Install (or update) some great freeware in batch, with Milouz Market

I will admit: I was quite surprised at the appeal of appstores, which are obviously the way of the future. Users seem to like the notion of going to a single place to install and update apps, rather than hunting for each program on the net and installing updates on an ad-hoc basis.

Enter: Milouz Market, a free program for Windows which consists of a simple list of mostly freeware, covering some of the best titles in pretty much every category. Users can browse the list and silently install any of the titles on-the-spot. Milouz Market will also scan a PC to identify any available updates for already installed programs, and will let you update them on the spot singly or all together in batch.

A really nice program. The selections are very well thought of and include some of the best available titles. Note that the list, while mostly freeware, also includes some paid programs as well (e.g. Winrar). The author is open for feedback via email, so if you have any title you want added you could suggest it to him directly.

Milouz Market Screenshot

Note that the ‘silent setup’ option is selected by default, which is a very nice feature that can circumvent any crapware or bundled offers that you may otherwise face if installing a program yourself.

If you have tried any similar ‘app store’ or batch-updating programs, please give us some feedback and/or your opinion about this program in the comments section below.

Get Milouz Market here (Windows; 32 but and 64 bit versions available).


 
 
 
Samer Kurdi

Samer Kurdi

Has been reviewing software since 2006 when he started Freewaregenius.com
Samer Kurdi
January 15, 2013
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  • Raskol

    The whole update process is awesome. I wish that in the future most apps would be supported.

  • http://carbonize.co.uk Carbonize

    So this is a bit of a cross between Ninite.com and FileHippo.com? Ninite being a single installer to install multiple programs and FileHippo scanning your computer to inform you of updates.

  • Alan Rackham

    This is a great little program. I hope in the future that the program will support more applications and embrace portable applications.

  • http://www.portablefreeware.com Webfork

    You’ve highlighted a lot of uninstall programs that clean up after the sometimes partial uninstalls that come with freeware programs (e.g. Revo). The thing I’ve been waiting for with these “App Store” programs is some assurance that either they’re only selecting installers that clean up fully or they’re actively making additional changes to make up for it. How does Milouz stack up there?

  • Murdock01

    I use a program called Ketarin. It basically allows you to add entries to create your own little update/install source location. When you run the program is checks the web and downloads the updates to a location of your choice. Then you can batch install from there. And for me I mirror this to a USB drive so I can install to someone computer if I need a copy of say CCleaner instead of going to the web and downloading and……
    It supports scripting so, for example, you can have the program auto install an update after it downloads one.
    I love it. It supports filehipppo and regex matches for checking for versions of programs.

    • Samer Kurdi

      Thanks Murdock01. Ketarin looks like a great program. I am going to test it for sure.

  • http://www.paleografie.tk Cerberus

    Hmm sounds good, but is it better than Allmyapps? I haven’t used it in a while, but Allmyapps really had almost *all* the programs I use on my computer. Best application repository I have found so far (I dislike the word “app store”: it sounds very Apple-ish, and we don’t want a “store”: this is Freewaregenius!).

  • Drake

    Im downloading my Apps now with “DDownloads” (very big database) http://www.ddownloads.net/download/viewcategory/30-ddownloads and Updating it with “Secunia PSI” http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

  • jim

    .net dependency is a deal-killer for me. No good on fresh installs that dont have runtimes. will stick with ninite.com for now