Best alternatives to Smart zoom (2026)
7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Smart zoom, 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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Smart zoom alternatives, compared
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SmartZoom
Double right-click any part of a web page to smoothly zoom in on it. Press Esc or double-click again to zoom back out.
100 users4.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 10 days ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Smart zoom
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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ZoomText Smart Invert
See photos in their natural colors when using the ZoomText Invert Brightness or Invert Color effect.
≈100K users2.6★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago5 permissions- About 100× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
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Zoom for Google Chrome
Zoom in or out on web content using the zoom button and mouse scroll wheel for more comfortable reading. That to each percent value.
≈300K users4.2★ from 1.8K ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago8 permissions- About 300× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 1)
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Scroll Zoom
Zoom web pages with the left or right mouse button and the scroll wheel.
≈3K users4.1★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago3 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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YT Zoom
Add option to zoom any Youtube wideo.
≈10K users3.5★ from 30 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 10× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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Zoom Page WE
Zoom web pages (either per-site or per-tab) using full-page zoom, text-only zoom, automatic fit-to-width and minimum font size.
≈10K users4.1★ from 169 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years5 permissions- About 10× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
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Zoom Block
Disable zooming by default. Re-enable zooming on a per-tab basis by clicking the Zoom Block icon.
≈10K users3.9★ from 67 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 10× more users than Smart zoom
- Updated more recently
Smart zoom alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Smart zoom?
By users, the most popular alternative is Zoom for Google Chrome with ≈300K users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is SmartZoom.
Which Smart zoom alternative has the best rating?
Zoom for Google Chrome has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings.
Is there a Smart zoom alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YT Zoom asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Smart zoom.
How many alternatives to Smart zoom are there?
We list 7 close alternatives to Smart zoom 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.