Track and control network usage on your Mac
Drippy is a network monitor and firewall for Mac. It shows live speeds in your menu bar, records how much data each app uses by day and by network, and blocks the apps you don't want online.
Broom
Bucky
This is Drippy. Click around the sidebar, hover the bars, or open it from the menu bar.
For capped and shared connections
On tethering, hotel Wi-Fi or a capped plan, you need to know what is using the connection and stop what shouldn't. macOS doesn't keep a record of how much data each app used, and its firewall only filters incoming connections.
What Activity Monitor doesn't record
Live in the menu bar
Download and upload speeds at a glance. Click for a two-minute graph and totals since startup.
Usage by day and by app
See which app used your data today, this week or this month, on each network you use.
Data plan alerts
Set your cap, the day it resets and free hours. Drippy warns you before you go over.
Where each app connects
Each app's page lists the domains it talks to, how much it sent to each, and who runs them.
A firewall that knows your data plan
No popups by default. Drippy watches quietly and notifies you about a new app or an upload spike, with Block buttons in the notification.
Block apps and domains
Turn an app or a domain off with its switch, for good or for an hour.
Rules that follow your plan
Block an app only on your hotspot, outside free hours, after 1 GB a day, or once the plan is 90% used.
Ask before new apps connect
Optional. Apps Drippy hasn't seen wait until you click Allow or Deny.
Blocklists
Turn on ad, tracker and malware lists, or add any hosts file. They refresh daily.
Keeps an eye on the connection
Outages and speed tests
Pings your host, runs scheduled speed tests, and tells you when the connection drops or your public IP changes.
Each network on its own
Home Wi-Fi, the office and your phone's hotspot are counted separately. Mark a network as metered and speed tests skip it.
How Drippy compares
| Drippy | Activity Monitor | TripMode | Little Snitch | LuLu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage history by app | Day, week, month | Since startup | Session to month | Per connection | — |
| Usage by network | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Data cap alerts | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Block apps and domains | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rules by network, plan or usage | ✓ | — | By network | By profile | — |
| Live speeds in the menu bar | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
Full comparisons: Activity Monitor, TripMode, Little Snitch, LuLu, Radio Silence, iStat Menus, Stats.
Pricing
Drippy also comes in a bundle with Broom and Bucky.
Drippy
$14.99 USD / year
- Live speeds in the menu bar
- History by day, week and month
- Usage by app and by network
- Data plan alerts and speed tests
- Firewall with rules and blocklists
All three appsBest value
$49.97 $29.99 USD / year
- Everything in Drippy
- Broom, the disk space cleaner
- Bucky, the download manager
Cancel anytime. All three apps are also $89 as a one-time purchase.
- Download DrippyOpen it and it starts recording. No account.
- Get a keyPay through Stripe. Your key arrives by email and on the page you land on.
- Paste it into DrippyGo to Settings › License.
Questions
How do I activate it?
After you pay, your key shows on screen and arrives by email. Open Drippy, go to Settings › License, and paste it in.
Can Drippy block apps?
Yes. The Firewall room blocks apps and domains, with rules that can depend on the network, your plan and today's usage. Blocking needs macOS 13 or later and a one-time approval in System Settings.
What happens to blocking if Drippy quits?
Your rules keep working, including after a restart. If Drippy isn't running, Ask mode lets new apps through instead of holding them.
How accurate is usage by app?
Close. Per-app numbers won't always add up exactly to the day's total.
How many Macs does one key cover?
One Mac at a time. To move it, deactivate it in Drippy's Settings on the old Mac, then enter it on the new one. Get a key for each Mac you use at the same time.
Does it send my data anywhere?
No. Usage and rules stay on your Mac. Drippy goes online only for speed tests, your public IP, blocklist updates and to check your license.
Which Macs does it run on?
macOS 11 or later. The firewall needs macOS 13 or later.
I lost my key or the download link.
Your key email has a link to a page that shows your key again, and the download is always on this page.