps. Instead of scrolling through endless search results, you get everything organized in one place, sorted by what the app does. A few good apps can turn that unused real estate into a productivity powerhouse, and this directory helps you find them.
How do you find something useful?
The website has organized these apps into collections, helping you discover what you need. There are dozens of categories covering almost every need you can think of. You get clipboard managers, window managers, battery apps, timer apps, note-taking apps, OCR apps, cleaning apps, weather apps, and even a fun apps section for when you want to just experiment.
There are also menu bar managers, which are the apps that manage your other menu bar apps. Yes, that’s a real category, and yes, if you end up installing dozens of menu bar apps, you will probably need it.
You can also filter by price using the free, freemium, paid, and open source tags. If you are on a budget, start with the free tag and see what gems you can find. There’s also a search box for direct hunting, and a Recently Added section if you just want to see what’s new.
If you spend most of your day on a Mac, bookmark this one. Your menu bar deserves better than the clock and a battery icon.
