Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Shareware, Freeware, Beta
UpdateStar keeps your software up to date
by Brad Linder Oct 10th 2007 at 2:00PM
While we like File Hippo Update Checker and AppSnap, UpdateStar might just take the blue ribbon when it comes to freeware software updaters. UpdateStar won't automatically download and install software like AppSnap, but it makes up for that deficiency by offering a huge library of programs. It catches all sorts of installed and updateable software that the other programs miss.
UpdateStar will automatically scan your PC and search for any of 8000 applications. When it detects those programs on your computer it will check to see if newer versions are available. When you click on an application you get a brief description and a link to download the newer version.
Odds are you'll still have a few applications on your PC that UpdateStar will miss, including any application that didn't have an installer file. But of the update checkers we've tried, UpdateStar appears to be the most powerful.
[via gHacks]
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Chris Moroz said 6:34PM on 10-10-2007
Thanks for the reviews! I've been wanting these services since years ago when McAfee killed of Oil Change.
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Kat2 said 5:32PM on 10-10-2007
I just ran all 3 side by side. FileHippo found 6 possible updates and 4 more beta updates. I don't like the interface of AppSnap, which found 5 updates. UpdateStar found zero. I don't know if it just doesn't like Vista or what. I'll stick with FileHippo.
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radito anoran said 8:09AM on 12-19-2007
good shareware
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