Comparison

Superdock vs uBar

By Mahad Kazmi, developer of Superdock. Updated 3 September 2026.

Short answer. uBar is the long-running Windows-taskbar-for-Mac: window buttons, grouping, badges, per-monitor bars, positionable on any edge. Choose Superdock if you want the Mac to still look like a Mac.

uBar is the long-running Windows-taskbar-for-Mac: window buttons, grouping, badges, per-monitor bars, positionable on any edge. Superdock keeps Apple's Dock look and adds the taskbar behaviours that matter, per-profile Chrome tiles first among them.

Side by side

	Superdock	uBar
Approach	Replaces the Dock with a pixel-matched copy of Apple's	Replaces the Dock with a Windows-style taskbar (or a dock mode)
Price	Dock free; Chrome profile icons $7.99 once (up to 5 Macs)	$30 Personal (2 Macs), $50 Commercial, one-time
One Dock icon per Chrome profile	Yes, one icon per profile in one Chrome process	No, groups by app
Window previews on hover	Yes	Yes
Alt-Tab window switcher	Yes, Option-Tab or Command-Tab	Not stated on its site
Dock on every display	Yes, a dock on every display, per-display running apps	Yes, a bar per screen or mirrored
Looks like Apple's Dock	Yes, measured against Apple's Dock on macOS 26	No, a taskbar by design
Clickable dock ends	Yes, Show Desktop / Mission Control / Stage Manager	No
Minimum macOS	macOS 14	macOS 10.13
Open source	No (closed source, notarized)	Not stated on its site

We make Superdock. Facts about uBar come from its own website as read on 3 September 2026; "not stated" means the page did not say. Tell us at hello@superdock.app if something is out of date.

Choose uBar if

You want a taskbar, not a Dock: one button per window, rows of buttons, CPU and RAM on hover, and you do not mind that it looks nothing like macOS.

Choose Superdock if

You want the Mac to still look like a Mac. Superdock is pixel-matched to Apple's Dock, gives each Chrome profile its own tile without a second Chrome, and the dock itself is free; uBar is $30.

Try both

Superdock is free to download and the Chrome profile icons are free for 14 days. Run one dock at a time: two apps watching windows at once can freeze the desktop.

Frequently asked questions

Does uBar separate Chrome profiles?

Its site describes grouping by app; it does not describe per-profile grouping. Chrome profiles share one process, so a taskbar that groups by app shows one Chrome.

Which is cheaper?

Superdock's dock is free and the profile feature is $7.99 once for five Macs. uBar Personal is $30 for two Macs.

Download free The dock is free. Chrome profile icons: 14 days free, then $7.99 once. macOS 14 or later.