TripMode3.0.1

Name: TripMode
Price: 15.00 $
Rating: 1 (3 reviews)

20 November 2020

Stop updates and other background processes from consuming data.

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Overview

TripMode automatically reduces your mobile data consumption when you use a mobile hotspot

Block Unwanted Traffic:

Only apps that you’ve selected are allowed to access the Internet when TripMode is ON. The rest is blocked.

Save Data Automatically:

TripMode activates itself on networks where you used it before. No need to fiddle in menus.

Track Your Data Usage:

See how much data was used per app and per session, day, or month. Spot the data hungry apps.

What's new in TripMode

Version 3.0.1:

Note: TripMode 3 works only for the upcoming macOS Big Sur. If you run on Catalina or earlier, please download TripMode 2.

The new Live Monitor allows TripMode 3 users to oversee the traffic of all apps in real-time, making it easy to identify excessive or unexpected data transfers. The TripMode 3 window can be detached from the menu bar and moved around, it is the perfect companion in day-to-day use.
The all-new App Inspector adds privacy insights, by revealing any data transfer activity from or to 3rd party servers, helping users block apps that interact with suspicious domains.
Historical Reports, available when TripMode is turned off, allows users to instantly check how much data was used in total and per app in the past.
Advanced users can now also allow all newly detected apps to access the Internet, making TripMode 3 much more flexible for users who just need to block a few apps, and allow all the rest.
TripMode 3 is fully taking advantage of the speed, efficiency and design of Apple’s newest Big Sur capabilities, including Network Extensions, SwiftUI, and a revised design, powering TripMode’s popular Profiles, Traffic limits, Scheduler, Hotspot auto-detection, and more.

24 Reviews of TripMode

This is very useful on holidays, when I got my own mifi. No more costs because of an update that costs data. Like this app :)

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I really liked the app - but after buying it only a few weeks ago! This app now requires me to REPURCHASE it for twice the price after upgrading to Big Sur.

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why is the new Version 3 not listed on macupdate now? why are lower priced upgrades from version 2 to version 3 on the Developer-site not eligible, if the version 2 was bought here on macupdate?

Great and powerful menu bar app. The app's profiles feature is incredibly helpful, as I can set specific limits for each network type that I use. The app is unobtrusive and feels like it belongs on the Mac. Excellent price too! Thanks!

Pretty much zero setup for the common use case of tethering off a smartphone - nearly as easy for more complex needs. Highly recommended.

Jimw

10 February 2018

Version: 2.1.1

The App price is $8

Jad-Morffier

14 December 2017

Version: 2.1.0

Use it when I'm hot spotting on my smartphone and when on a cruise ship where the online data plans are ridiculous .

It works, but I had an issue when I selected the Settings (I'm running El Capitan). I contacted support, including the crash log, and 32 hours later they shipped me some code to test! The new code has fixed my my issue. I'm giving 5 stars as the product works and support is great — a great little utility, well done!

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Very impressive response from developer. I experienced crashing after the initial purchase. There was a very quick response from the developer with a correction for the problem. Now it seems to do what I need to monitor & control network traffic while travelling. Possibly a five star once I've had more time to use it on the road.

Dominikhoffmann

17 November 2017

I have had the issue that with it turned on TripMode failed to pass along iMessages through Messages, even though I had “Messages & FaceTime” checked. Something must have been buggy.

A handy app for those that travel with their mac - even if you don't it helps take back some control of your network traffic

My only complaint is that it took the developer a long time to reply to an inquiry regarding licensing. That let me to leave a less-than-stellar review. I did purchase this software. The licensing is good for three computers, which is great. The software itself is excellent. When I am tethered to my data plan (outside of my WiFi network), I can block data-hungry programs from downloading. The software is easy to set up. You are given choices of what programs are allowed to access data and which are not. One only needs to to turn TripMode on or off when needed, I would highly recommend TripMode for anyone that needs a means of blocking programs from eating up precious data when outside your home network.

This is an excellent app that works as advertised. A free trial is provided so that you can try the software before buying. The purchase price is quite reasonable. I have already purchased licenses for myself and for another person in my household. This makes it easy to avoid draining our data when we are on a metered connection. (While it is possible to configure Little Snitch to achieve similar results, TripMode provides a much easier and, I would say, superior solution.)

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njronbo-1

01 October 2017

Version: 2.0.3

Need licensing information

Njronbo

29 September 2017

First, there is no customer support for anyone that has a simple question about the app. You need to pay for the app first before anyone in their support department will even speak to you. What is not clear about this software is whether a single license purchase would be good for all personal computers in a single household (meaning more than one).

BryanatMU

01 May 2017

Version: 1.0.7

A couple times a month I will connect my Mac via my cellular phone. My hotspot provides great upload and download speeds, which means I can quickly send/receive massive amounts of data through my limited plan. Tripmode has saved me on a number of occasions by stopping a number of background processes from using the hotspot while still allowing me to easily get my work done. Well worth the price of the app as it has saved me huge in potential "overage charges" from my cellular carrier.

Dan-D

26 February 2016

Version: 1.0.5

Is TripMode El Capitan compatible? Can the required Kext-File be installed with activated SIP?

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