Traffic Counter

Traffic Counter is a lightweight Windows tool designed to keep an eye on your network connection and provide statistics concerning Internet traffic.

We've seen many similar programs on the market and in case you're an experienced user you're definitely expecting advanced tools and several configuration features.

Well, no, Traffic Counter is not that kind of app and it only struggles to attract rookies, offering a basic interface and very easy to control utilities.

And you shall notice this from the first run, as the main window is the one that holds all features, while also displaying the necessary information in an easy to read manner.

First of all, Traffic Counter shows the date since it started logging traffic information, along with the current download and upload rates. Plus, you can see the total upload and download statistics, while dedicated buttons let you see the daily or the monthly log.

Unfortunately, these last two features are nothing more than separate text documents hosting all the information, so instead of reading the stats in a dedicated screen within the app, you need to open Notepad or Wordpad.

There is also a dedicated configuration screen offered by Traffic Counter, but again nothing too complicated, as it comprises options to set up the monthly traffic limit for alerting and the start date in a month for counting traffic.

Traffic Counter is a very simple app that does a single thing, making everything very easy for rookies too. There's no help file included in the program, but chances are that you don't even need one thanks to its user friendly approach.