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Best alternatives to Calendar Background Customizer (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Calendar Background Customizer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Calendar Background Customizer: reviews, users and permissionsBest Accessibility extensions

Calendar Background Customizer today

≈5K users3.2★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions

Calendar Background Customizer alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Google Calendar Font Customizer

    Font settings for Google Calendar. Let you set font style with ease.

    ≈9K users2.7★ from 12 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions
    • About 1.8× more users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Google Calendar Font Customizer alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Custom Fields for Google Calendar™

    Create Custom Fields in Google calendar™

    ≈1K users3.4★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago2 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  3. 3

    Custom Week Number - Google Calendar

    Extension to set custom week number for Google calendar

    ≈1K users3.1★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Custom Week Number alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    Calendar 2026

    Calendar 2026 is a browser extension that gives you quick access to google calendar

    ≈10K users4.9★ from 122 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago4 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Calendar 2026 alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Simple Calendar

    Simple calendar extension

    ≈10K users4.8★ from 12 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Simple Calendar alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Checker Plus for Google Calendar™

    See your next events, get meeting notifications and snooze events without opening the Google Calendar page!

    ≈300K users4.3★ from 2.1K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago14 permissions
    • About 60× more users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (14 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Checker Plus for Google Calendar™ alternativesCompare side by side
  7. 7

    TeamCal for Google Calendar™

    The missing schedule view for Google Calendar

    ≈3K users3.9★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    TeamCal for Google Calendar™ alternativesCompare side by side
  8. 8

    Google Calendar Quick Add

    Create event on Google Calendar from selected text.

    ≈3K users4.0★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
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  9. 9

    Week Increment Google Calendar Custom View

    Adds shortcuts to increment the custom week view for Google Calendar one week at a time.

    ≈1K users4.5★ from 21 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Week Increment Google Calendar Custom View alternativesCompare side by side
  10. 10

    More Colors for Calendar!

    Adds more colors to Google Calendar!

    ≈70K users1.1★ from 274 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 14× more users than Calendar Background Customizer
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    More Colors for Calendar! alternativesCompare side by side

Calendar Background Customizer alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Calendar Background Customizer?

By users, the most popular alternative is Checker Plus for Google Calendar™ with ≈300K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Google Calendar Font Customizer.

Which Calendar Background Customizer alternative has the best rating?

Calendar 2026 has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 122 ratings.

Is there a Calendar Background Customizer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Simple Calendar asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for Calendar Background Customizer.

How many alternatives to Calendar Background Customizer are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Calendar Background Customizer 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.