Best alternatives to Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Aurora, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab today
Aurora alternatives, compared
- 1
OmniTab New Tab
Free to define your new tab,add website icons,HD wallpapers,quick access to bookmarks,todo list,weather and history
≈2K users4.2★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years6 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Aurora
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 7)
- 2
Homey: Productivity New Tab
Turn new tab into a productive workspace, organize bookmarks, motivates with daily live wallpapers and inspirational quotes
≈90K users4.8★ from 6.5K ratingsUpdated 9 days ago13 permissions- About 10× more users than Aurora
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 3
New Tab Studio: Countdown Widgets, Habit Tracker & Custom Dashboard
New tab countdown to an exam, deadline or birthday, todo list, notes, clock, quotes, weather, pomodoro and aesthetic HD wallpapers.
≈40K users4.8★ from 1.4K ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago8 permissions- About 4.4× more users than Aurora
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 4
New Tab - Dream Afar: Wallpapers & Productivity Widgets
Beautiful new tab with stunning wallpapers, productivity widgets, and AI access. Privacy-first, fully customizable.
≈50K users4.4★ from 1.6K ratingsUpdated 10 months ago3 permissions- About 5.6× more users than Aurora
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 7)
- 5
Legadro Screen - Live New Tab
Personalize your Chrome new tab with live wallpapers, bookmarks, notes, reminders, weather and Google cloud sync.
≈1K users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 3 weeks ago20 permissions- About 9.0× fewer users than Aurora
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (20 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 6
F1 New Tab - Live Standings, Race Countdown & Wallpapers
Transform every new tab into an F1 dashboard with live standings, race countdowns, track weather, and 200+ wallpapers.
≈8K users5.0★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago6 permissions- A similar number of users to Aurora
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 7
DesktopHut Live Wallpapers Tab Pro
Set live video wallpapers from desktophut.com directly onto your Chrome New Tab page, now with cool bookmarks!
≈9K users3.7★ from 3 ratings4 permissions- A similar number of users to Aurora
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 8
CW New Tab — Live Wallpapers & Widgets
Turn every new tab into a live wallpaper with clock, weather, pomodoro, music player and sticky notes.
≈3K users4.9★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 6 days ago4 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Aurora
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 7)
- 9
Live Start Page - Living Wallpapers
Live new tab page: customize clocks, to-do list, hundreds of live backgrounds in your browser.
≈200K users4.6★ from 8.6K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago32 permissions- About 22× more users than Aurora
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (32 vs 7)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 10
iTab New Tab
iTab is a new personalized tab with free customized widgets: Calender, Weather, Breaking News, Wallpapers and so on.
≈300K users3.1★ from 866 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago8 permissions- About 33× more users than Aurora
- Rated 1.0 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 7)
Aurora alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Aurora?
By users, the most popular alternative is iTab New Tab with ≈300K users and a 3.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is OmniTab New Tab.
Which Aurora alternative has the best rating?
New Tab Studio: Countdown Widgets, Habit Tracker & Custom Dashboard has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings.
Is there a Aurora alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
New Tab - Dream Afar: Wallpapers & Productivity Widgets asks for 3 permissions, against 7 for Aurora.
How many alternatives to Aurora are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Aurora on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.