Best alternatives to Awesome Tab (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Awesome Tab, 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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Awesome Tab alternatives, compared
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Awesome Blocker
Awesome Blocker - don't be distracted by ads, enjoy browsing your favorite web pages
≈30K users4.5★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago13 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Awesome Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 0)
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AirSearch New Tab
AirSearch New Tab
≈6K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Awesome Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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TabMaven New Tab
TabMaven New Tab
≈9K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to Awesome Tab
- Updated less recently
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Picshot New Tab
Picshot New Tab
≈10K users3.0★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to Awesome Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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XI New Tab
Beautiful New Tab by XI Tabs
≈3K users4.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Awesome Tab
- Updated less recently
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UP Tab
UP brings you a NewTab with Time, Date and Search
≈300K users4.5★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 30× more users than Awesome Tab
- Updated more recently
Awesome Tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Awesome Tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is UP Tab with ≈300K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Awesome Blocker.
How many alternatives to Awesome Tab are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to Awesome Tab 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.