VersionTracker

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VersionTracker

URL	http://www.versiontracker.com/
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	software update tracker
Registration	Optional

VersionTracker.com is a website that tracks software releases. It started out originally as a Mac OS software tracker, eventually expanding into Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Palm OS. VersionTracker does not host any of the files, it merely links to them. VersionTracker also offers a product called VersionTracker Pro that checks software versions on a user's computer and then queries its database to see if any updates are available. This feature is available only to paid subscribers. Browsing and searching the database is free. VersionTracker does not host the majority of the software listed, only in special agreements with the developers.

An independent alternative to VersionTracker Pro for Windows only is SUMo (Software Update Monitor) which is similar but not directly affiliated to a single source.

It competes against driver/program update sniffers DriverAgent.com, RadarSync, PC Pitstop, driverguide.com, drivershq.com, and to some degree with Download.com, Softpedia, Tucows, and other file download sites, as well as MacUpdate for Macintosh software updates.

GnomeFiles and Freshmeat are similar sites that cater to the open source and Linux communities, although most software for these platforms is automatically kept up to date by a package management system.

In August 2007, VersionTracker and sister sites MacFixIt and iPhone Atlas became CNET sites. ^[1]. CNET's Download.com promotes Version Tracker heavily on its website, through ads and following file downloads, although without specifically referencing its ownership of CNET.