Bartender
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
4warn against
Jan 8, 2026first mention
Apr 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Tame the clutter, by using another menubar app to hide the overflow.”
“I heard great things about bartender as well.”
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“Apple should have bought Bartender and made it part of the OS 10 years ago”
Caveats and dissent
“the Bartender app, was completely broken by Apple's internal API changes in macOS Tahoe”
“Bartender, was sold to a third party”
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“The Tahoe issues are making me rethink that heavily now”
“Avoid using Bartender:”
Threads where it came up
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All comments 9
“Tame the clutter, by using another menubar app to hide the overflow.”
“I heard great things about bartender as well.”
“Apple should have bought Bartender and made it part of the OS 10 years ago”
“the Bartender app, was completely broken by Apple's internal API changes in macOS Tahoe”
“Bartender, was sold to a third party”
“I used it through a subscription service that specifically didn’t update until the ownership issues were clarified”
“The Tahoe issues are making me rethink that heavily now”
“Avoid using Bartender:”
“until the newest version, which had so many issues”