Ice alternatives for Mac
Ice — Menu bar manager — is installed 4,122 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 jordanbaird-ice to install Ice itself.- Itsycal5.4× smaller user base
- Stats3.0× the installs
- Vanilla60.6× smaller user base
- MeetingBar7.5× smaller user base
- Maccy2.1× the installs
- MonitorControl3,390 installs/mo
- One Switch87.7× smaller user base
- Rectangle2.4× the installs
Full comparison
| Ice | Itsycal | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | System & Utilities | Productivity |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 0.11.12 | 0.27.3 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 4,122 | 768 |
| Install command | brew install --cask jordanbaird-ice | brew install --cask itsycal |
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.