VBTV Hotkeys vs Media Controller
VBTV Hotkeys has 32 users and Media Controller has 590 users, as of our catalog pass of 2026-11-08. 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 | VBTV Hotkeys | Media Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Users (differs) | 32 (worse) | 590 (better) |
| Users, last 30 days (differs) | -1 (worse) | +33 (better) |
| Rating (differs) | 5.0 (better) | 2.6 (worse) |
| Number of ratings (differs) | 3 (worse) | 5 (better) |
| Category (differs) | Productivity · Tools | Productivity · Workflow |
| Publisher (differs) | Chicory Roth | jsh9.github |
| Site access (differs) | Access to specific sites only | Runs its code on every site |
| Browser permissions (differs) | no browser permissions | 1 browser permission |
| Data collection | Declares it collects none | Declares it collects none |
| Versions in the last 90 days | none | none |
| Version (differs) | 1.1 | 0.0.3 |
| Updated in the store (differs) | 2025-05-31 (better) | 2024-06-24 (worse) |
| Published (differs) | 2025-04-20 | 2023-05-03 |
| Manifest | V3 | V3 |
| Featured badge (differs) | No (worse) | Yes (better) |
| Established publisher badge | No | No |
| Privacy policy | No | No |
| Declared trader | No | No |
| Download size (differs) | 8 KiB | 12 KiB |
| 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.
VBTV Hotkeys
32 users
- 2026-08-3132
- 2026-09-0333
- 2026-09-0633
- 2026-09-1032
- 2026-09-1331
- 2026-09-1533
- 2026-09-2034
- 2026-09-2131
- 2026-09-2532
- 2026-09-2633
- 2026-09-2832
- 2026-10-0933
- 2026-10-1032
- 2026-10-1834
- 2026-10-1933
- 2026-10-2134
- 2026-10-2233
- 2026-10-2435
- 2026-10-2532
- 2026-10-3033
- 2026-11-0130
- 2026-11-0231
- 2026-11-0832
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2025-05-31.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
Media Controller
590 users
- 2026-09-01542
- 2026-09-02556
- 2026-09-06560
- 2026-09-07547
- 2026-09-08545
- 2026-09-10553
- 2026-09-13551
- 2026-09-15565
- 2026-09-16566
- 2026-09-20564
- 2026-09-21560
- 2026-09-25565
- 2026-09-26564
- 2026-09-28567
- 2026-10-04576
- 2026-10-08563
- 2026-10-09557
- 2026-10-10567
- 2026-10-13560
- 2026-10-16563
- 2026-10-17562
- 2026-10-18559
- 2026-10-20557
- 2026-10-21566
- 2026-10-22572
- 2026-10-23574
- 2026-10-24564
- 2026-10-25566
- 2026-10-26571
- 2026-10-28582
- 2026-10-29577
- 2026-10-30568
- 2026-11-01571
- 2026-11-02580
- 2026-11-04598
- 2026-11-06589
- 2026-11-07591
- 2026-11-08590
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2024-06-24.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What one asks for and the other does not
VBTV Hotkeys: Access to specific sites only. Media Controller: Runs its code on every site.
Only VBTV Hotkeys
No browser permission the other one lacks.
Only Media Controller
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Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab
Declared reach only. Asking for less is not a verdict on safety: compare what each needs for the job.
What data each declares
VBTV Hotkeys: The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.
Media Controller: The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.
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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