Best alternatives to Page Ruler – CSS Inspector & Grid Overlay (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Page Ruler, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
Page Ruler – CSS Inspector & Grid Overlay today
Page Ruler alternatives, compared
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CSS Grid Overlay
Easily check the grid alignment of your page across breakpoints.
≈10K users3.9★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Hover inspector
Inspector is the tool which mimic display dimension between selected and hover element. It would be good for designers, QA
≈8K users4.8★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago8 permissions- A similar number of users to Page Ruler
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Screen Ruler - Measure and Inspect the Web
Web inspector for designers & developers. Measure elements, extract CSS & colors, capture screenshots & more.
≈50K users4.3★ from 63 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago8 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Page Ruler
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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CSS Inspector
Activate this extension to view any information in a CSS-formatted pop-up with one click.
≈1K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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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 3.3× fewer users than Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
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Web Inspector
Use Web Inspector tool as a CSS viewer and website inspector for any page. It is a browser plugin for google chrome inspect element.
≈1K users4.7★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago3 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Inspect CSS
The easiest way to inspect and edit CSS
≈10K users4.8★ from 53 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- A similar number of users to Page Ruler
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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PixGrid Ruler
Your Pixel-Perfect Ruler for Measuring Web Elements
≈30K users4.2★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago4 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Tools
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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 10× more users than Page Ruler
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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CSS Pully – Font & Color & Style Inspector
Font & CSS Detector - CSS Pully extracts colors, fonts, shadows, and styles from any webpage. Perfect for designers & developers.
≈2K users5.0★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Page Ruler
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
Page Ruler alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Page Ruler?
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 CSS Grid Overlay.
Which Page Ruler alternative has the best rating?
Inspect CSS has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 53 ratings.
Is there a Page Ruler alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
CSS Inspector asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Page Ruler.
How many alternatives to Page Ruler are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Page Ruler 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.