Update Scanner Alternatives

Apps similar to Update Scanner include Huginn, which is free and open source. Other options are Distill Web Monitor, Visualping, WebSite-Watcher and Web Alert. You're spoiled for choice with Website Monitoring Tools like Update Scanner: we list more than 25 alternatives for the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Linux.

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  1. urlwatch icon
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    urlwatch is intended to help you watch changes in webpages and get notified (via e-mail, in your terminal or through various third party services) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what has changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. WatchThatPage icon
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    WatchThatPage is a free service to monitor web pages and extract new information from them. Changes are sent in a daily email.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. PageMonitor.io is a powerful web monitoring service that enables users to track changes to web pages and receive notifications when changes are made. The service allows users to easily set up monitoring tasks for specific web pages by selecting areas to watch for changes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Monitors a number of web pages and tracks changes based on the content of the web pages. Allows to monitor several protocols, including HTTP and HTTPS. Allows to view and record differences.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. ChangeMon.Com icon
     12 likes

    Automatically monitor any web page for changes and get notifications via email when the desired change occurs. This service is completely free and no signups required.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. WebWatch icon
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    WebWatch monitors the webpages you care about and alerts you when meaningful content changes. It is designed for job boards, event announcements, price pages, blogs, local businesses, and other pages you would rather monitor than repeatedly check.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7.  9 likes

    The easiest way to create an RSS feed from a web page. You do not need any skill. Just input the address of a page, choose a suitable version from proposed and you will get a feed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. changed.online is a website monitoring tool. It can monitor static web pages and RSS feeds. Alerts about changes can be sent by email, Slack, or Telegram.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. Sites Watcher checks web pages that interest you for changes. When changes are found, Sites Watcher will show you current page version with highlighted updates.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. A Web-to-RSS parser in Common Lisp. This software was written because a disappointing number of websites still does not have an RSS or Atom feed so you could subscribe to their updates. The script tries to find new articles on any website according to given criteria (CSS...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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