Rundown of the apps in the new MacHeist bundle

So MacHeist is doing this new thing where people can skip all the trouble of going through “heists” and just buy a bundle of apps for $49. I have most of the apps, so here’s a quick rundown to help anyone decide if they’re really worth it (and they’ve also got this referral thing going on… I don’t know what we get out of it, exactly, but whatever. Doesn’t hurt you nor I to try).

1. Awaken - An app that turns your Mac into an alarm clock (with iTunes integration). Pretty, but there’s a free alternative by the name of Alarm Clock 2 that I like better (though it didn’t work well with Leopard for me). There’s also Alarm Clock Pro—no relation to Alarm Clock 2—that has many more crazy features. The Awaken developers have been pretty attentive to getting the app to work well. Still, I don’t see a real point in paying for this app if there’s a perfectly good freeware equivalent, though.
2. Cha-Ching - A money/account/budget management app. It seemed like a brilliant idea at first, but I’ve been too lazy to update the transactions for each of my accounts (and I only have 4 - savings, checking, and 2 credit cards) and since I can deal with my meager amounts of money all on the internet (and keep track of them through the automatically-updating Mint), I haven’t found any real need to use Cha-Ching on a regular basis. There are also a few annoying quirks in the program (I’ve been waiting for version 2 for a WHILE now) that certainly don’t help.
3. CoverSutra - An iTunes controller / album art viewer / Last.fm integrator. Okay, I love this app and use it the most out of ALL the apps I’ve ever gotten through MacHeist… seriously. I would not pay $23 for it (because I am incredibly cheap), but I am really glad I got it through MacHeist. There are a few free/shareware alternatives that cover the iTunes control via keystrokes and Last.fm integration, but this program just does it so NICELY in one package… and it doesn’t leave a Dock icon, which I always appreciate in a background, always-open app.
4. DEVONthink Personal - A note-taking / personal database app. This is also one of those apps that SOUND like they’d be a great idea (gather random digital detritus in one place?! SURE I WANT THAT!), but unless you’re a truly dedicated packrat (or a really really obsessive note-taker), your initial confusion upon opening this app will probably conquer your will to use it. But then again, Yojimbo is pretty popular, so maybe I have the attention span of an intoxicated gnat.
5. iClip - Clipboard manager/tracker. I’ve always found this too be needlessly flashy and prefer the free PTHPasteboard (which stays out of your way and uses very little memory and CPU). Besides, everyone can just get iClip Lite if they really want iClip.
6. Overflow - An app launcher that lists your other apps stylishly. It is really NOT how its icon and description suggests it to be (an extension of the Dock, like the new stacks feature of Leopard). Instead, it just opens up a window that has icons of the apps you put in it, organized however you want. I liked it for a while (it’s good for taming huuuuge Applications folders), but never really got into the habit of using it when it is just so much quicker to use Quicksilver (and I needed to clean out my Applications folder anyway).
7. Wallet - An app for storing serial numbers and account logins securely. I don’t use this only because I have the more full-featured 1Password… but Wallet seemed like a pretty solid app. Really, how can you go wrong when you set out to make an app that does 2 things?
8. WriteRoom - A very, VERY simple text editor / writing app. Its only purpose is to make you focus on writing instead of all the other windows you may have floating around… I don’t know why they charge $25 when you could just as easily as make TextEdit take up the entire screen and exercise some self-control.
9. XSlimmer - An app that optimizes your other apps by trimming out extra code that your specific breed of OS X won’t use, thus making them smaller. The gains aren’t really big for most apps, but it can really save you some disk space for clunkers like Adobe apps. …Having said that, I don’t use it because I just don’t care enough (I’ve got an external hard drive… space problem solved!).
10. Enigmo - A pretty elaborate puzzle game. Once you figure out how to actually play it, it is pretty amusing for about an hour. My computer is weak and can’t take any graphics involving a third dimension, though.
11. Bugdom 2 - A 3D RPG in which you play a bug! I’ve never played this…
12. Nanosaur 2 - You play a pterosaur with a FREAKING LASER. I’ve also never played this, but that has to be the most ridiculously awesome premise for a game.