Buy Software & Apps SUMo v5.8.12 A Full Review of SUMo, a Free Software Updater Share Pin Email Print SUMo v5.4. Software & Apps Backup & Utilities Browsers & Internet Video & Audio Social Networking News & Reference Antivirus & Security Email & Messaging Windows Only Mac Only iOS Only Android Only View More by Tim Fisher Tim Fisher has 30+ years' professional technology support experience. He writes troubleshooting content and is the General Manager of Lifewire. Updated February 06, 2019 24 24 people found this article helpful SUMo (Software Update Monitor) is a great free software updater with lots of useful features. Unfortunately, instead of actually updating your software for you, or even providing you with download links, SUMo just tells you which programs are outdated. Download SUMo [Softpedia.com | Download & Install Tips] This review is of SUMo version 5.8.12, which was released on February 5, 2019. Please let me know if there's a newer version I need to review. On the download page, choose DOWNLOAD NOW from the left side and then pick the blue External Mirror link, not any of the red ones. More About SUMo Works in all recent versions of Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XPDisplays every program installed to your computer, but separates the up-to-date programs, ones that require minor updates, and ones that require major updates using an icon to the left of each programAn update can be skipped for one day, one week, one month, or forever so you will no longer see that it requires an update (they can be restored from the Tools menu)If you're not sure what one of the detected programs is, you can right-click on it for options, where you can then open it and/or view its installed locationAn alternate folder can be added to SUMo to be scanned for outdated software, which is useful if you have portable software on another hard drive; you can also check for updates by dragging and dropping an EXE file into the programThe results of a scan can be exported to a spreadsheet or text file SUMo Pros & Cons SUMo has some major disadvantages, but it's also really great at finding nearly all of your outdated software. Pros: Detects lots of programsEasy to use and readShows version numbers for updatesCan check for beta updatesNew SUMo versions come out oftenPortable version is available Cons: Doesn't take you directly to the download page (in the free version)Searching for outdated software can be slow if you have lots of programsDoesn't check for updates on a schedule Thoughts on SUMo I like using SUMo because it finds more outdated programs on my computer than any other software updater I've ever used. Sadly, it's also my least favorite because unless you have the pro version, it doesn't give you the download link but instead makes you search for it. For some programs, SUMo was able to give me the developer's website so I could get the download but it didn't give me the exact download page, which meant I had to search around the site to find it. However, for other updates, I wasn't even give that much. Instead, SUMo gave me links to search for the download on Google, FileForum, Download.com, Softonic, Softpedia, and other website that host software downloads. All in all, SUMo isn't the best program for giving you good, official sources for downloads, but it's awesome at telling you which of your programs need updates. Something worth mentioning that I like about software updaters like SUMo is that a program's name as well as the outdated and updated version number are displayed on a single line for easy reading. This way, you can easily see how outdated (or updated) your programs are. The portable version of SUMo can be found on their official website. Download SUMo [Softpedia.com | Download & Install Tips] Continue Reading