Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.
Nightwatch
Nightwatch helps stargazers decide whether tonight is worth setting up the telescope. It combines cloud, darkness, Moon, seeing and wind forecasts, then highlights clear windows and the best targets.
Transcripts
Transcripts automatically records and transcribes meetings on-device, with speaker labels, summaries and action items. It supports Zoom, Teams, Meet and more, keeping recordings and transcripts in your own folders.
ConvertIt
ConvertIt handles 20 conversion types, from currency and time zones to units and percentages, plus batch image, audio, and video conversion. Fast, keyboard-driven, and built for everyday use.
Screen Break
Turn screen breaks into real pauses with full-screen guided rests, customizable backgrounds, breathing and movement prompts, flexible work intervals, and just enough friction to make taking breaks easier.
Hammerdeck
Control windows across multiple displays with keyboard shortcuts, grids, snapping, swapping and one-key undo. Hammerdeck also rebuilds layouts automatically when displays are connected, with flexible rules and automation.
Translate Like Me
Translate selected text instantly in any Mac app and make it sound like you. Supports multiple language pairs, global shortcuts, Claude, ChatGPT and Grok, with no telemetry.
Horita
See your next meeting at a glance, with a countdown and one-click access to Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams. Works with your Mac calendars, stays private, and keeps distractions to a minimum.
Yowl
Deter Mac theft with a loud alarm that detects movement, charger removal, or lid closure, locks the screen, takes photos, and sends alerts to your phone.










