SUMo also known as Software Update Monitor is a free application by KC Softwares that automatically checks for updates of the softwares and applications installed on your computer. This way you can keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite softwares. It is a boon for computer users who want to keep their systems always updated. This new version of SUMo is very much customizable with a number of features such as it will track the updates to only those softwares you want. You can also select whether you want to check for beta updates or not. This version also has 15+ language translations so that you can use this software in the language you are most comfortable with. You can also use it right from the taskbar, whenever you minimize it, an icon wll be displayed in the taskbar, you can access it from there, it is as simple as that. On first startup SUMo automatically check for the installed softwares in your computer & saves them in it's database, so there is no need to add softwares manually. With such a nice feature set, it is a must download software.
Comments (3)
At first did not like it, since it took so long to scan thru all my programs etc on start up, then figured out how to go through and tried to uncheck certain programs from scan. Wish it had better options to do this like option to only scan my video or audio programs, or PC utility programs only.
After a going through and adding many programs to the ignore list, SUMo does load and scan faster now, but I wish it was much faster still and gave more custom scan options.
Some addtl feedback issues had:
**Even when selected Ignore my Microsoft files- SUMo still pulls up a bunch of the same old broken or missing files in scan, cannot find an option to overlook or ignore these files.
**Found many major and minor program updates shown in SUMo, are just not accurate or valid.
Overall, still a nice little program, that I hope they keep improving!
I really tested many of them, also Software Informer.
But SUMo is much better!
Pros:
+ You can add folders to scan so SUMo detects also portable applications (that are not installed)
+ SUMo detects installed versions better than other update manager
+ New versions are added very quickly to the SUMo database (in Software Informer some reported updates took weeks until they were offered)
+ SUMo does not steal your user-data (the SUMo server never know what software a specific user has installed)
+ Very quick and very friendly support