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HotGato Speed Reader

Chrome extension by Robert Allen · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 133 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
133
Rating
5.0 (4 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
+2
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.12
Updated in the store
2025-05-18
Published
2024-08-18
Manifest
V3
Browser access
4 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+2 since 01.09
130-139 · 11 readings
  1. 2026-09-01131
  2. 2026-09-02132
  3. 2026-09-03131
  4. 2026-09-04133
  5. 2026-09-06136
  6. 2026-09-07134
  7. 2026-09-08139
  8. 2026-09-09137
  9. 2026-09-10139
  10. 2026-09-13130
  11. 2026-09-15133
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 5.00 · 11 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews4rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-02reviews4rating5.00
  3. 2026-09-03reviews4rating5.00
  4. 2026-09-04reviews4rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-06reviews4rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-07reviews4rating5.00
  7. 2026-09-08reviews4rating5.00
  8. 2026-09-09reviews4rating5.00
  9. 2026-09-10reviews4rating5.00
  10. 2026-09-13reviews4rating5.00
  11. 2026-09-15reviews4rating5.00
Users
+2 since 01.09
130-139 · 11 readings
  1. 2026-09-01131
  2. 2026-09-02132
  3. 2026-09-03131
  4. 2026-09-04133
  5. 2026-09-06136
  6. 2026-09-07134
  7. 2026-09-08139
  8. 2026-09-09137
  9. 2026-09-10139
  10. 2026-09-13130
  11. 2026-09-15133
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 5.00 · 11 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews4rating5.00
  2. 2026-09-02reviews4rating5.00
  3. 2026-09-03reviews4rating5.00
  4. 2026-09-04reviews4rating5.00
  5. 2026-09-06reviews4rating5.00
  6. 2026-09-07reviews4rating5.00
  7. 2026-09-08reviews4rating5.00
  8. 2026-09-09reviews4rating5.00
  9. 2026-09-10reviews4rating5.00
  10. 2026-09-13reviews4rating5.00
  11. 2026-09-15reviews4rating5.00

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • 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
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  • 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

Robert Allen publishes 4 listings we track, 154 users between them.

  1. Roman Numeral Swap Robert Allen · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2024-08-17 8 users ★ 5.0
  2. NoSpoilers Robert Allen · Lifestyle · Social · published 2023-05-11 7 users ★ 5.0
  3. Click2Highlight Robert Allen · Productivity · Education · published 2024-08-20 6 users

Like this one

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

  1. Bionic Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 52 users ★ 5.0
  2. Velocity Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 10 users
  3. Spritz Reader - Speed Read Any Page Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 289 users
  4. Bionic Readable Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users ★ 5.0
  5. Speed Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.3

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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