Best alternatives to Web Annotator - Webpage Highlight Notes (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Web Annotator, 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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Web Annotator alternatives, compared
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WuCai - Highlight and Note
Highlight and take notes on web
≈10K users4.3★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago9 permissions- About 10× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 6)
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Auto Highlight
Auto Highlight is text highlighter with RegExp support
≈30K users4.7★ from 104 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 30× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated less recently
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Annotate Website
Use Annotate Website chrome extension to annotate websites and PDF files. A simple annotation tool to highlight text and keep notes.
≈4K users4.6★ from 38 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago8 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 6)
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Gistr: Notes, Highlights, Auto-Save & AI
Notes, highlights & AI for YouTube/web. Optionally auto-save Bookmarks, Reading List, YouTube, Medium, Substack & X to your Inbox.
≈2K users5.0★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago17 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (17 vs 6)
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markerNote - web, PDF highlighter & notes
Persistent PDF highlighter. Highlight text & insert into notes in markdown format. Auto-organize notes by date, domain. sync Gdrive
≈2K users4.4★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago6 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated less recently
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Page Notes – Sticky Notes for Web Pages
Sticky notes for any web page or whole website. Tag, search, and encrypt your notes. Sync privately to your own Google Drive.
≈10K users4.5★ from 244 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago8 permissions- About 10× more users than Web Annotator
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 6)
Web Annotator alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Web Annotator?
By users, the most popular alternative is Auto Highlight with ≈30K users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is WuCai - Highlight and Note.
Which Web Annotator alternative has the best rating?
Auto Highlight has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 104 ratings.
How many alternatives to Web Annotator are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to Web Annotator 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.