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WordCatch – Hover to Translate & Learn Words

Chrome extension by WordCatch · Productivity · Education

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Education with 801 users, barely installed.

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
801
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 10 days
+801
Version
1.4.0
Updated in the store
2026-10-01
Published
2026-09-24
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+801 since 25.09
0-801 · 3 readings
2026-09-25: appeared in the store2026-09-27: released 1.1.02026-09-28: released 1.2.02026-09-29: released 1.2.12026-09-30: released 1.4.0
  1. 2026-09-250appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-262
  3. 2026-10-04801
Users
+801 since 25.09
0-801 · 3 readings
2026-09-25: appeared in the store2026-09-27: released 1.1.02026-09-28: released 1.2.02026-09-29: released 1.2.12026-09-30: released 1.4.0
  1. 2026-09-250appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-262
  3. 2026-10-04801

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once 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.

  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.4.0
  2. Version 1.2.1
  3. Version 1.2.0
Show the remaining 1
  1. Version 1.1.0

What changed recently

  1. Store badges changed
  2. Store badges changed
  3. Package size changed
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  1. Store description rewritten
  2. Released version 1.4.0 (was 1.2.1)
  3. Package size changed
  4. Renamed from "WordCatch" to "WordCatch – Hover to Translate & Learn Words"
  5. Released version 1.2.1 (was 1.2.0)
  6. Package size changed
  7. Released version 1.2.0 (was 1.1.0)
  8. Package size changed
  9. Supported languages changed (1 → 6)

Older entries and the full day by day series are in the app.

The publisher

WordCatch. Listed website: getwordcatch.com.

Like this one

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

  1. WordHover: Hover Translate & Save Words Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 74 users ★ 4.5
  2. lingua-hover Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 13 users
  3. Language Tutor Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  4. Tooltiplingo Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure)
  5. Contextale Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 14 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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