Itsycal alternatives for Mac
Itsycal — Menu bar calendar — is installed 768 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask itsycal to install Itsycal itself.- Ice5.4× the installs
- Stats15.9× the installs
- Vanilla11.3× smaller user base
- MeetingBar551 installs/mo
- Maccy11.1× the installs
- MonitorControl4.4× the installs
- One Switch16.3× smaller user base
- Rectangle12.8× the installs
Full comparison
| Itsycal | Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Productivity | System & Utilities |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 0.27.3 | 0.11.12 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 768 | 4,122 |
| Install command | brew install --cask itsycal | brew install --cask jordanbaird-ice |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.