App Palette
Elegant Application Launcher
Only for Mac
$2.99
Mac
Your apps, arranged on a beautiful palette. Summon it anywhere with a hotkey, type to launch, and switch collections for work or play — now with iCloud sync.
App Palette - Your Visual App Launcher
Transform the way you launch applications on your Mac.
App Palette brings the joy of a traditional artist's palette to your desktop, giving you a beautiful, visual way to organize and launch your favorite applications. No more hunting through folders or cluttered docks - just open your palette and tap the app you need.
A New Way to Work
App Palette lives quietly in your menu bar, ready when you need it. Press ⌃⌥⌘P from anywhere, and your personalized palette appears - displaying all your essential apps as vibrant icons arranged exactly how you want them.
Key Features
Beautiful Palette Designs
Choose from 13 stunning palette themes - from clean minimalism to vibrant colors. Each palette brings personality to your workspace while keeping your apps organized and accessible.
Lightning-Fast Keyboard Shortcuts
Assign any letter A-Z to your apps for instant launching. Need Safari? Just press S. Want Xcode? Hit X. Your workflow, supercharged.
Drag & Drop Simplicity
Arrange your apps exactly where you want them. Drag icons anywhere on the palette, or enable grid snapping for perfect alignment. The palette remembers your layout, so everything is always right where you expect it.
Full-Screen Mode
Hold Shift when launching any app to open it directly in full-screen mode - perfect for presentations or focused work sessions.
Multiple Collections
Create multiple palette configuration which you can move through quickly, keeping applications logically grouped in the context that makes sense for your work.
Smart & Elegant
* Active indicators show which apps are currently running
* Transparency-aware positioning ensures icons always land on visible areas
* Security-scoped bookmarks provide reliable app access
* Native macOS integration feels right at home on your Mac
Perfect For
* Power users who want faster access to their apps
* Creatives who appreciate beautiful, visual interfaces
* Professionals who juggle multiple applications throughout the day
* Anyone tired of cluttered docks and scattered app launchers
How It Works
1. Add your apps - Click "Add Application" from the menubar menu or click '+' while the palette is displayed
2. Arrange your palette - Position icons exactly where you want them
3. Assign shortcuts (optional) - Right-click any app to set a keyboard shortcut
4. Launch with joy - Press ⌃⌥⌘P or click the menu bar icon to show your palette
App Palette disappears when you are done, leaving you with more screen space and a cleaner workflow.
What Users Love
"Finally, an app launcher that is as beautiful as it is functional."
"The keyboard shortcuts alone have saved me hours of clicking around."
"I love how my palette feels personal - like my own workspace toolkit."
Privacy First
App Palette stores all your preferences locally on your Mac. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud sync - just a simple, private tool that makes your Mac work better for you.
Ready to paint your perfect workflow?
Download App Palette today and rediscover the joy of launching your applications.
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NEW
• Set your own hotkey — choose any key combination to summon the palette via "Set Global Hotkey…" in the menu.
• Drag & drop from Finder — drop apps straight onto the palette, exactly where you want them.
• Type to launch — start typing an app's name to filter the palette, then press Return to launch the best match. Single-letter shortcuts still work.
• iCloud sync — keep your collections in sync across all your Macs. Enable "Sync via iCloud" in the menu.
• Custom backgrounds — import your own transparent PNG as a collection's palette image.
• Collection colors — give each collection its own accent color.
• Running app controls — clicking a running app now brings it to the front instead of relaunching it. Right-click to Hide, Quit, or Reveal in Finder.
• See-through palette — click and drag right through the palette's transparent areas to the windows beneath it.
IMPROVED
• Resize the whole palette with a new size slider — each collection remembers its icon and palette sizes.
• The palette opens on whichever display your mouse is on.
• Icons stay exactly where you drop them when arranging your palette.
• The running-app indicator updates instantly when apps launch or quit.
• Reduced energy use — eliminated background polling and unnecessary disk writes.
• New bundled backgrounds to choose from, organized into Palettes and Images.
FIXED
• The active collection no longer changes unexpectedly when collections are added, reordered, or deleted.
• Fixed rare crashes when switching or deleting collections.
• Apps that have been moved or updated by the system now continue to launch reliably.
• Fixed icons occasionally jumping to a different position after being moved.
• Fixed the same app being added to a collection twice.
• Dragging from Finder now works consistently, even when the palette overlaps the Finder window.
The developer, Get Happy, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Get Happy, LLC
- Size
- 12.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 - Get Happy, LLC

