Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.

Peek helps developers keep an eye on their OpenAI API usage and costs without living in a browser tab. It checks usage at regular intervals, stays elegantly out of the way, and stores your API key securely in the macOS keychain, so you can focus on building instead of budgeting.
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Access ChatGPT in a dedicated interface without cluttering tabs or windows for seamless integration whenever you need them quickly so you can capture ideas without losing your focus.
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iCloud Kicker helps force iCloud to sync your files when it gets stuck by restarting its process.
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Manage your daily todos straight from your menu bar. It’s kind of like TextEdit but built for quickly managing a short todo list.
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This simple menu bar app brings back the option to set a timer at the end of which your Mac goes into sleep mode (removed from macOS Ventura and Sonoma).
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Ping servers and monitor network connectivity directly from your menu bar for instant access. This streamlines your workflow significantly.
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Translate text instantly using Google Translate from your menu bar for instant access. This streamlines your workflow significantly making your workflow more efficient with ease.
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This menu bar app reads the sample rate of the incoming Apple Music stream and then automatically sets the corresponding sample rate in the Audio MIDI Setup app.
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This menu bar app shows all your GitHub notifications (macOS 13.0+). So you don’t have to open GitHub every 5 minutes. 😉
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MiniSim is a menu bar app for launching iOS and Android emulators: All your emulators right in your menu bar without opening Android Studio or Xcode.
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