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CLUSTER BAR-BATTERY-MENU · 39 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-16

macOS power monitoring utilities

This cluster comprises macOS menu bar apps and preference panes that monitor and control power flow, battery state, charging behavior, and connected energy or smart devices such as solar inverters, chargers, and smart lights. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from — it predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leaders are Charker (7 stars), MiBar (6 stars), and BatteryWatt (1 star).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 25OCT 2026: 10
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 19 hobby · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01DuoBar169★11 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu-bar utility that displays battery level with charging state, Wi-Fi connection, and Bluetooth status in a single compact indicator.
  2. 02Charker18★18 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS app that connects over Bluetooth to an Anker charger to monitor and control its charging behavior.
  3. 03Hisingen20★22 days—hobbyMenu bar application that shows battery charge, range, charging speed, climate, and diagnostic data for electric vehicles and allows remote control.
  4. 04cellkeep7★11 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that limits MacBook battery charge, displays live power draw, and tracks long-term battery health.
  5. 05solis-tools2★20 days—hobbyTerminal and menu bar app that displays solar inverter performance at home.
  6. 06szElectricityMeter2★21 days—hobbyMac menu bar app that tracks household electricity usage, shows remaining tier allowances and daily trends, and estimates monthly budgets for Shenzhen residents.
  7. 07Fluxa-Mac1★today—hobbyMac menu-bar app that displays live power draw, charging status, and battery levels for connected devices.
  8. 08chargesense1★18 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that shows the battery level of a PlayStation DualSense controller and uses the controller's lights as a charge indicator.
  9. 09darkcharge1★7 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that turns off the MagSafe charging light on MacBooks whenever the screen is dark or dimmed, or always.
  10. 10phone-battery1★14 days—hobbymacOS app that displays an Android phone's battery status in the menu bar, on the desktop, and as a widget using Bluetooth.
  11. 11BatteryWatt1★1 molivehobbyMenu bar utility that displays real-time battery charging and discharging power consumption in watts for MacBooks.
  12. 12duolet4★27 days—ai-builthobbymacOS menu-bar app that displays battery charge and active network type at a glance, with an optional desktop widget.
  13. 13BattCycle1★22 days—hobbymacOS utility that accelerates battery cycling on Apple Silicon MacBooks through scheduled high-load stress tests to measure power and thermal responses.
  14. 14Drawstate2★1 mo—hobbyA macOS menu bar utility that shows live power and battery telemetry to help users monitor system energy.
  15. 15state0★9 days—hobbymacOS menu-bar app that monitors battery power, temperature, health, and charging status and lets users adjust charging limits.
  16. 16Dynamo0★today—hobbyMenu bar app for Apple Silicon Macs that limits battery charge, tracks battery health, and monitors energy usage.
  17. 17claude-meter0★12 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that displays AI assistant usage as a battery-style percentage for session and weekly windows, with alerts at set thresholds.
  18. 18VoltGuard0★24 dayslivehand-codedmacOS menu-bar utility that monitors battery levels and sends configurable alerts for low and high charge states.
  19. 19BatteryControl0★20 days—hobbymacOS utility that sets and holds custom battery charge limits on Apple Silicon Macs.
  20. 20MenuPower0★20 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that monitors battery status and power consumption with a real-time display in the menu bar.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.