FuzzyBar
The time, in words
Only for Mac
$0.99
Mac
A menubar clock that says "twenty to nine" instead of 8:38. Click it for the exact time and a calendar. That's the whole app.
FuzzyBar tells the time the way you'd say it out loud. Instead of 8:38, your menubar reads "twenty to nine". Click it for the exact time, today's date, and a month calendar with week numbers.
Pick a personality in Preferences: plain spoken English, Shakespeare, German, Mission Control, Eldritch, or Latin. Every one of them tells the same time, just with more character.
FuzzyBar is small on purpose.
• Time in words in the menubar, updated only when the phrase changes
• Exact time, full date, and a month calendar one click away
• Nine personalities
• Start at login, through the system Login Items list
• No Dock icon, no network, no analytics, no account
• Native on Apple silicon and Intel, a few hundred lines of Swift, no dependencies
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Open source under the MIT license.
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FuzzyBar 1.1
• Your own personalities. Write the words yourself in a plain text file and import it: Save as Template gives you a starting point to edit in TextEdit.
• Special times. Pick a minute, daily or once a year, and choose what the menubar says then. "pi o'clock" at 3:14, anyone?
• Sunrise and sunset in the popover, worked out from your time zone. No location access needed.
• Vague, a new personality for when "evening" is precise enough.
• And at midnight on New Year's Eve, FuzzyBar has something to say.
• Preferences now opens in the middle of the screen instead of under the menubar.
The developer, Gregory M Koch, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Gregory M Koch
- Size
- 1.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Gregory M Koch

