The Best Bulk-Installers for Free Windows Apps

The Best Bulk Installers

Bulk installers simplify the process of downloading and installing all your favourite free applications.   Bulk-installers often work by providing all the necessary installation files in a neat package which can be installed on different PCs.  You can also select precisely which applications you want in the bulk install package, and make sure you have all your favourite freeware.

In this post I give you the best bulk installers on the web.   You can send me your suggestions using the comments at the bottom.  The choice of which one you favour depends on which one offers most of the applications you’ll use.

FreeApp

Simply select all the programs you like,  and then download the installer (approx. 1MB).  Once the bulk download tool has loaded,  Freenew then provides you with a neat list of applications to install.   If you want to download additional applications,  then you can also select them through the installer.

FreeApp will also identify if you already have some applications installed and prompt you to upgrade.

The FreeApp installer is a great way of selecting which applications you want to bulk install.

Ninite

Select the applications you want to bulk download,  and then download the Ninite bulk installer (approx 220KB) onto your machine.  This bulk installer contains details of all the applications you selected on the web site,  and then proceeds to download all the applications you requested.    Unlike FreeApp, there doesn’t appear to be an option to change your mind after you’ve downloaded the installer.

The bulk installer for Ninite simply downloads all the applications you requested on the web site.

Allmyapps

Quick and easy setup for Windows 7. Allmyapps gives you a range of ways to download the free applications.  You can either select the individual applications and click on Install, or you can add each application to your shopping-cart-style list. The catch is the shopping-cart will cost you a penny-pinching £3 to access the bundle of free software.

Having selected your apps, you then need to register which is a long winded. Click Install and sign in using your Google, Twitter, Facebook or Windows Live account.  Or you can register a new account.  Allmyapps then send you an email (check your junk mail folder) and directions to verify your account and password. Unfortunately,  by the time I’d registered and verified,  my shopping cart was emptied, so I’d recommend you register before you select your apps.

After registration and selecting your apps now comes the crunch.  You have to send an SMS message to the web site to get a special download code. You guessed it, this isn’t free and will leave you £3 out of pocket.  It’s your choice whether you think it’s worth it.

ZEUAPP

ZEUAPP takes a different approach requiring you to download a small (900KB) application first. The tool is neatly divided by tabs for each application category along with a screen shot of each application.

You need to click Download next to each application, select a save location, and wait for the download to finish. Unfortunately,  we couldn’t find a easy way to Bulk download all the installation files, which kind of makes it less useful. But is does mean you don’t have to hunt around the web for precious free applications.

What’s your recommended bulk installer? Have you got a question about them? You can send us your comments using the form below.