Free vs. Premium

Little Snitch Mini comes in two versions: The free viewer version delivers restricted insight into your Mac's network activity and can be used for as long as you like, and the premium version without any limitations and additional control and filtering functionality. In form of a comparison table:

FEATURE	FREE	PREMIUM
Connection history	5 minutes	one year
Blocking of unwanted connections	no	yes
Filtering of connections by country or region	no	yes

Little Snitch Mini vs. Little Snitch

All products in the Little Snitch product family help you protect your privacy, enhance your security and analyse your Mac's network activity. Little Snitch, the Swiss Army Knife for experts, is packed with dozens of features, and is aimed at both enthusiasts and experts. Little Snitch Mini, on the other hand, has been designed with beginners in mind, removing the burden of learning complicated networking terms, while focusing on simplicity and unobtrusive operation.

These are the main differences between the two products:

FEATURE	LITTLE SNITCH MINI	LITTLE SNITCH
See which app connects to which server	yes	yes
Blocking of unwanted connections	yes	yes
Separate rule set for every user account	no	yes
Temporary rules	no	yes
Rules based on server names and domains	yes	yes
Rules based on IP addresses, ports and protocols	no	yes
Alerts for new connections	no	yes
Multiple rule sets (profiles)	no	yes
Analysis of past connections	yes	yes
Analysis of past data volumes	yes	yes
Support for blocklists	yes, with suggestions	yes
See server locations on a map	yes	yes
Spatial resolution of server locations	country/region	city
Integration of Internet Access Policy	yes	yes
Identity checks of app (code signature)	no	yes
Support for mass deployment	no	yes