Kilobat vs Wifilicious · November 2026
A Wifilicious alternative for Mac.
Wifilicious is a menu-bar Wi-Fi analyzer: signal, noise, link rate, Wi-Fi standard and security, a Wi-Fi speed test, signal history, and on macOS 26, answers about your connection from Apple Intelligence. Here is how Kilobat compares.
Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat- Free forever
- Pro $29 once
- 14-day refunds
- macOS 14+
- Open-source CLI
Side by side
| Job | Wifilicious | Kilobat |
|---|---|---|
| Signal, noise and link rate | ✓ Menu bar and dashboard | ✓ Wi-Fi menu and Health |
| Wi-Fi standard, security, TX power | ✓ | ✓ Health and wifi status |
| Signal history | ✓ Local trends across hours, days and a month | ✓ The last 1,440 checks, about a day |
| Find a better spot and channel | — | ✓ Pro radar, nearby networks and channel advice |
| Speed test | ✓ About 9 MB down, 5 MB up | ✓ Free, up to 80 MB, with call and streaming verdicts |
| Ask about your connection | Apple Intelligence, on the Mac | MCP server and agent skills for your own AI agent |
| Router, internet and DNS diagnosis | Latency and DNS timing | ✓ Pro, names the part that fails |
| Live traffic by app and blocking | — | ✓ |
Which should you choose?
Choose Wifilicious if
- You want a small, inexpensive Wi-Fi readout with every radio detail one click away.
Choose Kilobat if
- You want to know why the connection is slow and which app is using it, not only how strong the signal is.
Pricing
Wifilicious: $4.99 once on the Mac App Store, or via Setapp, as listed on 2 November 2026. Kilobat: free, with Pro for $29 once.
Get your network out of the dark.
Download for Mac ↓
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat