Best alternatives to Autotype - Free Text Expander (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Autotype, 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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Autotype alternatives, compared
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Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™
Create custom keyboard shortcuts to expand and replace text as you type!
≈90K users2.5★ from 425 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago2 permissions- About 30× more users than Autotype
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Free Auto Text Expander
Create custom keyboard shortcuts to expand and replace text as you type!
≈4K users2.8★ from 33 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions- A similar number of users to Autotype
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
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Smart Text Expander
Expand your short text with long descriptive text quickly with help of this Smart Text Expander extension
≈1K users3.8★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago6 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Autotype
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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Airtext - Shortcuts Text Expander
Produce more in less time by expanding your predefined texts using shortcuts.
563 users3.7★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago7 permissions- About 5.3× fewer users than Autotype
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Magical: Text Expander & Autofill
Magical is a text expander and autofill automation app used by over 100K companies. Expand text like magic and auto-fill forms.
≈200K users3.1★ from 3.5K ratingsUpdated 7 months ago14 permissions- About 67× more users than Autotype
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (14 vs 4)
- Listed under Communication
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EqualFill: Free Text Expander
An elegant text expander with autofill. Just press "==".
≈2K users4.2★ from 35 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Autotype
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets
Tired of retyping the same replies, prompts and form entries? This text expander inserts saved snippets via quick text shortcuts.
≈20K users4.6★ from 151 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago9 permissions- About 6.7× more users than Autotype
- Rated 1.0 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Auto Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets
Create smart text expansions to get more done and streamline your work. Billions of keystrokes saved!
≈2K users4.1★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago8 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Autotype
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Text Shortcuts – Text Expander & Snippets
Text expander with reusable snippets and fillable fields. Insert dynamic templates anywhere on the web, without retyping.
≈3K users4.9★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to Autotype
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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CopyGOAT Auto Text Expander: Text Shortcut & Autofill Snippets Templates
Text expander create custom keyboard shortcuts autofill automation app create and expand repetitive text anywhere on the web.
702 users4.9★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 6 days ago10 permissions- About 4.3× fewer users than Autotype
- Rated 1.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
Autotype alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Autotype?
By users, the most popular alternative is Magical: Text Expander & Autofill with ≈200K users and a 3.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™.
Which Autotype alternative has the best rating?
Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 151 ratings.
Is there a Autotype alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™ asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Autotype.
How many alternatives to Autotype are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Autotype 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.