Auto Tab Mute vs Shut the tab up!
Auto Tab Mute has 3k users and Shut the tab up! has 788 users, as of our catalog pass of 2026-11-05. 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 | Auto Tab Mute | Shut the tab up! |
|---|---|---|
| Users (differs) | 3 000 (better) | 788 (worse) |
| Users, last 30 days (differs) | Unchanged (worse) | +3 (better) |
| Rating (differs) | 4.6 (better) | 4.6 (worse) |
| Number of ratings (differs) | 24 (better) | 7 (worse) |
| Category (differs) | Productivity · Tools | Productivity · Workflow |
| Publisher (differs) | David Welsh | Snackbits |
| Site access | No site access | No site access |
| Browser permissions (differs) | 2 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) | 3.1 | 1.3.2 |
| Updated in the store (differs) | 2023-10-17 (better) | 2023-01-22 (worse) |
| Published (differs) | 2016-05-23 | 2016-01-27 |
| Manifest | V3 | V3 |
| Featured badge | Yes | Yes |
| Established publisher badge | No | No |
| Privacy policy | No | No |
| Declared trader | No | No |
| Download size (differs) | 463 KiB | 40 KiB |
| Languages (differs) | 1 language (worse) | 2 languages (better) |
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.
Auto Tab Mute
3k users
- 2026-09-013k
- 2026-11-053k
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2023-10-17.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
Shut the tab up!
788 users
- 2026-09-01757
- 2026-09-03765
- 2026-09-04786
- 2026-09-05779
- 2026-09-07784
- 2026-09-08780
- 2026-09-10775
- 2026-09-13772
- 2026-09-15771
- 2026-09-17779
- 2026-09-20791
- 2026-09-22799
- 2026-09-25797
- 2026-09-27790
- 2026-09-28778
- 2026-10-04791
- 2026-10-08803
- 2026-10-09796
- 2026-10-10790
- 2026-10-13789
- 2026-10-16826
- 2026-10-18823
- 2026-10-19822
- 2026-10-21808
- 2026-10-22797
- 2026-10-23790
- 2026-10-24788
- 2026-10-25786
- 2026-10-27777
- 2026-10-29769
- 2026-11-01770
- 2026-11-03794
- 2026-11-05788
- Not updated in the store for over a year: the last update was on 2023-01-22.
- No new version in the last 90 days.
What one asks for and the other does not
Auto Tab Mute: No site access. Shut the tab up!: No site access.
Only Auto Tab Mute
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See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Only Shut the tab up!
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
Auto Tab Mute: The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.
Shut the tab up!: 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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