No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- MLJAR Studio
Desktop data analysis app where you ask about your data in plain English and get Python code, charts and notebooks run on your computer.
Since 2017
Data and spreadsheets
- Checkly
Runs browser and API checks against your app from many regions and alerts you when they fail, set up as code.
Since 2021
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Ploi
Sets up and manages your web servers and handles site deployments, with extra help for Laravel apps.
Subscription · Developer tools · Agencies
- Scriptarious
A Mac menu bar app for writing, storing and running shell scripts with one click or a hotkey.
Since 2022
Free · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Sleepr
A Mac menu bar timer that puts the computer to sleep after a show or podcast, on a schedule or by voice.
Something else · Individuals and families
- Bartender
A Mac app for hiding, ordering and searching menu bar icons, with rules that show items only when needed.
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Shimo
A Mac menu bar app that connects to work and personal VPNs over OpenVPN, WireGuard, AnyConnect, IPsec and other protocols.
Free trial · Security and passwords
- SayIt
A Mac menu bar app that reads any selected text aloud with offline speech models, including local voice cloning.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- Chime
Mac app that blocks your screen with a reminder before each meeting and lets you join in one click.
Since 2025
Free trial · Scheduling and booking
- ForcePush
A Mac menu bar timer that prompts push-up breaks during the day and compares your sets with your GitHub commits.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Pulse
A Mac menu bar app that shows stock, crypto and metal prices, charts and your position profit or loss at a glance.
One-off payment · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- ilert
Sends alerts to on-call staff, handles their rotas and runs status pages so tech teams can respond to outages quickly.
Since 2020
Free trial · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- VirtualEyes
Monitors websites, servers, cron jobs, DNS records and SSL certificates, with alerts and public status pages.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- PingPong
Hosted status pages with built-in uptime checks, so you can keep customers informed during outages and cut support tickets.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- Pingmeter
Monitors website uptime from several countries, tries automatic recovery, and calls or texts you if the problem stays.
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring
- StatusGator
Gathers status updates from thousands of cloud services you depend on, warns you about outages and shows them on one page.
Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- Sensei
Watches your Mac's CPU, GPU, battery and storage from the menu bar and helps find large files to delete.
Something else · Individuals and families
- UptimeObserver
Checks your websites, SSL certificates, DNS and domains every 30 seconds and alerts you when something breaks or expires.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- Cachet
A free status page you host yourself to tell customers about outages, incidents and planned maintenance.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- HideNotch
Hides the notch on MacBooks by making the menu bar solid black, with an option to round the screen corners.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- DisplayBuddy
Menu bar app for Mac and Windows that sets brightness, volume and input on external monitors, with presets and schedules.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SaneBar
A free Mac app that hides and groups menu bar icons, with a Touch ID lock and rules for when items appear.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- WatchCron
Alerts you when a cron job misses its ping or a site, certificate or domain has a problem, with status pages included.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- Text Capture
Mac menu bar app that grabs text from any part of the screen, including images and videos, using local OCR.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- StatusSight
Watches the status pages of thousands of outside services and alerts you when the ones you depend on go down.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Pulsetic
Checks your websites, SSL, ports and cron jobs, confirms outages from other regions and runs status pages on your domain.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Online sellers
- AlDente
Lets MacBook owners cap the battery charge level so the battery lasts longer and stays healthy.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- OnlineOrNot
Checks websites, APIs and cron jobs every 30 seconds and confirms an outage before alerting your team.
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- UptimeToolbox
Monitors websites and Linux servers, sends alerts by email, SMS or call, and hosts branded status pages on your domain.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- R2Drop
Mac menu bar app that uploads files to Cloudflare R2 by drag and drop or right-click and copies the public link.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- ProcessSpy
A Mac process monitor with CPU and memory history per process, filters and a menu bar dashboard for power users.
One-off payment · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Cronitor
Tells developers when scheduled jobs, agents, websites or APIs fail or run late, and hosts status pages for customers.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- CodeBurn
Tracks token use and spend across AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, broken down by model, project and pull request.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- WhatCable
Mac menu bar app that tells you what speed and charging power your USB-C cables and chargers really support.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- Voxxy
A Mac menu bar app where you hold a key, speak, and the transcribed text is pasted into whatever field you are typing in.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dynamic Menu Bar
Mac app that changes the menu bar's colour and shape to match your screen or music, or to a look you set for each app.
One-off payment · Something else · Individuals and families
- Symbiote
Mac menu bar app that keeps apps and big files on an external drive and links them back so they still show up as normal.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Something else · Individuals and families
- Rungeist
Mac menu bar app that lists local dev servers, ports and Docker containers so developers can open, restart or stop them.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- KeyGhost
Mac menu-bar app that makes Caps Lock or another key a launcher: hold it, see your apps on a keyboard overlay, tap a letter to open one.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SharePad
Mac menu bar app that shows a plugged-in iPad as a window, so you can draw on it and share it in video calls.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- What Just Pinged Me?
Mac menu bar utility that identifies which app, browser tab or notification played a sound and lets you replay it.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Claude God
Mac menu bar app that shows how much of your Claude and Claude Code quota and spend you have used.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Mouse Jiggler for Mac
A Mac menu bar app that moves the cursor to stop your computer sleeping, with schedules and automatic stop rules.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Pingzo
Checks your websites, APIs and ports and messages you on WhatsApp after repeated failures, with status pages and SSL checks.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- AirStats
A very light Mac menu bar monitor showing CPU, memory, GPU, network, battery and temperature, with threshold alerts.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- QuietSpeech
Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into clean text in any app, using on-device Apple Intelligence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families