Best alternatives to Text Shortcuts – Text Expander & Snippets (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Text Shortcuts, 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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Text Shortcuts alternatives, compared
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Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets
Work smarter and type faster with text shortcuts! Use text expander to turn text snippets into words or sentences anywhere online
≈30K users4.6★ from 150 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago9 permissions- About 10× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
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Auto Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets
Create smart text expansions to get more done and streamline your work. Billions of keystrokes saved!
≈2K users3.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago8 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Text Shortcuts
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 5)
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Text Expander Pro - Insert Snippets with Shortcuts
Type less, do more. Smart text expansion for professionals.
≈1K users5.0★ from 38 ratingsUpdated 6 days ago2 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Text Shortcuts
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Snippet Buddy: Text Expander for Chrome
Insert custom templates on any website.
≈2K users3.9★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago5 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Text Shortcuts
- Updated less recently
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TextExpander: Keyboard Shortcuts & Templates
Create and expand repetitive text anywhere on the web with custom keyboard shortcuts.
≈100K users4.5★ from 130 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago10 permissions- About 33× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 5)
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AI Text Expander: Snippets and Templates
Create clever text expansions to speed up your writing on email, LinkedIn, and millions of websites.
≈2K users4.1★ from 19 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Text Shortcuts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
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Text Snippets
Fill preseted texts to web page forms by context menu
≈10K users3.3★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago5 permissions- About 3.3× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Updated less recently
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Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™
Create custom keyboard shortcuts to expand and replace text as you type!
≈80K users3.3★ from 426 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions- About 27× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Paste It - Text Snippets
Paste text snippets from the toolbar, context menu or keyboard shortcuts
≈30K users3.9★ from 89 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago4 permissions- About 10× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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Text Blaze: Templates and Snippets
Create smart text expansions to get more done and streamline your work. Billions of keystrokes saved!
≈800K users4.9★ from 1.9K ratingsUpdated 13 days ago9 permissions- About 267× more users than Text Shortcuts
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
Text Shortcuts alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Text Shortcuts?
By users, the most popular alternative is Text Blaze: Templates and Snippets with ≈800K users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets.
Which Text Shortcuts alternative has the best rating?
Text Blaze: Templates and Snippets has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings.
Is there a Text Shortcuts alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Text Expander Pro - Insert Snippets with Shortcuts asks for 2 permissions, against 5 for Text Shortcuts.
How many alternatives to Text Shortcuts are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Text Shortcuts 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.