Best alternatives to gridView (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to gridView, 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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Page Grid
Add a simple grid to any page with adjustable size, and color.
≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions- About 8.0× fewer users than gridView
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Bootstrap grid viewer
Detects Bootstrap Grid elements on a page and displays visual overlay for them
≈1K users3.7★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 8.0× fewer users than gridView
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Grid Ruler
Create grids and measure their distance easily.
≈100K users3.9★ from 343 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 13× more users than gridView
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Grid Lines Ruler
Create grids on pages that provide the developers visual hints to help in developing the web app layouts.
≈7K users4.3★ from 28 ratings1 permissions- A similar number of users to gridView
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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Page Grid Ruler
Draw a grid view, get page dimensions in pixel (px) unit and draw a rule
≈3K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 2.7× fewer users than gridView
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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View CSS
A Chrome extension to view the CSS of any website.
≈1K users4.7★ from 3 ratings2 permissions- About 8.0× fewer users than gridView
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Mobile View Extension - View website as mobile
Use Mobile View Extension for testing mobile websites with a responsive website checker, a responsive design test, and previews.
≈3K users4.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated in the last day4 permissions- About 2.7× fewer users than gridView
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Designer Tools
A collection of tools to help you design and develop websites with precision.
≈80K users4.4★ from 233 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions- About 10× more users than gridView
- Updated more recently
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Page Ruler – CSS Inspector & Grid Overlay
Screen ruler, element inspector, grid overlay & CSS/Tailwind export for pixel-perfect UI design and frontend QA.
≈10K users3.3★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions- A similar number of users to gridView
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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Mobile View — Mobile Simulator & Preview
Mobile simulator: preview any site on iPhone, Android & tablets — up to 5 at once. Mobile view + desktop live, responsive design.
≈70K users4.9★ from 111 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago8 permissions- About 8.8× more users than gridView
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
gridView alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to gridView?
By users, the most popular alternative is Grid Ruler with ≈100K users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Page Grid.
Which gridView alternative has the best rating?
Mobile View — Mobile Simulator & Preview has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 111 ratings.
Is there a gridView alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Grid Lines Ruler asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for gridView.
How many alternatives to gridView are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to gridView 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.