If you want to see a price without opening a browser tab, a menu bar ticker is the lightest way to do it. These are the stock ticker apps for macOS worth a look in 2026, what each one costs and who it suits.
Facts checked on from each app's US Mac App Store listing.
For a free ticker that also tracks your portfolio P&L
Any Yahoo Finance symbol (stocks, ETFs, indices, crypto, forex) with live prices, pre-market and after-hours. The menu bar can cycle through your watchlist or show portfolio P&L, total value or your best and worst mover. Free and open source, no account.
For a small US watchlist with a polished Pro upgrade
Stocks, ETFs, mutual funds and market indices in the menu bar, rotating through your watchlist. Free tracks up to 3 symbols; Pro adds up to 100 symbols, minute-by-minute updates, alerts and positions.
For a minimalist ticker from the Mac App Store
A minimalist menu bar stock tracker: a compact view of your stocks and their change since the previous close, plus holdings to see the current value of your investments.
For China A-shares and Hong Kong stocks
Quotes in the menu bar for China A-shares, Hong Kong and US stocks, indices, ETFs, funds, futures, metals and FX, with charts, holdings, dividends, alerts and iCloud sync across your Macs.
For several tickers visible at the same time, for free
Tickers from NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, Euronext, TSX, indexes and forex in the menu bar, with 8 ways of presenting them. All the stocks you pick are shown at the same time.
For a scrolling ticker you pay for once
Stocks, forex, futures and funds in the menu bar. Select several and they scroll, with adjustable font, scrolling speed, width and spacing.
Start from what you want to see in the menu bar. One price at a time, cycling: StockDock, Uptick or Stox. Several prices side by side or scrolling: Stock Ticker or Stock Menu Bar. Your portfolio's profit and loss: StockDock or Stox show it without a paid tier. Then check the market you follow: Uptick's real-time prices are US-only, Stox is built around Chinese and Hong Kong markets, StockDock covers anything with a Yahoo Finance symbol. If you only install apps from the Mac App Store, StockDock is not there: it comes from GitHub or Homebrew.
No. Apple's Stocks app opens in its own window and has no menu bar ticker, so you need a third-party app such as StockDock, Uptick or Stock Ticker.
StockDock and Stox are free and open source with no paid tier. Stock Ticker is free with no in-app purchases listed. Uptick and StockMonitor are free to download with paid Pro upgrades.
It depends on the app and the market. StockDock streams Yahoo Finance prices over a WebSocket; Stock Ticker updates every 60 seconds; Uptick's real-time prices are for U.S. stocks only; Stox notes Hong Kong quotes are delayed by about 15 minutes.
Yes. StockDock shows your portfolio P&L, daily P&L or total value right in the menu bar, Stox can show your day's profit, and Uptick Pro and StockMonitor let you enter holdings.
StockDock