Best alternatives to Advanced Notepad (2026)
9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Advanced Notepad, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Advanced Notepad alternatives, compared
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Notepad
A very simple notepad for Chrome with sync functionality.
≈200K users3.8★ from 824 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago3 permissions- About 20× more users than Advanced Notepad
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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Notepad
A simple yet powerful notepad with HTML5 support and more
≈9K users3.4★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to Advanced Notepad
- Updated less recently
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Notepad Extension
Notepad Extension is a browser extension that allows users to save notes while browsing the web without switching tabs or windows.
≈6K users4.8★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago1 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Advanced Notepad
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Simple Notepad
Simple Notepad with Auto-Save feature for storing general information
≈2K users4.1★ from 77 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago1 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Advanced Notepad
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Notepad Online
A simple online notepad that can sync between devices, edit notes as text and HTML, save notes to your computer and more.
≈8K users3.9★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- A similar number of users to Advanced Notepad
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Notepad - online
Notepad-online for Chrome with sync functionality. Open and edit data on any computer.
≈100K users4.1★ from 1.3K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago6 permissions- About 10× more users than Advanced Notepad
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
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Simple Notepad
Make notes and sync them. What could be more simple?
≈9K users4.0★ from 211 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Advanced Notepad
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Online Notepad
Edit your text file quickly from Google Drive or local computer.
≈20K users4.3★ from 72 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 2.0× more users than Advanced Notepad
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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Advanced Importer
Through this Advanced Importer extension you can import anything (any data you want) from any website in just one click.
≈4K users3.3★ from 32 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago6 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Advanced Notepad
- Rated 1.0 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
Advanced Notepad alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Advanced Notepad?
By users, the most popular alternative is Notepad with ≈200K users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Notepad.
Which Advanced Notepad alternative has the best rating?
Online Notepad has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 72 ratings.
Is there a Advanced Notepad alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Online Notepad asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Advanced Notepad.
How many alternatives to Advanced Notepad are there?
We list 9 close alternatives to Advanced Notepad on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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