GUIDES
Desktop charms, pets
and Mac customisation.
Seven guides to this category, every product read from its own site and dated. Several recommend something other than Hangly, because that is sometimes the honest answer.
All guides
- The best desktop pets for Mac Twelve desktop pets for macOS compared on what matters: whether they roam, whether they interrupt you, and what they cost. Researched September 2026.
- The best Mac customization apps Eleven Mac customization apps across four jobs: menu bar, windows, input and appearance. What each costs, which are open source, and which pairs are redundant.
- Desktop Goose alternatives Twelve Desktop Goose alternatives, sorted by how much they interfere with your work — and why the macOS build is stalled at 0.22 with no mod support.
- Best Desktop Charm Apps for Mac Twelve desktop charm apps for Mac compared: Hangly, Lucky Dangle, Screen Dangle, Desk Dangle, Screen Charms, Book My Luck and more. Prices, platforms, free options.
- Best Menu Bar Customisation Apps for Mac What the macOS menu bar can be made to do — organising, monitoring and decorating. RunCat, Cat Fidget, Hangly and where each genuinely fits.
- Lucky Dangle Alternatives Free Lucky Dangle alternatives compared: Hangly, Screen Dangle, Desk Dangle, Screen Charms and more, on Mac and Windows. Prices checked October 2026.
- Screen Dangle Alternatives Alternatives to Screen Dangle — Hangly, Lucky Dangle, Charmly, Screen Charms and Drishti Dangle. Free options with ready-made charm collections.
- Charmly Alternatives Alternatives to Charmly for Mac and Windows — Hangly, Screen Dangle, Screen Charms, Lucky Dangle and Drishti Dangle. Free options and Windows support.
- Best Desktop Pets for Windows Free desktop pets and companions for Windows 10 and 11 compared: Desktop Goose, Shimeji, Pets Therapy, OpenPets, VPet, Bongo Cat, and calm charms.
- Best Desktop Charm Apps for Windows Desktop charm apps for Windows 10 and 11 compared: Hangly, Desk Dangle, Screen Dangle, Lucky Dangle, DangleJoy and Book My Luck. Free and paid.
- An Evil Eye Charm for Your Computer Hang an evil eye, the nazar boncuğu, from the top of your Mac or Windows screen. What the nazar means, and the free and paid apps that do it.
- Nimbu-Mirchi and Drishti Bommai on Your Desktop Hang a nimbu-mirchi or Drishti Bommai from the top of your laptop screen to ward off drishti. Free desktop charm apps for Mac and Windows.
Head-to-head comparisons
- Hangly vs Lucky Dangle
- Hangly vs Screen Dangle
- Hangly vs DangleJoy
- Hangly vs Charmly
- Hangly vs Shimeji
- Hangly vs Desktop Goose
- Hangly vs RunCat
- Hangly vs Dockling
- Hangly vs Screen Charms
- Hangly vs Desk Dangle
- Hangly vs Book My Luck
- Hangly vs Drishti Dangle
- Hangly vs DeskCharm
- Hangly vs OpenPets
- Hangly vs Cat Fidget
- Hangly vs Dockitty
- Hangly vs Googly Eyes
- Hangly vs Oneko