Best alternatives to NoteTab - Save Your Thoughts (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to NoteTab, 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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NoteTab alternatives, compared
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nuTab
Capture your thoughts and save favorite pages in a new tab
≈1K users4.6★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago2 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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Tab Notes
New note in every new tab. Capture thoughts faster.
≈5K users4.2★ from 73 ratingsUpdated 20 months agoNo special permissions- About 1.7× more users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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ThoughtPad (Legacy)
An auto-saving notepad in your browser's new-tab.
352 users4.3★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 10 months agoNo special permissions- About 8.5× fewer users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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nightTab
A neutral new tab page accented with a chosen colour. Customise the layout, style, background and bookmarks in nightTab.
≈100K users4.4★ from 443 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 33× more users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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OpenTabs: Save trees by surfing the web
Customize your new tab page so you can fight climate change while browsing the web. Save trees by doing what you do every day.
≈10K users4.7★ from 359 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago4 permissions- About 3.3× more users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Just for Fun
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Eco Search
Use Eco Search in the New Tab page.
≈4K users4.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to NoteTab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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New Tab Notepad
A persistent notepad on the new tab page. Notes sync across your Chrome browsers.
457 users4.0★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago1 permissions- About 6.6× fewer users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
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MyThing Search New Tab
Customize your new tab page
≈3K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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Notion New Tab
Configure your browser to open Notion in new tabs.
≈2K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago7 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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MemoTab – New Tab Notes
Turn your new tab into a productivity dashboard with notes, checklists, habit tracking, focus tools, and customizable boards.
≈1K users4.9★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago6 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than NoteTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
NoteTab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to NoteTab?
By users, the most popular alternative is nightTab with ≈100K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is nuTab.
Which NoteTab alternative has the best rating?
OpenTabs: Save trees by surfing the web has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 359 ratings.
Is there a NoteTab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Tab Notes asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for NoteTab.
How many alternatives to NoteTab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to NoteTab on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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