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Workflow & Planning

Immersion-reading mode of Chrome extensions, similar to Safari read mode.

Workflow & Planning

Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.

Audience & ratings

Store users

70K
≈2M

Ratings

4.80 / 52,120 ratings
4.10 / 5711 ratings

What stands out

Google Scholar PDF Reader reports the larger audience. These are store counts, including rounded estimates. The rating difference is 0.69 points across 2,120 and 711 ratings.

Category overlap does not establish that two products serve the same workflow.

Product & publisher

Publisher

Kenshin Wang
Google Ireland, Ltd.

Publisher portfolio

2 listings
2 listings

Listing status

Active
Active

Manifest

Version 3
Version 3

Package size

4.74MiB
3.54MiB

Permissions & access

Requested capabilities describe access, not developer intent or a safety verdict.

API permissions

6 requested
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • tts
  • declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
7 requested
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • declarativeNetRequest
  • scripting
  • storage
  • offscreen
  • clipboardWrite

Website patterns

3 recorded
  • <all_urls>
  • http://localhost/*
  • http://127.0.0.1/*
1 recorded
  • <all_urls>

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Evidence behind this comparison

Both listings observed 2 Oct 2026.

Store users and ratings are observations, not revenue or lifetime installs. A larger audience or a higher score does not establish product quality.

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