Best alternatives to Tab Auto Refresh (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tab Auto Refresh, 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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Tab Auto Refresh alternatives, compared
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Auto Refresh
Auto Reload Chrome – Effortless Tab & Page Auto Refresh Extension
≈1K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago4 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Updated less recently
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Auto Refresh & Clicker
Automatically refresh web pages, find text, and click matching buttons.
≈3K users3.8★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 33× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Updated more recently
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Page Auto Refresh
Page Auto Refresh: Auto-refresh and auto-reload pages after any number of seconds
≈1K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago8 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Looker Studio Auto Refresh
Auto-refresh and automated pagination of your Google Looker Studio reports, on a chosen interval.
≈20K users4.4★ from 56 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago13 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 4)
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Auto Tab Mute
Automatically mutes background tabs
≈3K users4.6★ from 24 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 33× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Auto Tab Groups
Automatically groups tabs by domain.
≈8K users5.0★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 13× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Updated more recently
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Auto Refresh Ultra: Tab Reloader & Page Monitor
Auto refresh any webpage at custom intervals. Page monitor, hard refresh, countdown timer. Lightweight and privacy-focused.
≈1K users4.1★ from 9 ratingsUpdated in the last day5 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
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Super Simple Auto Refresh
Multi reload pages and search text by random interval or by ready presets
≈5K users4.0★ from 4 ratings4 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
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YouTube Auto-Refresh
Never let "Try again later" or "Still watching?" error interrupt your YouTube experience again!
≈1K users4.1★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Random Refresh
Refresh page randomly in time range
≈6K users4.5★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago3 permissions- About 17× fewer users than Tab Auto Refresh
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
Tab Auto Refresh alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Tab Auto Refresh?
By users, the most popular alternative is Looker Studio Auto Refresh with ≈20K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Auto Refresh.
Which Tab Auto Refresh alternative has the best rating?
Looker Studio Auto Refresh has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 56 ratings.
Is there a Tab Auto Refresh alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Auto Tab Mute asks for 2 permissions, against 4 for Tab Auto Refresh.
How many alternatives to Tab Auto Refresh are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Auto Refresh 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.