Best alternatives to Zen tab: Beautiful, simple new tab (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Zen tab, 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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Zen tab alternatives, compared
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Simple New Tab
A minimalistic, configurable new tab page.
≈3K users4.6★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Zen tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 11)
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Simple Tab Sorter
Simple tab sorter that allows user-defined tab group order.
≈10K users4.5★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to Zen tab
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 11)
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Simple Tab Renamer
A simple chrome tab renamer extension
≈10K users3.5★ from 80 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Zen tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 11)
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Personal Kanban - Work Beautifully in your New Tab
Turn your new tab into a kanban board that helps you focus. The only extension with multiple boards and sync across computers.
≈6K users4.9★ from 219 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago1 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Zen tab
- Rated 1.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 11)
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Simple Todo
Replace the newtab page with a simple todo list
≈2K users4.5★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Zen tab
- Rated 1.0 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 11)
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iTab New Tab
iTab is a new personalized tab with free customized widgets: Calender, Weather, Breaking News, Wallpapers and so on.
≈300K users4.4★ from 856 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago8 permissions- About 30× more users than Zen tab
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (8 vs 11)
Zen tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Zen tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is iTab New Tab with ≈300K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Simple New Tab.
Which Zen tab alternative has the best rating?
Personal Kanban - Work Beautifully in your New Tab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 219 ratings.
Is there a Zen tab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Simple New Tab asks for 0 permissions, against 11 for Zen tab.
How many alternatives to Zen tab are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to Zen tab 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.