Ext Ops Panel
Open the app

Aura: Reader Mode & Read Later

Chrome extension by hsr · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 30 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 3 screenshots

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
30
Rating
5.0 (6 ratings)
Users, last 12 days
-1
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.3.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-06
Published
2026-04-26
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
-1 since 31.08
29-31 · 6 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.1.02026-09-05: released 1.2.02026-09-06: released 1.3.0
  1. 2026-08-3131
  2. 2026-09-0429released 1.1.0
  3. 2026-09-0631released 1.3.0
  4. 2026-09-0831
  5. 2026-09-1030
  6. 2026-09-1130
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 5.00 · 6 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.1.02026-09-05: released 1.2.02026-09-06: released 1.3.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews6rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-04reviews6rating5.00released 1.1.0
  3. 2026-09-06reviews6rating5.00released 1.3.0
  4. 2026-09-08reviews6rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-10reviews6rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-11reviews6rating5.00
Users
-1 since 31.08
29-31 · 6 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.1.02026-09-05: released 1.2.02026-09-06: released 1.3.0
  1. 2026-08-3131
  2. 2026-09-0429released 1.1.0
  3. 2026-09-0631released 1.3.0
  4. 2026-09-0831
  5. 2026-09-1030
  6. 2026-09-1130
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 5.00 · 6 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.1.02026-09-05: released 1.2.02026-09-06: released 1.3.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews6rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-04reviews6rating5.00released 1.1.0
  3. 2026-09-06reviews6rating5.00released 1.3.0
  4. 2026-09-08reviews6rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-10reviews6rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-11reviews6rating5.00

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

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://auraread.me/*
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.3.0
  2. Version 1.2.0
  3. Version 1.1.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Supported languages changed (1 → 5)
  3. Store description rewritten (117 → 118 characters)
Show the remaining 9
  1. Renamed from "Aura Reader — Read Later & Research" to "Aura: Reader Mode & Read Later"
  2. Released version 1.3.0 (was 1.2.0)
  3. Package size changed
  4. Store description rewritten (106 → 117 characters)
  5. Renamed from "Aura — Save research to your reading inbox" to "Aura Reader — Read Later & Research"
  6. Released version 1.2.0 (was 1.1.0)
  7. Package size changed
  8. Store description rewritten (121 → 106 characters)
  9. Renamed from "Reader Mode: Clean Article Reader - Aura" to "Aura — Save research to your reading inbox"

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

The publisher

hsr publishes 8 listings we track, 643 users between them. Listed website: auraread.me.

  1. ConsentScope - Cookie & GDPR Checker hsr · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy · published 2026-02-12 258 users ★ 5.0
  2. Classic View for Google Images™ hsr · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-07-26 190 users ★ 5.0
  3. Table Capture & Extractor hsr · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-07-25 70 users ★ 5.0
Show 4 more from this publisher
  1. Minimal Weather - Fast & Clean Forecast hsr · Lifestyle · News · published 2026-03-22 60 users ★ 5.0
  2. Binary Translator hsr · Productivity · Developer · published 2026-06-30 14 users
  3. Full Page Capture - Screenshot & Record hsr · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-08-20 13 users ★ 5.0
  4. JawJaw - AI Replies for Facebook, Reddit & X hsr · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-01-31 8 users ★ 5.0

Like this one

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

  1. ReadNook - Reader Mode, Read Later & Save Articles Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 21 users ★ 5.0
  2. ClearRead Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
  3. Reader Mode Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 100k users ★ 3.1
  4. Focus Reader - Clean Reading Mode Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 3.0
  5. Reader Mode Premium Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 914 users ★ 3.9

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.

Is this your extension?

Connect it to Ext Ops Panel and see installs, uninstalls and uninstall reasons as events arrive, not as a weekly summary.

See what the panel does

Figures come from our own daily pass over the public Chrome Web Store listing, last read on . We publish no contact details for extension developers.