This is a slight detachment from the trend because FreewareGenius is not a site, it’s a blog! This amazing contribution to the free movement is a personal blog maintained by a single person. If this does not inspire you enough to visit it, we don’t know what will. The whole point of this site is to prove to everyone that the usability and features of the best freeware can surpass even paid software. The author hand-picks the very best freeware, personally tests it, and then posts a review. Needless to say, these are some of the best reviews on the Web. The author’s been posting since October 2006, and is still going strong. You can’t actually download anything from the site, but download links are provided.
The author says in his FAQ that only the best software gets featured on the blog, and we found this to be quite true as we browsed through what the blog had to offer. Some of the most incredible freeware on the Web is to be found among these pages. However, one must consider the fact that this is indeed a blog, and as a result will have two caveats. It will not be updated nearly as frequently as a full-blown Web site. It is updated about once in 2-3 days. But hey, good things come to those who wait, and it’s not like you have to keep checking back on the site, you could just subscribe to the RSS feed and you’re good to go. Also, the interface is a bit tough to manoeuvre, but a blog is not meant to be used like a regular Web site—you’re supposed to go through the posts one by one, and this holds true here as well, there are over 25 pages for you to go through, and we guarantee that you will download at least one freeware from each page. So get reading. Assuming that you are in no mood to sort through 25+ pages, the posts are luckily well categorized, and any category is easily accessible. So if you need that freeware image editor or that free database software, don’t sweat it. Besides the categorisation, you can always run the Google powered search. Finally if you are in a tearing hurry, you can just check out the Top 20 list—we guarantee that you will not be able to resist downloading a few of these! We just wanted to mention that the author does accept usersubmitted reviews, so you can have your say as well.
The author says in his FAQ that only the best software gets featured on the blog, and we found this to be quite true as we browsed through what the blog had to offer. Some of the most incredible freeware on the Web is to be found among these pages. However, one must consider the fact that this is indeed a blog, and as a result will have two caveats. It will not be updated nearly as frequently as a full-blown Web site. It is updated about once in 2-3 days. But hey, good things come to those who wait, and it’s not like you have to keep checking back on the site, you could just subscribe to the RSS feed and you’re good to go. Also, the interface is a bit tough to manoeuvre, but a blog is not meant to be used like a regular Web site—you’re supposed to go through the posts one by one, and this holds true here as well, there are over 25 pages for you to go through, and we guarantee that you will download at least one freeware from each page. So get reading. Assuming that you are in no mood to sort through 25+ pages, the posts are luckily well categorized, and any category is easily accessible. So if you need that freeware image editor or that free database software, don’t sweat it. Besides the categorisation, you can always run the Google powered search. Finally if you are in a tearing hurry, you can just check out the Top 20 list—we guarantee that you will not be able to resist downloading a few of these! We just wanted to mention that the author does accept usersubmitted reviews, so you can have your say as well.