Updatewright for Mac: every app update in one place, plus a new-Mac moving checklist
by Kevin Fitzgerald
$9.99
Updatewright is Windows Update for your Mac apps: every app in /Applications in one list, each checked where its updates really come from (the app's own Sparkle feed, Homebrew, GitHub releases or the App Store). A menu bar badge shows how many are waiting. MacUpdater closed on January 1, 2026; this fills the gap.
One list of every app with its source, installed and latest version, release notes and critical-update flags
Update All That Are Safe: the Sparkle and Homebrew updates handed off one at a time to something you can watch (the app's own updater, one Terminal window you start). Nothing installs silently
Skip a version or hold an app with a note; History records what changed and when
Daily check in the menu bar and an optional weekly summary notification
Moving day for your next Mac: an inventory of every app and where its settings live, Copy Settings to a drive with a manifest, New Mac Check on the new Mac, and a Restore Checklist you can export as Markdown or PDF
Free trial
Every feature free for 7 days from the first time you open it. Then a license key keeps checking, Update All That Are Safe, Copy Settings and New Mac Check working; your last list, History, holds, Inventory and checklist always stay open.
What you get
The app as a signed, Apple-notarized .dmg (download right after purchase)
A license key that works on up to 3 of your Macs (your old Mac and your new one); paste it into Updatewright's License page
Free updates from inside the app
Requirements and privacy
macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon or Intel. Updatewright reads your apps' Info.plist files on your Mac and never installs anything by itself. It asks only each app's own update feed, Apple's App Store lookup, GitHub's public releases and Homebrew on your Mac, plus its own license check with Gumroad and update checks at fitztoppicks.com. No account, no tracking; your list of apps is never sent anywhere. Licence keys and Keychain items are never read or exported.
Support: fitztoppicks.com/mac/updatewright