It's not really a lot better for other OSes.

FWIW, I tend to use IUseThis, which could really use a better tagging feature, and AlternativeTo.

VersionTracker has always been lousy, and now that it's just CNet, it's even lousier. MacUpdate is lousier than old VT, but better than new VT, which is to say, lousy.

If someone has another suggestion, I'd like to hear about it.

Also, there's already an app called Bodega that is an App Store for OSX. I imagine they're thrilled at this news.