Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar vs ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev
Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar has 8 users and ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev has 3 users, as of our catalog pass of 2026-10-31. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar | ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev |
|---|---|---|
| Users (differs) | 8 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Users, last 30 days (differs) | Not watched long enough to say | -1 |
| Rating | not rated yet | not rated yet |
| Number of ratings | 0 | 0 |
| Category | Productivity · Tools | Productivity · Tools |
| Publisher (differs) | Lyorex Inc | ananth.sankaralingam |
| Site access (differs) | Access to specific sites only | No site access |
| Browser permissions (differs) | 7 browser permissions | 2 browser permissions |
| Data collection (differs) | 2 kinds of data declared | Declares it collects none |
| Versions in the last 90 days (differs) | 8 new versions | none |
| Version (differs) | 2.1.0 | 1.1 |
| Updated in the store (differs) | 2026-10-30 (better) | 2026-02-21 (worse) |
| Published (differs) | 2026-10-16 | 2026-02-04 |
| Manifest | V3 | V3 |
| Featured badge | No | No |
| Established publisher badge (differs) | No (worse) | Yes (better) |
| Privacy policy | Yes | Yes |
| Declared trader (differs) | Yes | No |
| Download size (differs) | 448 KiB | 357 KiB |
| Languages (differs) | 9 languages (better) | 2 languages (worse) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more users, faster growth over 30 days, a higher rating, more ratings, a fresher update, more new versions, more languages, a store badge, a privacy policy), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Permissions, site access, declared data, size and time in the store are marked only as different: fewer or more is not better in itself.
Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar
8 users
- 2026-10-170appeared in the store
- 2026-10-182
- 2026-10-203
- 2026-10-244released 1.1.2
- 2026-10-255released 1.1.3
- 2026-10-296released 1.1.7released 1.1.8
- 2026-10-308
- 2026-10-318released 2.1.0
- Last updated in the store 1 day ago, on 2026-10-30.
- We have seen 8 new versions in the last 90 days.
ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev
3 users
- 2026-09-093appeared in the store
- 2026-09-154
- 2026-09-163
- 2026-09-212
- 2026-09-253
- 2026-09-274
- 2026-10-043
- 2026-10-082
- 2026-10-093
- 2026-10-102
- 2026-10-163
- 2026-10-184
- 2026-10-223
- 2026-10-244
- 2026-10-253
- 2026-10-313
- Last updated in the store 252 days ago, on 2026-02-21.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What one asks for and the other does not
Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar: Access to specific sites only. ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev: No site access.
Only Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar
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Clear your browsing data
browsingData -
Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess -
Run its own code on the pages it can access
scripting -
Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab -
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Only ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev
No browser permission the other one lacks.
Declared reach only. Asking for less is not a verdict on safety: compare what each needs for the job.
What data each declares
Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar: The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Website content.
ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev: The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.
Declared by Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar and not by ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev: Personally identifiable information, Website content.
This is each developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.
Who is updated more often
Sideview - AI Chat Sidebar has shipped more new versions than ChatGPT Side Panel — by chromie.dev in the last 90 days.
Figures come from the public Chrome Web Store, which our own crawler reads up to 2 times a day. We do not install or audit extensions and publish no contact details for their developers. Catalog pass of .
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