Network dashboard vs privacy firewall
Seeing your traffic is useful; controlling it is the point. NetMute is built for blocking and privacy first: per-app firewall rules, automatic tracker blocking, a privacy score per app, data limits and network profiles — control at the per-app level by default.
Feature differences in detail
NetMute is built around controlling outgoing connections, blocking 1100+ known trackers, and giving each app a privacy score. The visuals are deliberately simple; the control plane is deep — per-app rules, domain-level monitoring and automatic network profiles.
Price comparison
NetMute is free to download from the Mac App Store. Premium unlocks via a single one-time in-app purchase — no subscription, no recurring charge, updates included. For the core privacy-firewall use case, you pay once and keep it.