The best MenuDart alternatives

App	Price	How you pay	Mac	Developer	Setapp	Rating
MenuDart	$6.99 once	Pay once				Too few ratings
Bartender	From $20	Pay once				Too few ratings
Shoji	$14 once	Pay once				Too few ratings
Hidden Bar	Free, open source	Free				Too few ratings
One Switch	$4.99 once	Pay once				Too few ratings

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   Bartender

   From $20Best alternative

   Pick it if you have more menu bar icons than space, especially on a MacBook with a notch.

   Rescues menu bar icons lost behind the notch and shows each one only when you actually need it.

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2. 2

   Shoji

   $14 once

   Pick it if you work from cafes, coworking spaces or open offices and step away from your MacBook several times a day.

   A soft blur over every screen with one shortcut, so nobody reads your messages while you grab a coffee.

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3. 3

   Hidden Bar

   Free, open sourceBest free

   Pick it if you have so many menu bar icons that some vanish behind your MacBook's notch.

   A free, open source divider that tucks rarely used menu bar icons out of sight until you click.

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   One Switch

   $4.99 once

   Pick it if you keep separate apps just to hide desktop icons, stay awake or flip Dark Mode.

   Hide desktop icons, keep your Mac awake and flip Dark Mode from one menu bar panel, $4.99 once.

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