Uptick alternatives for the Mac menu bar

Uptick is a tidy menu bar ticker, but its free version tracks 3 symbols and real-time prices are for U.S. stocks only. If you need more symbols without a subscription, international markets or crypto, these are the alternatives.

Facts checked on from each app's US Mac App Store listing.

1. StockDock

Simone Ruggiero (open source, MIT) · Free on GitHub and Homebrew

Unlimited symbols, portfolios and alerts, free

No symbol limit and no Pro tier: watchlist, multiple portfolios with P&L, price alerts and portfolio notifications are all free. Stocks, ETFs, indices, crypto and forex from any exchange Yahoo Finance covers, searchable by symbol, name or ISIN.

Price
Free, open source (MIT). No paid tier, no subscription.
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2. StockMonitor: Stock Ticker

l13r apps UG (haftungsbeschränkt) · Not enough ratings on the US Mac App Store to show an average

A minimalist ticker with a lifetime option

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.

Price
Free download; in-app purchases listed: Pro $1.99, Pro $19.99, Lifetime $24.99, Lifetime $49.99.
Mac App Store listing →

3. Stox – Menu Bar Stocks

昊 吴 (open source, GPL-3.0) · Not enough ratings on the US Mac App Store to show an average

Free and open source, for Asian markets

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.

Price
Free, no in-app purchases listed. Open source under GPL-3.0.
Good to know
Per the listing, quotes come from Tencent Finance and Sina Finance; Hong Kong quotes are delayed by about 15 minutes and others may be delayed too.
Mac App Store listing →

4. Stock Ticker

Almost Good Enough ApS · Not enough ratings on the US Mac App Store to show an average

Free, with all tickers visible at once

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.

Price
Free, no in-app purchases listed.
Good to know
The listing says it is not a real-time ticker (quotes update every 60 seconds) and not a portfolio manager.
Mac App Store listing →

5. Stock Menu Bar

菁晶 王 · Not enough ratings on the US Mac App Store to show an average

A one-time purchase with a scrolling ticker

Stocks, forex, futures and funds in the menu bar. Select several and they scroll, with adjustable font, scrolling speed, width and spacing.

Price
$4.99 paid app, no in-app purchases listed.
Mac App Store listing →

How to choose

Uptick remains a good choice for mutual funds and for older Macs (it supports macOS 10.14). If the 3-symbol limit is the issue, StockDock, Stox and Stock Ticker have no limit listed. If you want to pay once instead of subscribing, Stock Menu Bar is a paid app and StockMonitor lists lifetime purchases.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to Uptick Pro?

StockDock is free with no Pro tier: unlimited symbols, alerts and portfolios with P&L. Stox is also free and open source.

Does StockDock support mutual funds like Uptick?

StockDock tracks anything with a Yahoo Finance symbol, which includes many funds, but Uptick lists mutual funds as a supported type explicitly.

Which alternative works on older versions of macOS?

Uptick requires macOS 10.14 and Stock Menu Bar macOS 11. StockDock needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later; Stox and Stock Ticker need macOS 13.

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