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

This menu bar app prevents any Mac from entering sleep mode, providing hassle-free protection against unexpected sleep cycles.
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If you are dissatisfied with the default Mac text-to-speech voices, this menu bar app replaces them with OpenAI. There’s a max limit of 4096 characters.
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This menu bar app allows you to blur out sensitive information. You can resize each blurred part of your screen to meet your preferences.
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iBar is a menu bar management tool that supports the hiding of menu bar icons and the aggregation and display of individual windows.
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This menu bar app lets you lock and unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth low energy devices.
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Easily switch between low and high power mode, directly from your menu bar. When enabled, your MacBook automatically switches to low power mode when the battery drops below 20%.
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This menu bar app syncs with Spotify & Apple Music, retrieves the lyrics of the currently playing song, and loads them. It also modifies the truncation of the lyrics, to ensure that it fits in your menu bar.
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zClock is a basic desktop clock that works with all other fullscreen apps. It also shows your current network speed. In addition, a simple countdown is given for usage in Keynote and other apps.
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Ice lets you hide and show menu bar items. You can customize the menu bar’s appearance and choose your own icon to show in the menu bar.
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Particulars shows your Mac’s system information: computer name, model, serial number, CPU, RAM, graphics card, OS version, current user, uptime, disk space and network configuration. Use it in the menu bar, on your desktop, in Shortcuts or from the command line.
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