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

Because we all treat our desktop like a digital junk drawer, Clean quietly steps in and restores order. With a single click or on a schedule you choose, it moves scattered files into a designated folder and neatly organizes them by month or day. Your desktop stays clear, while everything remains safely stored and easy to find whenever you need it again.
iGlance

iGlance displays current stats about your Mac on the status bar. It is built to be highly customizable so that everyone can adjust it to his/her needs.
Aware

Aware quietly tracks how long you’ve been actively using your Mac by monitoring mouse movement and keystrokes, pausing during breaks and resuming when you return. No preachy reminders or forced wellness rituals, just a clear, unobtrusive record of your screen time whenever you feel brave enough to look.
Stay

Stay remembers exactly where you placed every window and restores them instantly, even when you connect or disconnect external displays, so your setup always feels intentional rather than accidental.
SMARTReporter

Your hard drive rarely sends polite warnings before it collapses. SMARTReporter keeps an eye on its S.M.A.R.T. status and I/O errors, flagging early signs of trouble through clear alerts and a color-changing icon. It can also watch RAID health and available boot disk space. It is not a backup solution, but it does give you a fighting chance before hardware failure turns into data loss.
Kap

Kap makes it refreshingly simple to capture your screen and export clean recordings as GIF, MP4, WebM, or APNG. With optional audio, click highlights, and easy trimming, it keeps things polished without unnecessary fuss.
stts

With stts, you can keep an eye on your favorite cloud services and lets you check their status with a single click. It stays out of the way, sending timely notifications only when something goes down or comes back online.
Meteorologist

Meteorologist is a free macOS weather app that puts you in control of how forecasts are displayed. View interlaced reports from multiple locations at once and keep changing conditions clearly organized at a glance.


