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ExpressVPN: VPN & proxy browser extension

Chrome extension by ExpressVPN · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy

  • Established publisher

A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Privacy with 1 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store. Audience over the last 30 days: unchanged.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
1 000 000
Rating
3.3 (2 836 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 1 000 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
-1.20 in 30 days
Version
8.2.0.2105
Updated in the store
2026-11-04
Published
2017-02-10
Manifest
V3
Browser access
13 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 06.10
1M · 6 readings
2026-10-10: released 8.0.12.20142026-11-05: released 8.2.0.2105
  1. 2026-10-081M
  2. 2026-10-101Mreleased 8.0.12.2014
  3. 2026-10-111M
  4. 2026-10-141M
  5. 2026-10-161M
  6. 2026-11-051Mreleased 8.2.0.2105
Rating
-1.20 since 06.10
reviewsrating 3.26-4.47 · 6 readings
2026-10-10: released 8.0.12.20142026-11-05: released 8.2.0.2105
  1. 2026-10-08reviews2.8krating4.47
  2. 2026-10-10reviews2.8krating4.47released 8.0.12.2014
  3. 2026-10-11reviews2.8krating4.47
  4. 2026-10-14reviews2.8krating3.26
  5. 2026-10-16reviews2.8krating3.26
  6. 2026-11-05reviews2.8krating3.26released 8.2.0.2105
Users
unchanged since 01.09
1M · 16 readings
2026-10-10: released 8.0.12.20142026-11-05: released 8.2.0.2105
  1. 2026-09-011M
  2. 2026-09-031M
  3. 2026-09-051M
  4. 2026-09-071M
  5. 2026-09-131M
  6. 2026-09-171M
  7. 2026-09-211M
  8. 2026-09-251M
  9. 2026-09-261M
  10. 2026-10-051M
  11. 2026-10-081M
  12. 2026-10-101Mreleased 8.0.12.2014
  13. 2026-10-111M
  14. 2026-10-141M
  15. 2026-10-161M
  16. 2026-11-051Mreleased 8.2.0.2105
Rating
-1.20 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.26-4.47 · 16 readings
2026-10-10: released 8.0.12.20142026-11-05: released 8.2.0.2105
  1. 2026-09-01reviews2.8krating4.47
  2. 2026-09-03reviews2.8krating4.47
  3. 2026-09-05reviews2.8krating4.47
  4. 2026-09-07reviews2.8krating4.47
  5. 2026-09-13reviews2.8krating4.47
  6. 2026-09-17reviews2.8krating4.47
  7. 2026-09-21reviews2.8krating4.47
  8. 2026-09-25reviews2.8krating4.47
  9. 2026-09-26reviews2.8krating4.47
  10. 2026-10-05reviews2.8krating4.47
  11. 2026-10-08reviews2.8krating4.47
  12. 2026-10-10reviews2.8krating4.47released 8.0.12.2014
  13. 2026-10-11reviews2.8krating4.47
  14. 2026-10-14reviews2.8krating3.26
  15. 2026-10-16reviews2.8krating3.26
  16. 2026-11-05reviews2.8krating3.26released 8.2.0.2105

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing up to 2 times a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
  • Talk to an application installed on your computer nativeMessaging
  • Change your browser's privacy settings privacy
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  • Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Show you notifications notifications
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage
  • Declares webRequestAuthProvider

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 8.2.0.2105 · Asked for more permissions (14, was 12) (changed: pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
  2. Version 8.0.12.2014

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Asked for more permissions (14, was 12) (changed: pages it runs its code on, browser permissions, sites that can connect to it)
  3. Released version 8.2.0.2105 (was 8.0.12.2014)
Show the remaining 1
  1. Released version 8.0.12.2014 (was 8.0.11.1954)

The publisher

ExpressVPN publishes 2 listings we track, 1.4M users between them. Listed website: expressvpn.com.

  1. ExpressKeys: Password Manager ExpressVPN · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy · published 2021-12-20 400k users ★ 1.7

Like this one

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

  1. GhostShield VPN Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users ★ 5.0
  2. VIPVPN Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users
  3. RealVPN - Fast & Secure VPN Proxy Extension for Chrome Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 2.9
  4. KeenVPN — Browser Protection Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 13 users ★ 5.0
  5. Colitu VPN Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 237 users ★ 5.0

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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