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APOD - NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Chrome extension by travis.lawrence12 · Lifestyle · Fun

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A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Fun with 3 000 users, a small but real audience.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 6 screenshots

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Users
3 000
Rating
4.8 (20 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
+1k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
4.3.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-07
Published
2017-01-13
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+1k since 31.08
1k-3k · 4 readings
2026-09-02: released 4.2.02026-09-07: released 4.2.12026-09-08: released 4.3.0
  1. 2026-08-312k
  2. 2026-09-051k
  3. 2026-09-093k
  4. 2026-09-143k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.80 · 4 readings
2026-09-02: released 4.2.02026-09-07: released 4.2.12026-09-08: released 4.3.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews20rating4.80
  2. 2026-09-05reviews20rating4.80
  3. 2026-09-09reviews20rating4.80
  4. 2026-09-14reviews20rating4.80
Users
+1k since 31.08
1k-3k · 4 readings
2026-09-02: released 4.2.02026-09-07: released 4.2.12026-09-08: released 4.3.0
  1. 2026-08-312k
  2. 2026-09-051k
  3. 2026-09-093k
  4. 2026-09-143k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.80 · 4 readings
2026-09-02: released 4.2.02026-09-07: released 4.2.12026-09-08: released 4.3.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews20rating4.80
  2. 2026-09-05reviews20rating4.80
  3. 2026-09-09reviews20rating4.80
  4. 2026-09-14reviews20rating4.80

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://api.nasa.gov/*
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  • Read site icons favicon
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 4.3.0
  2. Version 4.2.1
  3. Version 4.2.0 · Asked for more permissions (4, was 3)

What changed recently

  1. Released version 4.3.0 (was 4.2.1)
  2. Store description rewritten (128 → 132 characters)
  3. Renamed from "Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav" to "APOD - NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day"
Show the remaining 4
  1. Released version 4.2.1 (was 4.2.0)
  2. Package size changed
  3. Asked for more permissions (4, was 3)
  4. Released version 4.2.0 (was 4.1.4)

The publisher

travis.lawrence12 publishes 4 listings we track, 4k users between them.

  1. Mouse Odometer travis.lawrence12 · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2021-03-26 275 users ★ 5.0
  2. Eye see you travis.lawrence12 · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2024-01-07 205 users ★ 5.0
  3. SubSeek travis.lawrence12 · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2024-05-29 32 users

Like this one

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

  1. NASA Image of the Day Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 76 users ★ 4.5
  2. NASA Astronomy Wallpaper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 15 users
  3. NASA Picture of the Day - New Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.6
  4. AstroFactory: NASA’s APOD in Your Sidebar Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 15 users ★ 5.0
  5. Astronomy Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users

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