TuneUp Software was headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and co-founded by Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann in 1997.

"To call TuneUp Utilities 2009 useful would drastically understate the situation", said Seth Rosenblatt, an associate editor with CNET.

He said TuneUp Utilities was a powerful and easy-to-use set of tools, with its disk cleanup and registry cleaner being the "bread-and-butter" of the suite.

He appreciated the product's one-click repair feature and the subsequent reduction in his test PC's boot-time.

[24] In comparison, a competing product called Iolo System Mechanic 10, allows an unlimited number of installations in the same household.

[35] Although Softpedia editor Alex Muradin expressed concern about the lack of proper technical support for TuneUp Utilities 2006, he gave the product a final score of 5 out of 5.

[36] Author Christian Immler characterizes TuneUp Utilities as a classic amongst tuning tools.

Its advantage lies in its streamlined user flow and one-click-friendly design," said Eddie Cho, a tech editor and producer for CNET.