app2date is a simple yet powerful java-based tool to help you keep your applications up-to-date. app2date reads web pages for you and notifies you when specific parts (for example, the last update date or version number) change.

With app2date you can:

• Check multiple web sites at the same time
• Be notified when software that doesn't have an auto-update feature is updated

Interested?

• Download (free for use on personal computers)
• Purchase a license to use app2date on commercial computers

How does app2date work?

• app2date reads web pages containing version or release number information
• app2date extracts the text from the web page
• app2date applies a series of matching rules (regular expressions) to determine the version number
• app2date compares the version number with the previous version number to check for differences