MacUpdate vs MacUpdater

Compared to now discontinued AppFresh, MacUpdate requires much less user intervention to install things. Most of the time it's a prompt for Admin password to install stuff.

Does a scan, shows a list of apps (which can be filtered to exclude apps from the App Store, or only show apps with an update), then there's an update button for each app that has an update.

It's fairly cheap, and it's not subscription-based.

You can see release notes or changelogs (if available), and also the source of the information that is displayed. That is very helpful when considering whether to apply or ignore a specific update.

You can ignore entire apps, or just one specific update for an app, so you can clean out your to-do list of updates.

There are several options for the individual apps, among which "Update app" is very pratical.

You can set MacUpdater to scan for updates on a regular basis, e.g. weekly, so that you don't need to scan each app separately. The more apps you have, the more time (and attention) this will save you.