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Chrome extension by LekyDree · Productivity · Workflow

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 164 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
164
Rating
2.5 (2 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
+10
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.0.1
Updated in the store
2026-05-10
Published
2025-03-24
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+10 since 01.09
148-164 · 9 readings
  1. 2026-09-01154
  2. 2026-09-03151
  3. 2026-09-04148
  4. 2026-09-06149
  5. 2026-09-07153
  6. 2026-09-08152
  7. 2026-09-10154
  8. 2026-09-13160
  9. 2026-09-15164
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 2.50 · 9 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews2rating2.50
  2. 2026-09-03reviews2rating2.50
  3. 2026-09-04reviews2rating2.50
  4. 2026-09-06reviews2rating2.50
  5. 2026-09-07reviews2rating2.50
  6. 2026-09-08reviews2rating2.50
  7. 2026-09-10reviews2rating2.50
  8. 2026-09-13reviews2rating2.50
  9. 2026-09-15reviews2rating2.50
Users
+10 since 01.09
148-164 · 9 readings
  1. 2026-09-01154
  2. 2026-09-03151
  3. 2026-09-04148
  4. 2026-09-06149
  5. 2026-09-07153
  6. 2026-09-08152
  7. 2026-09-10154
  8. 2026-09-13160
  9. 2026-09-15164
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 2.50 · 9 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews2rating2.50
  2. 2026-09-03reviews2rating2.50
  3. 2026-09-04reviews2rating2.50
  4. 2026-09-06reviews2rating2.50
  5. 2026-09-07reviews2rating2.50
  6. 2026-09-08reviews2rating2.50
  7. 2026-09-10reviews2rating2.50
  8. 2026-09-13reviews2rating2.50
  9. 2026-09-15reviews2rating2.50

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://news.google.com/*
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

LekyDree publishes 3 listings we track, 5k users between them.

  1. Keyword Blocker LekyDree · Productivity · Workflow · published 2024-06-23 5k users ★ 4.2
  2. Youtube Recommendations Blocker LekyDree · Productivity · Workflow · published 2023-10-12 19 users

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Keyword Article Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 8 users
  2. News Guardian Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 16 users ★ 5.0
  3. Hide Google News Tab and Top Stories Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 49 users ★ 5.0
  4. News Cleaner 🙅‍♀️ Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  5. Google News Filter Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2 users

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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