GridBar - Quick App Launcher

One hotkey. One click. Done.

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Press a hotkey or hover the screen edge — open anything on your Mac. Apps, URLs, files, Shortcuts. Go Pro for unlimited boards. One hotkey. One click. Everything on your Mac. You open the same apps, URLs, and files every day. GridBar turns those daily reaches into a visual grid that lives in your menu bar — press your hotkey, click a tile, done. WHY GRIDBAR Spotlight and Raycast make you type. The Dock only holds apps. Bookmarks hide in the browser. Stream Deck needs hardware. GridBar is visual, covers everything you actually use, and opens three ways — a hotkey, a radial Ring around your cursor, or just by hovering your screen edge. No typing. No hardware. No clutter. Built for power users. No account. No tracking. 6 TILE TYPES • Open App — launch any installed app • Open URL — websites and deep links (msteams://, slack://) • Open File or Folder — direct access, no Finder detour • Run Apple Shortcut — trigger any Shortcut from a tile (Pro) • Call — dial a phone number via FaceTime • Email — pre-filled recipient and subject 5 DISPLAY MODES • Grid — floating panel with your tile grid • Ring — radial menu that fans out around your cursor • Edge — hover the screen edge to reveal your grid, no hotkey needed • Compact — icon row anchored to the menu bar • Menu — native dropdown menu BOARDS FOR EVERY CONTEXT Create separate boards for Work, Personal, a specific project. Switch with Command+1..9. Export and import as JSON (Pro). MULTI-ACTION TILES (PRO) One tile triggers multiple actions at once. Example: "Start Workday" opens Mail + Calendar + Slack + Teams with a single click. INCLUDED • 1 board, 8 tiles • All 6 tile types • Configurable hotkey • All 5 display modes (Grid, Ring, Edge, Compact, Menu) • 3-color palette • Launch at login GRIDBAR PRO — ONE PAYMENT, FOREVER • Unlimited boards and tiles • Multi-action tiles • Apple Shortcuts as tiles • Full 9-color palette • Board export and import (JSON) One-time purchase. No subscription. Your purchase is restored on every Mac signed into your Apple ID. PRIVACY • No account required • No personal data collected • All boards stored locally on your Mac BUILT NATIVE • Swift and SwiftUI from the ground up • Configurable hotkey (default: Command+Shift+G) • 54 languages • Menu bar app with no Dock icon • macOS 14+ Thank you to everyone who purchased GridBar before v1.2 — Pro is unlocked on your account automatically. No action needed.

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GridBar v1.2 is here. Everyone who purchased GridBar before today: Pro is unlocked on your account forever. Thank you for your early support — seriously, you made this version possible. What's new: • Optional Pro upgrade for power users • GridBar Pro — one-time payment, unlocks everything forever • Two new display modes: Ring (radial menu around your cursor) and Edge (hover your screen edge — no hotkey needed) • Restore your purchase on any Mac signed into your Apple ID • All 54 languages updated for the new Pro flow Includes: 1 board, 8 tiles, all 6 tile types, configurable hotkey, all 5 display modes (Grid, Ring, Edge, Compact, Menu). GridBar Pro unlocks: unlimited boards, unlimited tiles, multi-action tiles, Apple Shortcuts as tiles, full 9-color palette, and board export/import (JSON). No subscription. No account. No tracking. Your boards stay on your Mac.

Version 1.2

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    Information

    Seller
    • Jonas Hoettler
    Size
    • 2.5 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 46 more
    • English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Balane GmbH
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