Too many menu items for a mobile tab bar

For my mobile app, ideally, I'd fit 6 top-level buttons into the navigation tab bar:

  • Overview
  • Tracking
  • Jobs
  • Notifications
  • Search
  • Menu ("hamburger")
    • Profile
    • Log out
    • Settings
    • App info
    • etc.

This is just one too many to fit in and still be usable, but none of the top level items seem suitable for transferring into the hamburger, nor can I coalesce two into one. They're "all important". (lol)

Do I just have to make a hard decision? Or are there other ways to shoehorn too many items into a mobile tab bar?

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