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Blur & Lock: Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web

Chrome extension by Hotzapp · Lifestyle · Social

  • Established publisher

A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Social with 10 000 users, an established extension. Audience over the last 30 days: +1 000.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
10 000
Rating
4.9 (143 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
+1 000 (the store rounds this count to 10 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
1.29.2
Updated in the store
2026-10-15
Published
2026-02-03
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+1k since 30.09
9k-10k · 16 readings
2026-09-30: released 1.28.02026-10-15: released 1.29.2
  1. 2026-10-049k
  2. 2026-10-0810k
  3. 2026-10-0910k
  4. 2026-10-1310k
  5. 2026-10-1410k
  6. 2026-10-1610k
  7. 2026-10-1810k
  8. 2026-10-1910k
  9. 2026-10-2110k
  10. 2026-10-2210k
  11. 2026-10-2310k
  12. 2026-10-2410k
  13. 2026-10-2510k
  14. 2026-10-2810k
  15. 2026-10-2910k
  16. 2026-10-3010k
Rating
+0.006 since 30.09
reviewsrating 4.880-4.920 · 16 readings
2026-09-30: released 1.28.02026-10-15: released 1.29.2
  1. 2026-10-04reviews93rating4.903
  2. 2026-10-08reviews93rating4.903
  3. 2026-10-09reviews94rating4.904
  4. 2026-10-13reviews95rating4.905
  5. 2026-10-14reviews95rating4.880
  6. 2026-10-16reviews112rating4.920
  7. 2026-10-18reviews127rating4.920
  8. 2026-10-19reviews128rating4.920
  9. 2026-10-21reviews130rating4.920
  10. 2026-10-22reviews133rating4.907
  11. 2026-10-23reviews136rating4.893
  12. 2026-10-24reviews137rating4.893
  13. 2026-10-25reviews138rating4.907
  14. 2026-10-28reviews139rating4.907
  15. 2026-10-29reviews143rating4.907
  16. 2026-10-30reviews143rating4.907
Users
+3k since 01.09
7k-10k · 23 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.27.02026-09-30: released 1.28.02026-10-15: released 1.29.2
  1. 2026-09-017k
  2. 2026-09-098k
  3. 2026-09-158k
  4. 2026-09-178k
  5. 2026-09-208k
  6. 2026-09-258k
  7. 2026-09-269k
  8. 2026-10-049k
  9. 2026-10-0810k
  10. 2026-10-0910k
  11. 2026-10-1310k
  12. 2026-10-1410k
  13. 2026-10-1610k
  14. 2026-10-1810k
  15. 2026-10-1910k
  16. 2026-10-2110k
  17. 2026-10-2210k
  18. 2026-10-2310k
  19. 2026-10-2410k
  20. 2026-10-2510k
  21. 2026-10-2810k
  22. 2026-10-2910k
  23. 2026-10-3010k
Rating
+0.015 since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.880-4.920 · 23 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.27.02026-09-30: released 1.28.02026-10-15: released 1.29.2
  1. 2026-09-01reviews83rating4.892
  2. 2026-09-09reviews83rating4.892
  3. 2026-09-15reviews84rating4.893
  4. 2026-09-17reviews85rating4.894
  5. 2026-09-20reviews89rating4.899
  6. 2026-09-25reviews90rating4.900
  7. 2026-09-26reviews91rating4.901
  8. 2026-10-04reviews93rating4.903
  9. 2026-10-08reviews93rating4.903
  10. 2026-10-09reviews94rating4.904
  11. 2026-10-13reviews95rating4.905
  12. 2026-10-14reviews95rating4.880
  13. 2026-10-16reviews112rating4.920
  14. 2026-10-18reviews127rating4.920
  15. 2026-10-19reviews128rating4.920
  16. 2026-10-21reviews130rating4.920
  17. 2026-10-22reviews133rating4.907
  18. 2026-10-23reviews136rating4.893
  19. 2026-10-24reviews137rating4.893
  20. 2026-10-25reviews138rating4.907
  21. 2026-10-28reviews139rating4.907
  22. 2026-10-29reviews143rating4.907
  23. 2026-10-30reviews143rating4.907

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://web.whatsapp.com/*
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.29.2
  2. Version 1.28.0
  3. Version 1.27.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 1.29.2 (was 1.28.0)
  3. Store description rewritten
Show the remaining 3
  1. Released version 1.28.0 (was 1.27.0)
  2. Package size changed
  3. Released version 1.27.0 (was 1.26.1)

The publisher

Hotzapp publishes 2 listings we track, 13k users between them. Listed website: hotzapp.com.

  1. Hotzapp: Reply in 1 click. CRM and Kanban inside WhatsApp Web Hotzapp · Productivity · Workflow · published 2023-05-19 3k users ★ 4.8

Like this one

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

  1. Blur for WhatsApp Web – Privacy, Hide Chats & PIN Lock Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 40 users ★ 5.0
  2. WhatsApp Privacy - Blur & Lock Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 935 users ★ 5.0
  3. Privacy for WhatsApp Web: Chat Lock, Blur & Hide Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 8 users
  4. WBlur: Privacy for WhatsApp Web – Blur Chats, Names & Photos Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users
  5. WhatsApp Web Privacy Blur Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 57 users

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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