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Chrome extension by Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 60 000 users, an established extension. Audience over the last 30 days: +20 000.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
60 000
Rating
4.6 (115 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
+20 000 (the store rounds this count to 10 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
3.0.0
Updated in the store
2023-10-31
Published
2020-04-29
Manifest
V3
Browser access
7 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+20k since 29.09
40k-60k · 5 readings
  1. 2026-10-0450k
  2. 2026-10-1450k
  3. 2026-10-2050k
  4. 2026-10-2160k
  5. 2026-10-2960k
Rating
-0.036 since 29.09
reviewsrating 4.587-4.623 · 5 readings
  1. 2026-10-04reviews114rating4.623
  2. 2026-10-14reviews114rating4.587
  3. 2026-10-20reviews115rating4.587
  4. 2026-10-21reviews115rating4.587
  5. 2026-10-29reviews115rating4.587
Users
+50k since 01.09
10k-60k · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-0110k
  2. 2026-09-0910k
  3. 2026-09-1320k
  4. 2026-09-1730k
  5. 2026-09-2540k
  6. 2026-10-0450k
  7. 2026-10-1450k
  8. 2026-10-2050k
  9. 2026-10-2160k
  10. 2026-10-2960k
Rating
-0.032 since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.587-4.623 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews113rating4.619
  2. 2026-09-09reviews114rating4.623
  3. 2026-09-13reviews114rating4.623
  4. 2026-09-17reviews114rating4.623
  5. 2026-09-25reviews114rating4.623
  6. 2026-10-04reviews114rating4.623
  7. 2026-10-14reviews114rating4.587
  8. 2026-10-20reviews115rating4.587
  9. 2026-10-21reviews115rating4.587
  10. 2026-10-29reviews115rating4.587

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • *://favicon/
  • 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
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  • React to what a page contains without reading it declarativeContent
  • Show you notifications notifications
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Free Software Help publishes 11 listings we track, 572k users between them. Listed website: readerview.freeonlineapps.net.

  1. Screen Recorder Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-04-29 400k users ★ 3.6
  2. ePub Reader Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-04-27 70k users ★ 3.7
  3. SQLite Viewer Free Software Help · Productivity · Developer · published 2020-05-04 10k users ★ 4.0
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. Block Site Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-05-09 10k users ★ 4.1
  2. History & Cache Cleaner Free Software Help · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2020-04-29 10k users ★ 4.6
  3. Virtual Pets Free Software Help · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2020-05-07 5k users ★ 3.9
  4. Incognito This Tab Free Software Help · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-05-06 3k users ★ 4.7
  5. Icon Finder Free Software Help · Productivity · Tools · published 2020-05-06 2k users ★ 4.1

Like this one

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

  1. Reader View Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 300k users ★ 4.7
  2. Chrome Reader Mode Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6k users ★ 4.7
  3. Reader View Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3k users ★ 3.6
  4. Advanced Reader View Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users (last published figure)
  5. Reader View 2.0 Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.9

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