Best alternatives to Character Count (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Character Count, 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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Character Count alternatives, compared
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Character Count
Character and word count in your text
≈8K users3.5★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago4 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Character Count Tool
Calculate how many words and characters are on a page. Simply highlight the text, right click, and click the Character Count icon!
≈7K users4.7★ from 33 ratings3 permissions- About 3.5× more users than Character Count
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Character counter
Character, Letter & Word Counter Tool
406 users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 24 months ago1 permissions- About 4.9× fewer users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Word Counter - Character Counter
Free word counter & character counter: count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs & reading time live on any page.
≈2K users4.8★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago6 permissions- A similar number of users to Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Word & Character Counter
Displays the word and character count of selected text.
≈1K users4.4★ from 7 ratingsNo special permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Character Count
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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Form Character Counter
This Extension counts and displays the number of characters in Web Forms in real time. Counter will be displayed conservatively.
578 users4.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 18 months agoNo special permissions- About 3.5× fewer users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Char Counter
Try Char Counter - the character count tool that also helps to count words, letters, symbols and sentences. Install and try it now!
302 users5.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago6 permissions- About 6.6× fewer users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
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Count me up - Word and character counter
Word and character counter
≈4K users4.0★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Count me up lite - Word and character counter
Word and character counter
501 users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago1 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Word Counter
Use the Online Word Counter to count word and as a sentences calculator. Count words and characters in sentance paragraphs.
257 users3.3★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago4 permissions- About 7.8× fewer users than Character Count
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
Character Count alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Character Count?
By users, the most popular alternative is Character Count with ≈8K users and a 3.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Character Count.
Is there a Character Count alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Word & Character Counter asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Character Count.
How many alternatives to Character Count are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Character Count 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.