Best alternatives to New Tab - Dream Afar: Wallpapers & Productivity Widgets (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to New 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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New Tab alternatives, compared
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Wallsflow New Tab: Live Wallpapers, Widgets & Focus Music
Transform your New Tab into a calm, personalized space with live wallpapers, widgets, and ambient focus music.
≈300K users4.8★ from 4.9K ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago4 permissions- About 6.0× more users than New Tab
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Tab Organizer: Productivity Tool
Tab manager and productivity tool for Chrome. Group tabs by domain and rules, save tabs, restore tabs, sort tabs, customize colors.
≈3K users3.5★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions- About 17× fewer users than New Tab
- Rated 1.1 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
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Gameograf ONE New Tab: Live Wallpapers
Transform every new tab into a personalized workspace with live wallpapers, productivity tools, and a modern browsing experience.
≈20K users4.8★ from 31 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago4 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than New Tab
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Toggl Track: Productivity & Time Tracker
Puts a timer into any web tool and allows quick real time productivity tracking with all the data stored on your Toggl account
≈300K users4.4★ from 1.5K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago12 permissions- About 6.0× more users than New Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (12 vs 3)
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Telus Digital Productivity Extension
Tracks productivity for accurate payment, compliance and support only on program tools when signed in
≈20K users1.9★ from 93 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago9 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than New Tab
- Rated 2.6 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab
Free to define your new tab,add website icons,HD wallpapers,quick access to bookmarks,todo list,weather and history
≈9K users4.3★ from 132 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago7 permissions- About 5.6× fewer users than New Tab
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
New Tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to New Tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is Wallsflow New Tab: Live Wallpapers, Widgets & Focus Music with ≈300K users and a 4.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Wallsflow New Tab: Live Wallpapers, Widgets & Focus Music.
Which New Tab alternative has the best rating?
Wallsflow New Tab: Live Wallpapers, Widgets & Focus Music has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings.
How many alternatives to New Tab are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to New Tab on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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