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Best alternatives to G-CAL Highlighter (2026)

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

G-CAL Highlighter: reviews, users and permissionsBest Accessibility extensions

G-CAL Highlighter today

≈2K users3.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago4 permissions

G-CAL Highlighter alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Highlighter for Google Chrome™

    Highlight your text right in the webpage.

    ≈40K users3.6★ from 14.4K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 20× more users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Highlighter for Google Chrome™ alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Highlighter

    Highlight text on websites with a simple right-click or keyboard shortcut. Saves highlights on your device.

    ≈100K users3.5★ from 317 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions
    • About 50× more users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Highlighter alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Highlighter

    Highlight selected text in webpages, add notes and visit the webpage again to see highlighted text and saved notes.

    ≈1K users4.7★ from 91 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Highlighter alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    Highlighter Plus

    ✨ A powerful text highlighter that helps you highlight and organize text. Perfect for research and study!

    213 users5.0★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago5 permissions
    • About 9.4× fewer users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  5. 5

    Google Calendar Weekend Highlighter

    Custom Colour for Weekends in Google Calendar

    ≈9K users4.1★ from 57 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago2 permissions
    • About 4.5× more users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  6. 6

    Highlighter

    Make creating ,viewing and managing highlight easier

    ≈1K users3.7★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years3 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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  7. 7

    Super Highlighter

    Highlight text on web page with a simple right-click and keyboard shortcut. Custom highlight color. Saves highlights on your device.

    ≈4K users4.0★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    Web Calculator & Highlighter

    Turns any webpage into a calculator: click numbers to sum, average & more. Highlight, draw & annotate pages. Syncs across tabs.

    399 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Tools
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  9. 9

    Highlighter for Google Sheets™

    This extension emphasize the row and column of the active cell in Google Sheets™.

    ≈2K users5.0★ from 2 ratings2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to G-CAL Highlighter
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
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  10. 10

    Line Highlighter

    Line Highlighter is a simple, privacy focused extension that highlights your current position on any website

    241 users3.3★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago1 permissions
    • About 8.3× fewer users than G-CAL Highlighter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
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G-CAL Highlighter alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to G-CAL Highlighter?

By users, the most popular alternative is Highlighter with ≈100K users and a 3.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Highlighter for Google Chrome™.

Which G-CAL Highlighter alternative has the best rating?

Highlighter has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 91 ratings.

Is there a G-CAL Highlighter alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Line Highlighter asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for G-CAL Highlighter.

How many alternatives to G-CAL Highlighter are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to G-CAL Highlighter 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.