AppSnap semplifica l'installazione del sofware: da un database interno (che è possibile aggiornare) riconosce l'ultima versione, la scarica e la installa:

• Detect latest and installed version of supported applications
• Download, install, upgrade and uninstall supported applications
• Uninstall applications registered with Add/Remove Programs facility
• Fully functional GUI and CLI supporting localization
• Manage installed and upgradeable applications
• Manage AppSnap updates from within itself
• Update growing application database from central repository
• Create single application repository to be used by AppSnap on an intranet
• Support proxy configurations
• Parallel downloads with progress information
• Filter applications by category and keywords
• Free and Open Source

Dal sito: AppSnap is primarily designed for Windows which does not have any decent package manager such as APT and RPM as in the Linux world.