The Approaching Storm vs Cool Blue Waters
The Approaching Storm has 55 users and Cool Blue Waters has 62 users, as of our catalog pass of 2026-11-03. 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 | The Approaching Storm | Cool Blue Waters |
|---|---|---|
| Users (differs) | 55 (worse) | 62 (better) |
| Users, last 30 days (differs) | +6 (worse) | +8 (better) |
| Rating (differs) | 4.5 (better) | 3.7 (worse) |
| Number of ratings (differs) | 31 (better) | 6 (worse) |
| Category | unknown | unknown |
| Publisher (differs) | michaelrodecker | shogun2212 |
| Site access | No permissions at all | No permissions at all |
| Browser permissions | no browser permissions | no browser permissions |
| Data collection | No declaration in the listing | No declaration in the listing |
| Versions in the last 90 days | none | none |
| Version (differs) | 1 | 1.0 |
| Updated in the store (differs) | 2011-06-08 (worse) | 2020-01-13 (better) |
| Published (differs) | 2011-03-01 | 2018-09-10 |
| Manifest (differs) | V1 | V2 |
| Featured badge | No | No |
| Established publisher badge | No | No |
| Privacy policy | No | No |
| Declared trader | No | No |
| Download size (differs) | 1.5 MiB | 1.3 MiB |
| Languages | 1 language | 1 language |
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.
The Approaching Storm
55 users
- 2026-08-3146
- 2026-09-0249
- 2026-09-0448
- 2026-09-0550
- 2026-09-0651
- 2026-09-1352
- 2026-09-1548
- 2026-09-1643
- 2026-09-2045
- 2026-09-2546
- 2026-09-2645
- 2026-09-2846
- 2026-10-0449
- 2026-10-0844
- 2026-10-0948
- 2026-10-1150
- 2026-10-1646
- 2026-10-1847
- 2026-10-1945
- 2026-10-2150
- 2026-10-2249
- 2026-10-2352
- 2026-10-2454
- 2026-10-2552
- 2026-10-2953
- 2026-10-3055
- 2026-11-0154
- 2026-11-0255
- 2026-11-0355
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2011-06-08.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
Cool Blue Waters
62 users
- 2026-09-0155
- 2026-09-0356
- 2026-09-0461
- 2026-09-0663
- 2026-09-0762
- 2026-09-0965
- 2026-09-1063
- 2026-09-1359
- 2026-09-1558
- 2026-09-2060
- 2026-09-2258
- 2026-09-2857
- 2026-10-0454
- 2026-10-0856
- 2026-10-0958
- 2026-10-1063
- 2026-10-1361
- 2026-10-1658
- 2026-10-1862
- 2026-10-1961
- 2026-10-2163
- 2026-10-2260
- 2026-10-2362
- 2026-10-2458
- 2026-10-2759
- 2026-10-2962
- 2026-11-0162
- 2026-11-0362
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2020-01-13.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What one asks for and the other does not
The Approaching Storm: No permissions at all. Cool Blue Waters: No permissions at all.
Both declare the same browser permissions and the same site access.
Declared reach only. Asking for less is not a verdict on safety: compare what each needs for the job.
What data each declares
The Approaching Storm: The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.
Cool Blue Waters: The listing carries no declaration about the data it collects.
The two declarations name the same kinds of data.
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
Neither has shipped a new version 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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