The best Pie Menu alternatives for Mac

Last updated November 1, 2026

Pie Menu opens a ring of shortcuts around your pointer, with a different menu for each app. It's $39.99 once or $19.99 a year. If you want a radial menu for your Mac that costs less or does something different, here are the main alternatives. We make Helix, so weigh that pick accordingly.

At a glance

	What goes in the ring	Price
Pie Menu	Other apps' shortcuts, one menu per app	$39.99 once or $19.99 a year
Radial	Apps, shortcuts, snippets, scripts and macros	€19.99 once, up to 5 Macs
Radiant	Apps, URLs, keystrokes, macros and windows, in radial or list menus	$19 once
Loop	Window positions only	Free, open source
Helix	16 built-in tools: apps, music, clipboard, notes, AI and more	$4.99₹399 once (early bird, $9.99₹899 regularly)

Radial

A radial menu and automation tool from AppVerge in Denmark. Its menus can open apps, files and links, press keyboard shortcuts, insert text snippets, and run AppleScript or shell scripts, with submenus and menus that change with the app in front. €19.99 once for up to 5 Macs, with a 7-day trial. Needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later.

Radiant

Organizes shortcuts into radial menus of eight slots, or into list menus. Actions cover launching apps, opening URLs, sending keystrokes, running macros, managing windows and opening submenus, and it can open with a mouse button. $19 once, with a 30-day trial.

Loop

A free, open-source window manager: hold its trigger key and move your pointer in a direction to move and resize the front window. It's a radial menu for windows only, not a general launcher.

Helix

Where the others trigger what your apps already do, Helix brings its own tools. Hold ⌥Space and the ring opens your pinned apps, shows the song and playback while Spotify or Apple Music plays, and has clipboard history, notes, timers, screenshots and Ask AI. A tool's options fan out on an outer ring, like Clock's timer, stopwatch, Pomodoro and alarm.

It's the same in every app with nothing to set up, but you can't add your own shortcuts or scripts. $4.99₹399 once.

Prices are from each app's website in November 2026 and can differ by region.

Questions

What is Pie Menu?

A radial menu for Mac by Marius Hauken that puts other apps' keyboard shortcuts in a ring, with a different menu for each app. It's $39.99 once or $19.99 a year on the Mac App Store, or part of Setapp.

What's the cheapest Pie Menu alternative?

Loop is free and open source, but it only arranges windows. Of the general radial menus here, Helix is $4.99 once, Radiant is $19 once and Radial is €19.99 once.

Which one can run scripts?

Radial can run AppleScript and shell scripts and chain actions into macros. Radiant can run macros and send keystrokes. Helix comes with its own tools instead.

Which ones have a free trial?

Radiant has 30 days, and Pie Menu and Radial have 7. Loop is free. Helix doesn't have a trial yet.

Helix is a one-time purchase for macOS 14 or later, with 16 tools in one ring. See how it works.

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