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Freshen

Find the apps that need an update.

SystemmacOS 26 or later

$4.99 plus tax, once. Every update included. Launch price until 9 November. Then $9.99.

Try it here

A simulation in your browser. Nothing to install.

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What it does

Freshen checks your apps, shows what changed, and updates the ones it can safely replace. It reads each app's own update feed, the Mac App Store or the Homebrew catalog, without a database or server of its own. Every download is verified before anything is replaced. When sources disagree or there is no answer, Freshen tells you why.

Straight from the source

Each app's own update feed, the Mac App Store, or the Homebrew catalog. Your app list stays on your Mac.

Verified before replacing

Same developer, intact signature, approved by macOS, and the developer's update key when there is one.

The previous version kept

The old version goes to the Trash. An open app is quit and reopened only if you agree.

Release notes, safely

Drawn as text, with no scripts, images or tracking.

Your choice

Skip a version, ignore an app, check daily or weekly, with an optional notification.

The right updater

App Store apps open in the App Store. Apps with their own privileged updater open in that app, and package updates go to Installer.

Privacy and permissions

App Management

To replace apps made by other developers. macOS asks the first time; checking for updates works without it.

Notifications (optional)

To tell you when a scheduled check finds updates.

No tracking

No analytics: what you do on your Mac stays on your Mac. The app contacts us only for its License and updates.

What you get

From the House Rules, the same for every app.

  • Pay once. Never a subscription.

    No renewals, and no reminder to cancel in time.

  • The app you buy is yours for good.

    It checks its License offline, so it keeps working even if our server doesn't.

  • One license, 5 active Macs.

    A Mac counts while you use it. One you stop using drops off by itself after 90 days.

  • 30 days to change your mind, full refund.

    No questions asked.

  • Every update is free, forever.

    No paid upgrades. An app that changes purpose is a new app, with a new license.

  • No ads, no tracking, nothing sold, in the apps.

    The app contains no analytics.

Sample receipt

Freshen$4.99

Subscriptionnone

Updatesfree

Next renewalnever

Paid in full. We're quits.

Information

Made by
Federico Infelici, in Arezzo, Italy
Category
System
Requires
macOS 26 or later
Price
$4.99 plus tax, once
Support
In English or Italian

Questions

All questions
Can I try an app before buying it?

Every app page has a Demo that runs in your browser, so you can see how the app works before you buy. There's no trial to download: the 30-day refund covers the rest.

How many Macs can I use an app on?

Up to 5 active Macs at a time. A Mac is active when the app has been opened on it and has checked in with us in the last 90 days.

There's nothing to deactivate: a Mac you stop using drops out of the count on its own after 90 days. Each app's About window shows how many Macs are active.

Does the app need the internet?

Only once, to activate: the app opens your browser, you sign in, and you're sent back to the app, activated. After that it works offline.

When it's online, it checks its License at most once a day. If you're offline for months, or our servers are down, the app keeps working.

Are updates free?

Yes, all of them, forever. Every update we release for an app you own is free: no paid upgrades, no "version 2" to buy again. Updates arrive inside the app.

If we ever turn an app into something with a different purpose, that's a new app, and the one you have stays yours.

What if an app isn't for me?

You have 30 days from purchase for a full refund, no questions asked. That's longer than the 14 days EU law gives for online purchases. In your Account, choose Refund next to the app under Your orders. Can't sign in? Write to support@getquits.app with the email you paid with and your order number.

We ask Stripe for the refund at once, and the app stays active until Stripe confirms it. Then Link confirms the refund by email and the money goes back to the payment method you used. You can refund a whole order or single apps.

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