Best alternatives to Tab Notes (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tab Notes, 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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Sticky Notes Tab
Simply use sticky notes on every new tab
≈5K users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to Tab Notes
- Updated less recently
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Quotes New Tab
A new motivational quote in every new tab.
≈5K users4.1★ from 69 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Tab Notes
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Chrome Notes
A simple notepad extension for Google Chrome
≈100K users4.4★ from 305 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago4 permissions- About 20× more users than Tab Notes
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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My Notes
Simple and fast note-taking.
≈20K users4.7★ from 114 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Tab Notes
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 0)
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NoteTab - Save Your Thoughts
Capture your thoughts seamlessly in the new tab page
≈3K users3.6★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Tab Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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My-Notes
My-Notes - Put your story into notes...
≈2K users4.6★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Tab Notes
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 0)
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No New Tabs
Prevents links from opening in new tabs.
≈10K users4.5★ from 104 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago2 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Tab Notes
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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New Tab
Create a blank new tab without any existing content.
≈3K users4.3★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Tab Notes
- Updated less recently
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Genio Notes
The Chrome extension for Genio Notes
≈90K users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago7 permissions- About 18× more users than Tab Notes
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 0)
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New Tab, New Window
Open every new tab in a new window.
≈20K users3.9★ from 138 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago1 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Tab Notes
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
Tab Notes alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Tab Notes?
By users, the most popular alternative is Chrome Notes with ≈100K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Sticky Notes Tab.
Which Tab Notes alternative has the best rating?
My Notes has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 114 ratings.
How many alternatives to Tab Notes are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Notes 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.