Comparison

uBar Alternative

A uBar alternative only earns the name if it does what uBar did, a dock on every Mac screen, without swapping your native Dock for a Windows-style taskbar.

ExtraDock does the same job without the trade. You keep the native Dock and add as many more as you want, on any screen, every one looking and behaving like the Mac.

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Two different approaches

uBar

A Taskbar on Your Mac

uBar recreates the Windows taskbar experience on macOS: a bar of running apps, window switching and grouping, and a panel that runs along the screen edge.

It's served thousands of Mac users since 2014. macOS has changed a lot since then, and uBar still works much the way it always has.

Since 2021, uBar has been in maintenance mode, the occasional fix for a new macOS release, but no real new development.

uBar running on macOS: a Windows-style taskbar of apps along the screen edge with the uBar menu open

New era

A native alternative

ExtraDock stays with the Mac aesthetic, and it's tackling the same problem uBar did, a dock on every screen.

The difference is how. uBar replaces your Dock with a Windows-style taskbar; ExtraDock keeps the real one and mirrors it onto every screen, or lets you add custom docks of your own.

Put a dock on every screen

ExtraDock placing a native macOS dock on every screen across multiple monitors

Customization

Personalize the Look, Keep the Feel

No two docks have to look alike. Each one has its own colors, effects, borders, opacity, and icons.

Swap app icons, tint a dock to match your wallpaper, or give every project its own look. All of it stays within the macOS aesthetic.

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uBar vs ExtraDock at a glance

We pulled uBar's capabilities from its own feature list, so the table reflects what both apps actually do.

Capability	ExtraDock	uBar
Actively developed	Yes	No
A dock on every screen	Yes	Yes
Native macOS dock look	Yes	No
Works alongside the native Dock	Yes	No
Multiple docks on one screen	Yes	No
Place a dock anywhere on screen	Yes	No
Window grouping	No	Yes
Dock widgets	Yes	Partial
Custom icons per dock	Yes	No
Pricing	€9.99+	$30

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ExtraBar brings custom actions to your menu bar.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about ExtraDock.

ExtraDock gives you multiple lightweight docks that you can pin anywhere across your screens. Use it as an add-on to your native Dock, or go all-in and replace it entirely — it's up to you.

Yes. ExtraDock works independently of the native Dock, so you can use both side by side or hide the native Dock and let ExtraDock take over. It's designed to fit however you work.

ExtraDock supports macOS 12 and later, including macOS 26 Tahoe.

Yes. ExtraDock has a setting that ensures resized and maximized windows respect your docks and won't cover them.

Yes. You can choose from a variety of both visual and behavioral customizations — colors, effects, opacity, borders, custom app icons, as well as auto hide/show, hide on full screen, and more.

Partially. macOS does not provide a way to read badges for Apple apps such as Mail and Messages, so those cannot be shown. Third-party apps like Slack and WhatsApp work as expected.

Yes, with limitations. ExtraDock docks can be attached to a specific screen, so they appear when that screen connects and hide when it disconnects. This relies on macOS identifying each display consistently. DisplayLink monitors and displays connected through docking stations or daisy chains can behave inconsistently, especially after sleep or replugging, which can affect screen recognition.

Live Dock mirrors your native macOS Dock on any screen, either your full Dock or just running apps. Dock Awareness shows only the apps running in your current Space and updates as you switch. Both update dynamically.

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