The menu bar tells you what’s next
Title, time and — when it matters — a countdown. Long titles are shortened, back-to-back days grouped into Today and Tomorrow. Nothing to open, nothing to check.
For MacLives in the menu bar$0.99 once
Your next meeting. One click away.
MeetingMenu sits in your Mac’s menu bar and shows what’s next — and how soon. Press⌃⌥J or click the reminder, and you’re in the call. No account, no cloud, nothing leaves your Mac.
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Ready for macOS 27 Golden Gate
How it works
Three steps. Then you forget it’s there.
No windows, no dock icon, no dashboard. MeetingMenu is a line of text in the menu bar that turns into a meeting when you need it to.
- 1
Allow calendar access
MeetingMenu reads the calendars already on your Mac — iCloud, Google, Exchange, whatever Calendar knows about. No new sign-in, no sync to set up.
- 2
Glance at the menu bar
The title shows your next meeting and when it starts. In the last 30 minutes it counts down; during the call it shows how long is left.
- 3
Press ⌃⌥J
Or click the menu, or click the reminder that arrives two minutes before. The link opens in the right app, and you are in.
Features
Small app. Every detail that matters.
Built for people who have too many meetings to think about the next one.
One shortcut, from any app
⌃⌥J joins the meeting that is up next, wherever you are — in Xcode, in Mail, in the middle of a document. The same shortcut sits at the top of the menu, so you will never forget it.
Reminders you can click
A notification 2 minutes before every meeting, with a Join button right on it. Set the lead time from 0 to 60 minutes, and ask for a second nudge when the meeting actually starts.
Finds the link, wherever it hides
In the URL field, the location or somewhere in the notes — MeetingMenu looks everywhere, unwraps Outlook Safe Links, and prefers a real meeting service over a stray link.
Hands off to the next meeting
In the last ten minutes of a call, the menu bar can already show the one after it — so on back-to-back days you are never a click behind.
Only the meetings you want
Choose which calendars count. Hide all-day events, declined or tentative invites, things you have not answered yet, or events without a link. Include tomorrow, or don’t.
- Copy the meeting link
- Open the event in Calendar
- Start a new Meet, Zoom or Teams call from the menu
- Open at login
- Hide the calendar icon, keep the text
- Shorten titles after 10–80 characters
- Countdown in the last 30 minutes
- Native Swift — no Electron, no web view
Services
Sixteen services. Plus any other link.
MeetingMenu recognises the services below by their link. Anything else with a web address in the invitation opens as a plain link — so the meeting your client’s IT department picked still works.
- Google Meet
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Webex
- FaceTime
- Slack Huddles
- Discord
- Jitsi
- Whereby
- GoTo Meeting
- RingCentral
- Skype
- BlueJeans
- LiveKit
- StreamYard
- Tuple
- …and any other link
Works with every calendar account on your Mac — iCloud, Google, Microsoft 365, Exchange, CalDAV.
Privacy
Nothing leaves your Mac.
MeetingMenu doesn’t have a server, an account or a tracker. It reads your calendar the way Apple’s own apps do — on your Mac, for you, and nobody else.
- No network access. The app itself never connects to the internet — not for analytics, not for updates, not for anything. Joining opens the link in your browser or meeting app.
- Calendar: read, never write. Events are read through macOS with your permission. MeetingMenu never creates, edits or deletes anything.
- No account, no sign-in. Buy it once in the App Store and it just works.
Pricing
Less than a coffee. Yours forever.
$0.99
one-time purchase on the Mac App Store
Local pricing may vary slightly by country.
- Every feature, every service, every calendar
- Shortcut, reminders, filters, hand-off
- No subscription, no in-app purchases
- Free updates
- macOS 14 Sonoma to macOS 27 Golden Gate · Apple Silicon & Intel
Menu bar meeting apps for the Mac usually cost between $5 and $15, or come with a subscription attached. MeetingMenu does one job, does it well, and stays out of your way — for 99 cents.
FAQ
Good questions.
Which calendars does it work with?
Every calendar your Mac already knows: iCloud, Google, Microsoft 365 and Exchange, Outlook.com, Fastmail, any CalDAV account. If an event shows up in Apple’s Calendar app, MeetingMenu sees it too. You can switch individual calendars off in Preferences.
Which meeting services are supported?
Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, FaceTime, Slack Huddles, Discord, Jitsi, Whereby, GoTo Meeting, RingCentral, Skype, BlueJeans, LiveKit, StreamYard, Tuple — and any other web link in an invitation. A known service is always preferred over a generic link.
Does it open Zoom in the app or in the browser?
MeetingMenu hands the link to macOS, exactly as if you had clicked it in Calendar. Zoom, Teams and FaceTime links open in their apps when those are installed; Google Meet and the rest open in your default browser.
Why does it ask for calendar access?
That is the only way an app can read events on macOS. MeetingMenu asks once, reads events for today (and optionally tomorrow), and never writes to your calendar. You can revoke the permission at any time in System Settings.
Does it need an account or an internet connection?
No. There is no account, no server and no sync of its own. The app only needs the internet at the moment you join a meeting — and then it is your browser or your meeting app that connects, not MeetingMenu.
Can I change the shortcut?
Not in this version — ⌃⌥J is fixed. If it collides with something else you use, you can switch it off in Preferences and join from the menu or the reminder instead.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later — including macOS 27 Golden Gate. Apple Silicon or Intel.
Is there really no subscription?
Really. $0.99 on the Mac App Store, once, and the app is yours. No in-app purchases, no account, no trial timer.
Is there a Windows or iPhone version?
No — MeetingMenu is a Mac app, built with native macOS frameworks. The menu bar is the whole point.
Never hunt for a meeting link again.
Install it, allow calendar access, and let the menu bar do the remembering. ⌃⌥J does the rest.
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