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Speed Read

Chrome extension by Free Apps · Productivity · Education

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Education with 20 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
20
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 18 days
+4
Version
0.1.8
Updated in the store
2025-05-16
Published
2025-05-16
Manifest
V3
Browser access
4 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+4 since 01.09
16-20 · 8 readings
  1. 2026-09-0116
  2. 2026-09-0318
  3. 2026-09-0417
  4. 2026-09-0618
  5. 2026-09-0820
  6. 2026-09-1018
  7. 2026-09-1620
  8. 2026-09-1820
Users
+4 since 01.09
16-20 · 8 readings
  1. 2026-09-0116
  2. 2026-09-0318
  3. 2026-09-0417
  4. 2026-09-0618
  5. 2026-09-0820
  6. 2026-09-1018
  7. 2026-09-1620
  8. 2026-09-1820

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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
  • Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
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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

Free Apps publishes 19 listings we track, 493k users between them.

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Like this one

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

  1. Speed Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure) ★ 5.0
  2. Read Faster Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users
  3. Speed Read Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 12 users
  4. Speed Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.3
  5. Speed Reader Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 44 users

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