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Chrome extension by Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow

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

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
20 000
Rating
4.5 (170 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
Unchanged (the store rounds this count to 10 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
-0.13 in 30 days
Version
3.0.0
Updated in the store
2022-03-29
Published
2019-07-30
Manifest
V3
Browser access
7 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 29.09
20k-30k · 4 readings
  1. 2026-10-1420k
  2. 2026-10-2230k
  3. 2026-10-2820k
  4. 2026-10-2920k
Rating
-0.13 since 29.09
reviewsrating 4.53-4.66 · 4 readings
  1. 2026-10-14reviews170rating4.53
  2. 2026-10-22reviews170rating4.53
  3. 2026-10-28reviews170rating4.53
  4. 2026-10-29reviews170rating4.53
Users
unchanged since 31.08
20k-30k · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-3120k
  2. 2026-09-1720k
  3. 2026-10-1420k
  4. 2026-10-2230k
  5. 2026-10-2820k
  6. 2026-10-2920k
Rating
-0.12 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.53-4.66 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews169rating4.66
  2. 2026-09-17reviews170rating4.66
  3. 2026-10-14reviews170rating4.53
  4. 2026-10-22reviews170rating4.53
  5. 2026-10-28reviews170rating4.53
  6. 2026-10-29reviews170rating4.53

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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
Show the remaining 4
  • 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

Quick Simple Apps publishes 14 listings we track, 1.4M users between them. Listed website: readerview.freebusinessapps.net.

  1. Screen Recorder for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow · published 2019-06-24 700k users ★ 4.3
  2. ePub Reader for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow · published 2019-06-24 300k users ★ 2.4
  3. Volume Control for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2019-09-04 100k users ★ 4.4
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. Incognito This Tab for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow · published 2019-10-04 100k users ★ 4.4
  2. Text to Speech for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow · published 2019-07-22 70k users ★ 3.2
  3. History & Cache Cleaner for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility · published 2019-10-10 40k users ★ 4.7
  4. Free Download Manager for Google Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Productivity · Workflow · published 2019-07-22 40k users ★ 2.8
  5. Cool Cursors for Chrome™ Quick Simple Apps · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2019-08-17 20k users ★ 3.3

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