Best Night Crew alternatives for Mac
Night Crew is a paid app in Developer tools, Menu bar and Utilities. We found 24 Mac apps that cover the same ground. Of those, 4 are completely free, 4 are free to start and 4 are open source. Amphetamine leads on overlap and community votes, followed by Bartender and Lungo.
The app you want to replace
Night Crew
Keep your Mac awake for AI agents, lid closed
$12 · Developer tools, Menu bar and Utilities
24 alternatives to Night Crew
How we picked: every app here shares at least one category with Night Crew. Apps that also share features rank higher, and community upvotes break ties. Price and licence never buy a better spot. How we rank apps
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Bartender
Organize your menu bar icons
106PaidMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- One-time purchase
- 3
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Transmit 5
File transfer for servers and cloud storage
84SubscriptionDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- 5
Pure Paste
Paste plain text by default
63$4.00Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- One-time purchase
- 6
Stats
Free system monitor for the menu bar
43FreeMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Free
- Open source
- 7
Dropover
Floating shelves for drag and drop
39Free + in-appMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Free to start
- 8
Maccy
Lightweight clipboard manager
29$9.99Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Open source
- One-time purchase
- 9
Cyberduck
Open-source browser for servers and cloud storage
28$23.99Developer tools- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- Open source
- One-time purchase
- 10
iStat Menus
Detailed system stats in your menu bar
23$11.99Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- One-time purchase
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MonitorControl
Brightness keys for external displays
10FreeMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Free
- Open source
- 13
Automater Lite
Menu bar app for your AI coding agents, sessions and limits
0Free, optional paid PROMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Free to start
- 14New
Brink
Turn your trackpad's edges into volume and brightness
0FreeMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- Free
- 15New
EdgeBar
Volume and brightness sliders on your trackpad edges
0$9Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- 16New
RefreshYourMac
A Mac cleaner that identifies what is safe to delete
0$24.99, or $14.99/yrDeveloper tools- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- 17New
Screen Mirror and Control
Use your iPhone or iPad with your mac, speakers & keyboard.
0$4.99Developer tools- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- Free to start
- 18New
ScreenFit
Readable screen shares in Zoom, Teams, Meet and Webex
0$4.99Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- 19New
Snaggy
Save any tab with ⌘D. On-device AI files it for you.
0from $9Menu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- 20
SoundBuddy
Input Lock, keyboard sounds and Bluetooth controls for Mac
0PaidMenu bar- Also in Menu bar
- Also in Utilities
- 21
- 22New
xFTP
The native FTP, SFTP & SSH client for macOS
0$19.99Developer tools- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- 23New
Zipic
Save Space, Keep Quality
0$29.99Design & photo- Also in Developer tools
- Also in Utilities
- Free to start
- 24Featured
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best alternative to Night Crew on Mac?
- Amphetamine is our top pick. It shares Menu bar and Utilities with Night Crew and has 148 upvotes from the community. Bartender and Lungo are close behind.
- What is the best free alternative to Night Crew on Mac?
- Amphetamine is the best-ranked free alternative to Night Crew. 4 of the alternatives listed here are completely free.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Night Crew?
- Yes. 4 alternatives are open source, including Stats, Maccy and Cyberduck.
- How many alternatives to Night Crew are there for Mac?
- Mac App Index lists 24 apps that share a category with Night Crew: 4 completely free, 4 free to start and 4 open source.