Just as you are using feed reader to keep you updated with the latest content of your favourite blogs, thus saving your precious time from the need to frequently drop by your favourite blogs just to check for new blog post. The same principle applies when you are updating your installed software on your computer. You certainly don’t have the time to check every single installed software to see if your software’s outdated on the Internet. Therefore, you need these time-saving software update checker to make your life easier. Here I am highlighting 4 such applications that scan your computer for the latest software updates.
1. FileHippo Update Checker
This Update Checker will scan installed software on your computer and check with FileHippo’s server for newer software releases. A list of updates for those outdated software on your computer will be displayed in your web browser for you to download.
Download FileHippo Update Checker Now | 149KB
2. Update Star
Update Star lets you stay up-to-date by automatically scan your computer for newer software releases from more than 80,000 software products in its database. Update Star covers all of your software from freeware to shareware and commercial software products.
Download Update Star Now | 4.0 MB
3. AppSnap
AppSnap automatically scans your computer to figure out the software you’ve already installed. It then compares your software version with the latest version and decides if your software is out of date. What’s so cool about AppSnap is that you can upgrade multiple software at once by checking the corresponding boxes and click the “upgrade” button at the right sidebar. You can also check out the list of not installed software from the drop-down menu to look for any other cool software that might interest you.
Download AppSnap Now | 5.19 MB
4. RadarSync
RadarSync scans your computer not just for software updates, but also check for newer driver releases. RadarSync will highlight a list of software that require update after the scan. You can upgrade all your installed software and drivers to the newest version by clicking the “Downlods all items” button.
Download RadarSync Now | 1.48 MB
So which one do you pick?
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May 29th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Nice collection of apps Steve! I use the first one frequently to keep my system and app updated all the time.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I use FileHippo and love it. I had used others before, but didn’t like them as much because they didn’t find as many updates as FileHippo.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
nice ,
i didn’t thought to use any , coz EVERY software has it’s built-in update checker and it’s always running .
i think if i use a certain software each day i’ll notice the popup saying that there is update for it
yet i’ll see one of these freewares , and what can they do ..
thanks
May 29th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I use radarsync for my driver updates. It used to just list the updates and you had to find the download links yourself, but now it gives you the links for free, so i’m happy.
May 31st, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Syahid , Aseem Kishore > Filehippo is nice, but I prefer radarsync cos I can update my windows drivers as well.
ameo > Ya, almost every software has built-in update checker, but not all software I use it frequently. So this software update checker is an essential tool for me.
Atin > we are on the same boat!
May 31st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
true .. but if some software you don’t use frequently ..
why updating it then
May 31st, 2008 at 10:41 pm
ameo > why we want to update the software to its newest version in the first place? One of the reason is to protect our computer from any security vulnerability. Anyway, you have your good reason not to use these software update checker as long as the software is updated somehow.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am
true and i can’t agree with you more .
it’s just that i’m an OLD-SCHOOL -[ doesn't mean that i'm old dude
]- i don’t do updates unless the current application fails , or i needed something in the next release ,
but if i’m happy with the current old version so why upgrading !
for example ,, i kept using winamp 2.6 till version 5.0 came out
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
I use FileHippo. The older, less fancy (yet secure) version has a small size and doesn’t write to my hard drive, so it is perfect for putting on a flash drive and taking with me when I need to update friends’ computers.
There are some programs that get missed by FileHippo, but that is easily remedied by utilizing the manual update in various programs.