Website-Watcher 5.1.5

2.7 out of 5 stars 2.7 (613 votes)

(November 18, 2009)

Windows 7/2000/2003/2008/Vista/XP / Shareware; $37.00 / 19,905 downloads

WebSite-Watcher checks an unlimited number of web-sites for updates and changes with a minimum of time and online-costs. When changes in a website are detected, it saves the last two versions to your hard disk and highlights all changes in the text.

  • Publisher

    Martin Aignesberger

  • Homepage

    Website-Watcher

  • Limitations

    Yes - 30 day timeout

  • Latest Changes

    - Internet Explorer Macros: Date variables can be used in the whole macro script - Thread

    - Internet Explorer Macros: several internal improvements and enhancements (WebSite-Watcher could not record macros for various pages)

    - Internet Explorer integration under Windows 7 improved

    - Some stability improvements (WebSite-Watcher could crash under certain circumstances)

    - Improved codepage detection

    - Plugin for phpBB3 forums improved

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 5.1.5 Beta 2 (Nov 5, 2009)

    Awesome application. I was rather shocked to see the new price, though (over $80 USD). I paid $30 for a new WebSite-Watcher Personal license back in 2004. (There is a 50% upgrade discount, but I think it's still expensive.)

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    FixXxeR

    Reviewing 5.1.1 Beta 1 (Jul 27, 2009)

    This application saves me time from browsing various websites looking for updates. Now, with this running, I can easily check and don't have to waste time individually checking them. I have checked out other solutions, including one which incorporates itself into the firefox web browser, and none are this comprehensive or complete. Great application!

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 5.1.0 Beta 6 (Jun 10, 2009)

    If you think WsW is bloated, you're nuts.

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    klone

    Reviewing 5.0.1 Beta 1 (Jan 20, 2009)

    Use to be great (4.0) but has now become slow and bloated with the new version (5.0). For example, compare the startup times and how long it takes the new version to load links within website-watcher when you initially start it up. Also, the new AutoBackup feature is S-L-O-W and runs by default every day.

    It's way too expensive for what it does and the licensing scheme is a rip off and is basically an effort by the author to extort money from existing users. Bug fixes should be free. Period.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    cricri_pingouin

    Reviewing 5.0.1 Beta 1 (Jan 16, 2009)

    Due to licensing, I actually use "Update scanner" at work. Yes it is free, yes it can spot some changes automatically, but rating Website Watcher low and recommending Update Scanner over it is puzzling. It's like comparing... hum, actually, the capabilities of Website Watcher are so far beyond what Update Scanner provides that I can't even think of a suitable comparison.
    So Update Scanner works: true; it's free, true; it does the same thing as Website Watcher: that would make a white whale roll laughing on my ceiling.

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