NetMuteTracker Shield — 1100+ trackers, silenced
Apps track you. The Mac firewall that hangs up.
A privacy firewall for your Mac. See what every app is doing — and block it in one click. All from your menu bar.
- macOS Native
- One-Time Purchase
- Local-first
- No Subscription
New Feature
Tracker Shield
Block 1100+ known trackers with a tap. Ads, analytics, fingerprinting, and social trackers — stopped at the network level before reaching your data.
- Trackers blocked
- 1100+
- Categories
- 4
- To activate
- 1 tap
One-Tap Protection
Turn on Tracker Shield and all known trackers are blocked system-wide. No configuration needed — it just works.
Enterprise Blocking
Block by company, not just by individual domains. If Facebook is blocked, all tracking subdomains are blocked too.
Smart Breakage Detection
Critical trackers that apps need to function are automatically allowed with a warning. Apps keep running, your privacy remains protected.
Features
All You Need for Network Control
Ten tools, one icon in your menu bar.
Per-App Firewall
Cut an app off from the internet with one switch — or let it through and block only the endpoints you don't want.
Quiet Mode
A third state next to off and ask: everything runs, every new connection is written down, and you decide the whole backlog later in one pass.
App X-Ray
Open any app and see who it talks to, how often, and how much it sends. Each one gets a privacy score.
Traffic Monitor
Watch what every app sends and receives, live, byte by byte.
Network Reports
Up to a year of traffic, by day, week and month. Stored on your Mac, exportable as CSV.
Network Profiles
A rule set for home, one for the office, one for hotel Wi-Fi. NetMute switches when the network does.
Focus Sync
Turn on a macOS Focus and Slack, Mail and the news apps lose the network with it.
Tracker Shield
One switch stops 1,100+ known trackers — ads, analytics, fingerprinting, social — before they ever leave your Mac.
Domain Tracking
Every domain your apps reach, named and counted. The ones you don't recognise are the point.
Hotspot Protection
Join a network you don't know and the strict profile takes over — before anything has a chance to reconnect.
Data Limits
Cap what an app may use per day or month. It gets cut off at the limit, not after it.
Rule Insights
Every domain rule carries its record — 412 hits, last one two hours ago. A rule list stops being a list of assumptions.
Rule Cleanup
Finds the rules that point nowhere: uninstalled apps, subdomain rules a parent already shadows. With a reason, and a button you press.
Smart Search
country:cn, host:doubleclick, company:google. Field terms in the normal search box — and everything without a colon still searches names.
Connection History
3 months, 6 months, 1 year or 2 years, one year by default. “What did January look like” finally has an answer.
Local-first
No account. No telemetry. Nothing leaves by default.
What NetMute learns about your Mac stays on your Mac — unless you switch on the anonymous community report yourself.
It all runs on your Mac
Every connection is analysed on-device. Your traffic is never uploaded: there is no cloud analysis and nothing to sync.
Nothing to sign up for
You never create an account, never sign in, and no profile of you exists anywhere. Nothing you do in the app is tied to an identity.
It doesn't phone home
No usage tracking, no telemetry, no crash-analytics SDK. A privacy tool that reported on you would be a joke.
Including the exceptions
Exactly one feature sends anything at all: an anonymous report of newly seen tracker domains. It is off until you turn it on, carries no account and no IP address, and never includes your traffic.
Running in two minutes
- 01
Install
Download it from the Mac App Store. There is no account to create.
- 02
Approve
Grant the network extension once. NetMute starts on sensible defaults, so there is nothing to configure unless you want to.
- 03
That's it
It sits in the menu bar. Click it when you want to see something — or stop it.
App X-Ray: See What Your Apps Are Really Doing
The most powerful app analysis tool for macOS.
Privacy Score
Each app receives a privacy score based on its network behavior. See at a glance which apps respect your privacy.
Tracker Detection
Automatically identifies known trackers, analytics services, and ad networks. Know exactly who is watching.
Smart Block
Powered by Tracker Shields curated database. Intelligent blocking of 1100+ trackers without affecting app functionality.
New in 2.1
See where your apps send your data.
A real, offline world map — built right into NetMute. Plus redesigned reports and readable service names. Available now.
Offline world map
Every country your apps reach, shaded by data volume. 100% on-device — no location, no third-party SDK.
Redesigned reports
Today, this week, this month. Sent and received split — per app, per domain, per network.
Readable App X-Ray
googlevideo.com → “YouTube”. Real service names with country flag, ↑/↓ data and hit count.
Protected Wherever You Go
At home or on the go — NetMute keeps your Mac secure.
Hotel Wi-Fi
Automatically enable strict rules in hotel networks. Block background data and protect sensitive apps.
Airport & Cafés
Public Wi-Fi is a security risk. NetMute blocks your connections and warns of suspicious activity.
Mobile Hotspot
Tethering with your phone? Set data limits per app to conserve your mobile data volume.
Traveling Abroad
Different countries, different rules. Create location-specific profiles to stay protected everywhere.
Pricing
Free to start. $12.99 once to unlock everything.
NetMute is free to download and genuinely useful on day one. Pro is a single in-app purchase — no subscription, no account, all future updates included.
Free
$0
Free on the Mac App Store
- Per-app firewall — cut any app off the internet
- Live traffic monitor, byte by byte
- Tracker Shield — the 50 most active trackers
- 5 domain blocks of your own
- This week's traffic
NetMute Pro
$12.99
One-time in-app purchase, unlocked inside the app
Everything in Free, plus
- Full Tracker Shield — 300+ domains instead of 50
- App X-Ray with a privacy score per app
- Privacy dashboard
- Reports across months, CSV export
- Per-app data limits
- Your own network profiles, switching automatically
- Schedules and Wi-Fi automation
- Unlimited domain blocks
One-time purchase · no subscription · no account · all updates included · Family Sharing not supported · US price shown; the App Store charges your local price
Frequently Asked Questions
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