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

TRex lives in your menu bar and captures any text right into your Clipboard with magic of OCR. A free alternative for TextSniper.
Yippy

Yippy is an open source clipboard manager. The history window shows all text ever copied from when it is first run.
One Thing

Always focus on one thing at a time. With One Thing you can put a single task or goal in your menu bar.
OnlySwitch

OnlySwitch is an all-in-one status bar button. The Hide Notch Switch only shows on the build-in display of M1 Pro/Max Macbook Pro.
Maestral
Neat

All your GitHub notifications in your menu bar, so you can streamline your code review and ship with ease.
BetterDummy

The new Apple Silicon Macs notoriously don’t allow sub-4K resolution displays to have HiDPI (“Retina”) resolutions. This menu bar app tricks macOS into thinking you’ve plugged in a 5K monitor.
Pingr

Pingr shows your current internet speed right in the menu bar with a clean, minimal widget — a quick at-a-glance check that tells you whether your connection is holding up without opening a speed test.
Cooldown

In macOS Monterey Apple introduced a new Low Power Mode for Mac. Cooldown is a simple menu bar app that allows you to quickly toggle Low Power Mode on and off.


