[cmeisenzahl]

MacUpdate.com or VersionTracker.com?

Which do you prefer?


Chris

[ManOfSteal]

MacUpdate.com...

Hands down.

[Hi I'm Ben]

I like both.

[MountainMac]

Versiontracker, but not for any particular reason, just b/c it's what I've always used.

[jyunderwood]

I use macupdate because if I want to visit the developer's site you can without having to go through a few other steps.

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Versiontracker got so incredibly crappy 2 years ago when they started adding a second page to download something so I went to MacUpdate and like it 10x more.

[CharlesS]

MacUpdate, because of this handy feature: Search for anything by adding its name to the URL.

For example, to search for iTunes, you'd type this:

http://www.macupdate.com/itunes

[Big Mac]

Originally posted by CharlesS:
MacUpdate, because of this handy feature: Search for anything by adding its name to the URL.

For example, to search for iTunes, you'd type this:

http://www.macupdate.com/itunes

I have always used Version Tracker, but thank you for pointing out that handy feature.

[wataru]

As a developer, I've noticed that I get more downloads from VersionTracker than MacUpdate. VersionTracker has also been a bit more responsive to emails and product updates than MacUpdate. But purely from a user's standpoint, MacUpdate wins hands-down.

[- - e r i k - -]

I actually were quite happy with VT and even subscribed the last two years. However when my subscription ran out this year, MacUpdate did a re-designed layout that fixed most of my gripes with it. Finally I don't download that much software anymore, so I don't need to spend money subscribing for such a service.

[Millennium]

I used VersionTracker until they started adding all the extra steps to get to anything. I find MacUpdate's interface gets in the way much less often.

[Randman]

I preferred VT over MU but the last update kills the loading time. It is one of the slowest pages to load, even rivalling deviantart.

[IronPen]

Originally posted by CharlesS:
MacUpdate, because of this handy feature: Search for anything by adding its name to the URL.

For example, to search for iTunes, you'd type this:

http://www.macupdate.com/itunes

Better yet, install SafariStand. Then simply enter into the URL bar:

mu appName

I switched to MacUpdate about 2 or 3 years ago when VT inserted that extra downloads page. MU is cleaner and easy to use, IMO. I rarely visit VT, and that's usually just to read the product reviews.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by IronPen:
Better yet, install SafariStand. Then simply enter into the URL bar:

mu appName

I switched to MacUpdate about 2 or 3 years ago when VT inserted that extra downloads page. MU is cleaner and easy to use, IMO. I rarely visit VT, and that's usually just to read the product reviews.

I use Shiira for that.

Unfortunately, often times you may be away from your personal Mac and may be in a computer lab or somewhere else, and then you can't rely on the "mu" shortcut being set. You can rely on the URL trick, though.

[bewebste]

I use VersionTracker with my free VT Plus subscription I got through my .Mac membership. It lets you avoid the extra download page as well as get product update and review alerts through e-mail. I like being able to see the number of downloads for just the latest version along with the overall number of downloads, plus the whole history of versions and releases.