Privacy, security & networking
Firewalls, network monitors, encryption and password tools. Read the caveats here more carefully than anywhere else.
| Licence type | App | Price | Licence | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1Blocker1Blocker LLC | $39.99 | Lifetime tier | Lifetime lasts as long as the company keeps shipping blocklist updates | |
| CharlesXK72 Ltd (Karl von Randow) | $50 | Paid upgrades | The next major version costs 40% of what you paid; your licence stops before it | |
 CryptomatorSkymatic GmbH | Free | Open source | Free on the desktop only — the iOS app is a separate €29.99 purchase | |
 EnpassEnpass Technologies Private Limited | $99.99 | Lifetime tier | The lifetime tier is only reliably buyable as an App Store in-app purchase | |
 KeePassXCKeePassXC Team | Free | Open source | No sync of its own, and the iOS app is a separate paid purchase from someone else | |
 Little SnitchObjective Development Software GmbH | €59 | This version | Major versions are a paid upgrade unless your licence was bought after 1 January 2024 | |
 LuLuObjective-See Foundation | Free | Open source | No commercial support, and rule handling is rougher than the paid alternatives | |
 Micro SnitchObjective Development Software GmbH | $3.99 | Perpetual | It reports that the mic or camera turned on — it cannot block anything | |
| Radio SilenceRadio Silence | $9 | Perpetual | No upgrade policy is stated, so treat the $9 as buying the version shipping today | |
 SecretsOuter Corner, Unipessoal LDA | $59.99 | Paid upgrades | Editing and Sharing unlock separately; both together is $79.99, not $59.99 | |
 StrongboxPhoebe Code Limited | $124.99 | Lifetime tier | Lifetime costs five years of the yearly plan before it starts paying off | |
 VeraCryptIDRIX / VeraCrypt project | Free | Open source | Needs macFUSE, a system extension that can lag weeks behind a new macOS release | |
 Wipr 2Kaylee Calderolla | $4.99 | Perpetual | Blocking outside Safari needs the separate, recurring Filtr subscription |