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by roger_ 60 days ago
Looks great but even $40 for a perpetual license with only two years of updates still seems excessive.

Taskbar, Uber, etc. cost less and have unlimited updates. How is this better?

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I've already used these apps and they did not serve my purpose well.

- I forced myself to use uBar but it has another level of jank that doesn't sit right with me - it is not reliable on a multi-monitor setup, there's no guarantee it'll work after waking up from sleep. If you maximize windows they will sit behind uBar sometimes - all of which boringBar does better and is more reliable at.

- Taskbar by Lawand is better than uBar but it has similar problems with multi-monitor support and wake from sleep. Apart from that their "start menu" app launcher is still in beta and you have to download a beta version from the developer's twitter page to actually use it. And obviously it's a subjective thing but the boringBar UI is a lot better - it integrates nicely with macOS.

Thank you for mentioning Taskbar (https://lawand.io/taskbar/). The multi Monitor bug was fixed in the recent macOS update, as it was a macos bug and not a taskbar bug. Also, the start menu update is almost done and will be out soon.
Thank you for mentioning my app (https://lawand.io/taskbar/). It is still free for the foreseeable future and once the paid version comes out it will be 25$ for a lifetime license, and I will not offer a subscription option