Best alternatives to Paper (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Paper, 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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Paper alternatives, compared
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Paper Of The Day
Discover trending academic papers from computer science to economics in each new tab. [Powered by Mendeley Data]
≈3K users4.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago3 permissions- About 233× fewer users than Paper
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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Papier
Open a new tab and trap your best thoughts.
≈30K users4.3★ from 328 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago4 permissions- About 23× fewer users than Paper
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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PaperSpan
Read It Later app to read more and finish your reading list - to use the web for better you.
≈2K users3.4★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago7 permissions- About 350× fewer users than Paper
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 8)
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the paper link 3.0
Direct paper links; display Faculty Opinions; Peak authors; etc. Built by Liang Cai
≈9K users4.3★ from 190 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago26 permissions- About 78× fewer users than Paper
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (26 vs 8)
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Instapaper
Instapaper browser extension to save links for offline reading.
≈300K users3.8★ from 563 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago5 permissions- About 2.3× fewer users than Paper
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 8)
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PaperCut Hive
Secure, easy, responsible
≈100K users4.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago7 permissions- About 7.0× fewer users than Paper
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 8)
Paper alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Paper?
By users, the most popular alternative is Instapaper with ≈300K users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Paper Of The Day.
Which Paper alternative has the best rating?
Papier has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 328 ratings.
Is there a Paper alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Paper Of The Day asks for 3 permissions, against 8 for Paper.
How many alternatives to Paper are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to Paper 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.