BarTunes Alternatives
BarTunes is described as 'allows you to control iTunes from your Mac's menu bar' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BarTunes for Mac and Spotify. The best alternative is Tune•Instructor, which is free. Other great apps like BarTunes are Bowtie, NepTunes, CoverSutra and SpotMenu.
Tune•Instructor expands your iTunes with a multitude of useful features.
Bowtie is a desktop accessory that allows you to see and control your music (iTunes, Spotify, Sonora, or Rdio) with customizable shortcuts, advanced Last.fm support, and hundreds of beautiful themes available to download for free.
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.5, released in March 2012, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
CoverSutra gives you a handy and attractive way to control iTunes without ever leaving your current app.
Discontinued
The web site for this app and developer just loads a logo. The app can't be found in the Mac App Store. Others have reported it is abandoned.
SpotMenu is a combination of TrayPlay and Statusfy written almost entirely in swift.
No screenshots yetMuzzy is a tiny and gorgeous iTunes companion that lives on your Menu Bar.
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available, but has been archived by Internet Archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20160127170340/http://muzzyapp.com/). The software can still be downloaded from the Mac App Store.
Significator for iTunes is a simple application to easily control iTunes right from your Menu-Bar.
Simplify is the simplest way to control your music.
Meet your music's sidekick, Skip Tunes. A simple Mac OS X application which allows you to easily control iTunes, Spotify, and Rdio from your Menu Bar.
Play/Pause and Next/Previous functions for Spotify directly on your Menu Bar!.