# MeetingBar

> Free Mac menu bar app that shows and joins your next meeting

MeetingBar is a Mac menu bar app that shows the current or next meeting from your calendar and opens its video link in one click. It reads events from the macOS Calendar app or directly from Google Calendar, detects links for more than 50 meeting services, and can remind you with a notification or a full-screen alert. The app is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license, and is funded by optional donations.

- **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling
- **Made by:** Andrii Leitsius
- **Website:** https://meetingbar.app/
- **Runs on:** macOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

MeetingBar is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The whole app is free and open source. The Mac App Store lists optional patronage purchases of $2.99, $5.99 and $11.99 for 3, 6 and 12 months, and the project also takes Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee support.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MeetingBar | $0 | Every feature, installed from the Mac App Store, Homebrew or a DMG from GitHub. The in-app patronage purchases are optional. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meetingbar/id1532419400?mt=12 on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MeetingBar before buying.

## Mac App Store prices by country

"12-Month Optional Patronage", as each country's Mac App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $11.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £11.99 | about $15.85 (32% more) |
| Germany | 12,99 € | about $14.56 (21% more) |
| Canada | $14.99 | about $10.54 (12% less) |
| Australia | $19.99 | about $13.96 (16% more) |
| India | ₹ 1,199 | about $12.40 (about the same) |
| Brazil | R$ 79,90 | about $15.96 (33% more) |
| Mexico | $249.00 | about $13.68 (14% more) |
| Turkey | ₺599,99 | about $12.20 (about the same) |
| Indonesia | Rp 229ribu | about $12.81 (7% more) |
| Philippines | ₱ 799.00 | about $12.72 (6% more) |
| South Africa | R249.99 | about $15.12 (26% more) |

## Key features

- **Next meeting in the menu bar:** The status bar shows the current or next meeting with its title, time, countdown or service icon, and long titles can be shortened. The menu lists events from today and tomorrow.
- **Join in one click or keystroke:** Join the current or next online meeting from the menu or with a global keyboard shortcut. Links can open in a chosen browser or in the service's own app, set per service.
- **More than 50 meeting services:** Detects meeting links in calendar events for Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Discord, Jitsi, Slack Huddle, FaceTime and many others.
- **Notifications and full-screen reminders:** Sends macOS notifications ahead of meetings and can show a full-screen reminder when one starts. All-day, declined, tentative, pending or linkless events can be filtered out.
- **Create meetings and bookmarks:** Starts an ad-hoc meeting in your preferred meeting service, and keeps bookmarks for recurring meeting links so they can be opened quickly.
- **Shortcuts and AppleScript:** Works with Apple Shortcuts and AppleScript, and can run a custom script when you join a meeting, for example to pause music. Raycast script commands are available.

## Good for

- People with back-to-back video calls who want one click to join
- Mac users who need a visible countdown to the next meeting
- Teams that prefer free, open-source utilities with no data collection

## Worth knowing

- Mac only, and it requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- It is a meeting launcher more than a full calendar: the menu lists events from today and tomorrow only.
- Only two calendar sources are supported: the macOS Calendar app and a direct Google Calendar connection. Exchange and Office 365 go through Calendar.app.
- Development is community-supported through donations; there is no paid plan or paid support.

## Works with

Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Fantastical, Raycast

**Tags:** Calendar, Menu bar app, Open source

## Alternatives

- [Dato](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dato): Mac menu bar calendar with world clocks and meeting alerts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dato-vs-meetingbar)
- [Itsycal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/itsycal): Free, tiny menu bar calendar for the Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/itsycal-vs-meetingbar)
- [In Your Face](https://toolgpa.com/tools/in-your-face): Full-screen meeting reminders for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/in-your-face-vs-meetingbar)
- [Fantastical](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fantastical): Calendar and tasks app for Apple devices, Windows and Googlebook. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fantastical-vs-meetingbar)
- [Apple Calendar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apple-calendar): Free built-in calendar for iPhone, iPad, Mac and iCloud.com. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-calendar-vs-meetingbar)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://meetingbar.app/
- https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leits/MeetingBar/master/README.md
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meetingbar/id1532419400?mt=12

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