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Tuck vs MacScapes

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Tuck compared with MacScapes
DetailTuck logo TuckMacScapes logo MacScapes
What it doesFree menu bar manager for macOS that hides rarely-used icons and reveals them on demand Live wallpaper for Mac, drawn as it plays in any of 48 palettes, with widgets, folder icons and sound to match.
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingCore app is free. Tuck Pro planned one-time price: $12 USD (not yet on sale) Free: 7 scenes and 11 palettes, 6 built-in vibes, clock/date/day widgets, 2 schedule rules, 8 folder icon patterns, 30 frames per second. MacScapes Pro: $9.99 launch price (24 of 25 left), then $19.99 once for up to 3 Macs. Includes all 42 scenes, 9 Living Stills, all 48 palettes, video backgrounds,
Key features
  • Hide and show menu bar icons with click, hover, scroll or hotkey
  • Keyboard search to find and jump to menu bar items
  • Tuck Bar for icons hidden by the notch on MacBooks
  • Visible, Hidden and Always-Hidden sections for organizing icons
  • Appearance customization with tint, gradient, shadow and border
  • Simple Mode for essential settings only
  • Hotkeys to toggle sections and control reveal gestures
  • Zen mode to hide all sections and lock reveal gestures
  • Support for 20 languages
  • Pro features planned: Profiles, triggers, automation, folders and per-display layouts
  • 42 GPU-rendered animated scenes in 6 categories plus 9 Living Stills
  • 48 color palettes with palette creator and palette-from-photo
  • 14 desktop widgets (clock, calendar, weather, moon, timer, focus timer, countdown, year, battery, world clock, season, note, system, day)
  • Vibes bundle a scene, palette, widgets and ambient sound saved together
  • Schedule changes by time of day, sunrise/sunset, or battery status
  • 10 ambient sounds (rain, ocean, fire, night, forest, café, wind, stream, brown noise, pink noise)
  • 70 folder icon patterns plus patterns cut from any scene
  • Lock screen synchronization with current scene
  • Photo and video backgrounds with motion options
What makes it different
  • Free and open source under GPL-3.0 with no account or tracking required
  • Tuck Bar recovers icons hidden by the notch on MacBooks
  • Derived from and credits Thaw and Ice open source projects
  • Drawn live on GPU rather than playing video loops, so scenes recolor instantly and the whole app is only 26 MB with all scenes included
  • Everything on your desktop—wallpaper, widgets, folder icons and sound—matched and saved together as vibes
  • Optimized for battery life with automatic frame rate and resolution reduction when unplugged
  • No account, no tracking, no ads, with anonymous usage counts you can turn off
  • Runs in Apple's App Sandbox with minimal system permissions
Community votes01
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)2 +1 (up) since last check11 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)20
Citation Flow (Majestic)190
Referring domains (Majestic)120

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