What are good software review sites out there? [closed]

Solution 1:

You might know Lifehacker. While not quite the "bigger places out there dedicated to that sort of thing" that you're looking for, it does have reviews and feature lists written by the few named folk who run the site, so credibility is high. Also, the comments by users will show up problems or (rare) virus reports. They (the writers and commenters) also offer comparisons to similar software.

Because they cover lots of areas, the site is not exclusively and exhaustively about software, but this is a real focus of their articles. Certainly if I want info about software that is one of the places that I'll look. Hope you find it useful.

Solution 2:

downloadsquad.com - a team of software bloggers will keep you up to date with new releases and interesting products.

Betanews - software reviews and ratings by regular computer users

Solution 3:

For freeware, Freeware Genius is great.

Solution 4:

AlternativeTo - it sounds just like the name - it list alternatives to software (and that means the alternative of an app is that app's alternative). Maybe it's not exactly a review site, but I thought I'd mention it. Quote from main page:

AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, we make each application into a category. Think of it like forever evolving blog posts about good alternatives to the software that you're not satisfied with. And the "blog posts" are generated by you through suggestions, comments and votes.

Solution 5:

Lately SuperUser is itself turning out to be a good site to read user opinions about software.