AppBolish

Please understand that we're still in 1.0 release. We're happy to address bug fixes and improve the product; however, we require additional feedback. Please provide a list of the exact file names & locations that AppBolish did not find that AppDelete did and we'll be sure to remedy this next release.

Oh, also I think you must've been looking at a different app. Ours is only $15 - not $40. Not sure where that number came from.

Yeah, and a 1.0 means you've tested it and found it worthy of release. I'd say you didn't test it very well before releasing it. Either that or it performs as well as it was designed to, but it was designed poorly.

I previously named 2 of the apps I tested your uninstaller with - I don't remember which others I used. Didn't seem to matter because AppBolish missed files for every one I tried. Surely you have App Store, but you may not have AppDelete to compare with (it's only $8). http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23149/appdelete

This is definitely the correct app. I had mistakenly posted this review first under another app whose price was $39.95, so that's where I got that price from.

That's an incredibly negative standpoint. Version 1.0 is feature-complete and ready for public consumption. But, it's naive to assume that any product is perfect. In our testing, we found that AppBolish found all applicable files to remove that our competitors did as well. Now, I'm happy to have our team investigate specific conditions where this isn't the case so we can improve the product. However, it seems you're unwilling to help improve the product and are more concerned with flaming the review board.

Hey jerkoff, I ALREADY NAMED 2 APPS that your app FAILED to uninstall completely AND told you the root folder where several missed files were found, AND named two of the files!!! It missed HALF of App Store's files!

I'm not here to be your beta tester, nor am I flaming the board. I posted an honest review based on my experience with AppBolish. It's not MY fault that your app SUCKS at its job!

YOU'RE the one who said it was "ready for public consumption;" Obviously it wasn't.
Maybe spend less time monitoring this board (you replied within minutes of my posting) and more time working on your app.

Again, we're not able to reproduce it with those apps you mentioned. Which files AND --FULL-- paths (including file names) are not being caught? It's important that you're specific or we won't be able to isolate this issue and determine if it's system related, a problem inside the app, or a feature that should be implemented.

THANK YOU - BigJohnson!!! I simply want to comment that I have found BigJohnson's REVIEW to be thorough and excellent (despite the gripes given by the developer and another "reviewer" (i.e., cursory commenter). I wish all reviewers were as thorough as BigJohnson in giving a vigorous testing (like he did) and were as thoughtful (as he was) in sharing the details of his thorough methodology..

Thanks for the support RogerKatz! It's not often I receive praise on this board.

I compared the two apps to find out which was better. If AppBolish had done a better job I would have said so, but it failed miserably.

I've also used AppCleaner and iTrash, but AppDelete has been the most consistent with finding the most amount of files. Its archive function is VERY helpful - press the Archive button and AppDelete will save the removed files to a folder of your choosing. If you later decide to re-install an app that was archived, simply select "Uninstall from Archive" from the menu and voilá!

Since the AppBolish dev's have shown themselves to be rather irksome and seemed to disbelieve my results, here's some more colossal failures from their app.

I just downloaded and installed AppBolish 1.0.4 to compare to AppDelete 4.2 and iTrash 3.2.


First app to uninstall = 1Password.

AppBolish found 6 files. http://s14.postimg.org/7ofs427n5/App_Bolish_1_Password.png

iTrash with Expert Mode off found 7 files. http://s17.postimg.org/xaazabqfz/i_Trash_1_Password_expert_mode_off.png

iTrash with Expert Mode on found 7 files. http://s16.postimg.org/wmhsk4fc5/i_Trash_1_Password_expert_mode_on.png

AppDelete found 11 files. http://s18.postimg.org/a5blfeoy1/App_Delete_1_Password.png

iTrash also had a very annoying quirk of it's window not being able to be captured by my screencapture app (SnagIt). So I couldn't just click the window to get a screenshot, I had to manually drag the selection tool over the window to outline it.



Second app to uninstall = Google Chrome.

AppBolish found 4 files. http://s7.postimg.org/j62ir41cb/App_Bolish_Chrome.png

iTrash with Expert Mode off found 18 files. http://s14.postimg.org/b7am2sj01/i_Trash_Chrome_expert_mode_off.png

iTrash with Expert Mode on found 12 files. http://s27.postimg.org/xe9zms937/i_Trash_Chrome_expert_mode_on.png
(strange since the Expert Mode warning says "Expert Mode search more thoroughly and and can reveal more related files," yet it actually found LESS). But at least that warning box could be captured by SnagIt!
http://s8.postimg.org/xysewrz39/Expert_Mode_Warning.png

AppDelete found 8 files. http://s7.postimg.org/885hxixu3/App_Delete_Chrome.png

I think that's enough proof for today that AppBolish ROYALLY SUCKS and was not in fact "ready for public consumption" as declared.
I've now provided screenshots showing "a list of the exact file names & locations that AppBolish did not find that AppDelete did," so lets see if the dev's "remedy this next release" as promised.

Until the AppBolish dev's reimburse me for doing their testing for them, I'm done wasting my time with their crapware.

Thanks, after some consideration, we've reduced our price to $9.

Pretty darn a-holish of you to leave a negative rating for an app you haven't used! No one's forcing you to buy it.

FYI: what you left was a comment, NOT a review. You need to learn how to post a comment! ALL of your comments, even questions, are posted as reviews. And in the USA we spell it program, not programme.

I give 'em credit for having a cool website, but the $9 price (which seems reasonable) hasn't been changed by MU staff yet.

Bigjohnson. Unfortunately you are wrong. I have used the PROGRAM. Do you have any other problems?