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Chrome extension by Breinapps (Oded) · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 40 000 users, an established extension.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 3 screenshots

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Users
40 000 (the store no longer states an audience; this is the last figure it published)
Rating
4.8 (20 ratings)
Users, last 16 days
+39.9k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.1.0
Updated in the store
2026-02-26
Published
2026-02-26
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+39.9k since 01.09
48-40k · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-0157
  2. 2026-09-0354
  3. 2026-09-0448
  4. 2026-09-0549
  5. 2026-09-0650
  6. 2026-09-0753
  7. 2026-09-083k
  8. 2026-09-099k
  9. 2026-09-1340k
  10. 2026-09-1640k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.85 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews20rating4.85
  2. 2026-09-03reviews20rating4.85
  3. 2026-09-04reviews20rating4.85
  4. 2026-09-05reviews20rating4.85
  5. 2026-09-06reviews20rating4.85
  6. 2026-09-07reviews20rating4.85
  7. 2026-09-08reviews20rating4.85
  8. 2026-09-09reviews20rating4.85
  9. 2026-09-13reviews20rating4.85
  10. 2026-09-16reviews20rating4.85
Users
+39.9k since 01.09
48-40k · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-0157
  2. 2026-09-0354
  3. 2026-09-0448
  4. 2026-09-0549
  5. 2026-09-0650
  6. 2026-09-0753
  7. 2026-09-083k
  8. 2026-09-099k
  9. 2026-09-1340k
  10. 2026-09-1640k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.85 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews20rating4.85
  2. 2026-09-03reviews20rating4.85
  3. 2026-09-04reviews20rating4.85
  4. 2026-09-05reviews20rating4.85
  5. 2026-09-06reviews20rating4.85
  6. 2026-09-07reviews20rating4.85
  7. 2026-09-08reviews20rating4.85
  8. 2026-09-09reviews20rating4.85
  9. 2026-09-13reviews20rating4.85
  10. 2026-09-16reviews20rating4.85

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

  • https://api.news-headlines.co/*
  • http://api.news-headlines.co/*
  • 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

Breinapps (Oded) publishes 2 listings we track, 80k users between them. Listed website: breinapps.com.

  1. Flashing News & Search Breinapps (Oded) · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-02-26 40k users (last published figure) ★ 5.0

Like this one

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

  1. UrbanTabs Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 20k users
  2. New Tab - Cities Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 34 users ★ 5.0
  3. Vipflash Start Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
  4. Grow X - Custom New Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users
  5. Start Screen: A business focused new tab. Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 52 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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