AppGeek

AppGeek updates everything installed on a Windows PC in a single pass. It reads the installed-programs registry and the Microsoft Store package list, matches what it finds against winget's repository, and shows you exactly which applications have a newer version available. You tick the ones you want and it runs them one after another — nothing ever installs itself.

It also carries a curated catalogue of 67 common applications — browsers, runtimes, media players, developer tools — so a fresh Windows install can be kitted out from one screen.

Because it runs installers with administrator rights, it is deliberately careful: it detects whether each application was installed per-user or machine-wide and pins winget to the same scope, so an update never strands the copy you already had. It never kills an installer that is mid-run, it refuses an uncertain package match rather than guessing, and it can take a system restore point before it starts. Security-relevant updates such as browsers, PDF readers and Java are flagged so they stand out.

Free, open source under GPL-3.0, no ads, no sign-up and no Pro tier — free at home and at work. Available as an installer or as a single portable executable.