Freshen

Freshen brings Mac app update checks into one place. It reads each app's own update feed, the Mac App Store or the Homebrew catalog, shows release notes and explains when sources disagree or no answer is available. Your app list stays on your Mac; Freshen has no update database or server of its own.

For apps it can safely replace, Freshen verifies the download before installing it: the developer identity, code signature, macOS approval and the developer's update key when available. It keeps the old version in the Trash and asks before quitting and reopening an app.

Freshen cannot update every app directly. App Store apps open in the App Store, apps with a privileged updater open in that app, and package updates go to Installer. App Management permission is needed to replace other developers' apps; checking for updates works without it.

Skip a version, ignore an app or schedule daily or weekly checks with optional notifications. Release notes are displayed as text without scripts, images or tracking.

Requires macOS 26 or later. €9.99 once, every update included, up to 5 active Macs and a 30-day refund period. No subscription. Made by Federico Infelici as part of Quits.

The product page's demo is a browser simulation, not a downloadable trial. The supplied cover is official promotional artwork, not an app screenshot.