When comparing NameChanger vs Bartender, the Slant community recommends Bartender for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for macOS?” Bartender is ranked 13th while NameChanger is ranked 76th.
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Pros
Pro Free
Available free of charge.
Pro Allows easily batch renaming files
For anyone who's ever needed to re-sequence or rename a list of items in a folder, it can take a long time to hit "Enter", type your new file name, "Enter","Arrow Down", "Enter", Type, "Enter", "Arrow Down", "Enter", Type, smash you head against the keyboard.
Name changer allows you to batch rename those files in one step. Options include replacing the first, last or every occurrence of user defined text, removing text, append or prepend text, searching with wildcards, sequencing and even has support for inserting dates. It shows you a preview of the new file names before committing any changes.
Pro Cleans up the menubar so it's less cluttered
Pro Great customisation options for the menu bar
Pro Lean and efficient
Does what it is supposed to do efficiently.
Cons
Con Expensive
$15 for download or $7.50 for upgrade if you have Bartender 1.