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Best alternatives to Redium (2026)

6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Redium, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Redium: reviews, users and permissionsBest Tools extensions

Redium today

≈6K users5.0★ from 65 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago5 permissions

Redium alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Free Medium Reader

    Read members-only articles on Medium.com directly on the page.

    ≈8K users4.3★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago5 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Redium
    • Rated 0.7 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    Free Medium Reader alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    Medium Unlock

    Unlimited access to Medium articles.

    ≈70K users4.1★ from 161 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago2 permissions
    • About 12× more users than Redium
    • Rated 0.9 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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  3. 3

    Medium Parser

    Read medium based articles for free.

    ≈10K users4.7★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago2 permissions
    • About 1.7× more users than Redium
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
    Medium Parser alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    Red Shield VPN

    A simple and fast extension to access your favorite resources and protect your data.

    ≈60K users4.2★ from 207 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago9 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Redium
    • Rated 0.8 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
    • Listed under Privacy & Security
    Red Shield VPN alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Freedium Link Converter

    Convert Medium articles to Freedium for ad-free reading experience

    ≈6K users4.6★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago6 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Redium
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
    Freedium Link Converter alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Proxy Connector - SOCKS4/SOCKS5

    Connect to SOCKS v4 and SOCKS v5 proxies directly from your browser

    ≈1K users4.1★ from 9 ratings3 permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than Redium
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
    • Listed under Privacy & Security
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Redium alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Redium?

By users, the most popular alternative is Medium Unlock with ≈70K users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Free Medium Reader.

Which Redium alternative has the best rating?

Red Shield VPN has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 207 ratings.

Is there a Redium alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Medium Unlock asks for 2 permissions, against 5 for Redium.

How many alternatives to Redium are there?

We list 6 close alternatives to Redium 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.