Giveaway of the Day
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| OS | Windows Only Software |
| Genre | Free Software Download Site |
| Website | http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ |
Giveaway of the Day (Abbreviated GAOTD on the website) is a website that gives away a piece of licensed PC (Windows) software for free every day. The site was launched on 24th October 2006. The site allows software developers to post their software to be given away on a specific day. Software can only be downloaded on this specific day because of included protection software that checks the website and activates it on the day of the giveaway.
The site now runs in several different languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and Russian.
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[edit] Previous Titles and charge on Giveaway of the Day
Titles on Giveaway of the Day include screen-savers, system tools, shell replacements, video and photo editing tools, Office add-ons and others. These software offered by Giveawayoftheday are free and need to pay for the software/program if it is not download via Giveawayoftheday.
[edit] User Criticism
There have been a lot of criticism lately, mostly about giving away screensavers, other simple programs, which are widely available as freeware or even open source. Lately, the games and software have been receiving poor user ratings because of their low quality, simplicity, bundling with adware, or otherwise. It seems as though for now the game giveaway of the day is doing better than the giveaway of the day. On the other hand, the site is free, so critics are welcome to simply avoid going there.
You can only install and register the programs before midnight -- after that you cannot reinstall. This makes it more like trialware. On the plus side, browsing through their giveaways can lead to discoveries of freeware by using product names as keywords in search engines.
[edit] Game Giveaway Of The Day
On the 8th December 2006 a new site was launched, Game Giveaway of the Day, which gives away games each day.
