Chrome Notes

Name: Chrome Notes
Rating: 4.321138211382114 (246 reviews)
Author: https://rgbstudios.org

A simple notepad extension for Google Chrome

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Chrome Notes is a versatile and lightweight notepad extension designed for Google Chrome users who want a simple yet powerful tool to jot down notes quickly and securely. With over 90,000 users and a 4.5-star rating, it offers multiple notes management, offline functionality, and storage of notes locally to protect your privacy.

Key features include speech-to-text input, customizable font size, keyboard shortcuts including Ctrl+Shift+X to open notes quickly, right-click integration to send selected text to a new note, and backup options to download and upload your notes. The extension is ad-free, small in size (less than 0.1MB), and remembers your notes and settings between sessions, making it a smart, distraction-free writing companion directly in your browser.

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By:

https://rgbstudios.org

Users:

100,000

Rating:

4.32

(246) 2 new ratings

Version:

1.5.2 Last updated: 2025-05-08

Creation date:

2020-05-12

Risk:

Permissions:

clipboardWrite
clipboardRead
downloads
contextMenus

Size:

25.86KB

Email:

fe*****@rgbstudios.org

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-09

Ranking

# 1,728 ▲ 30

Other rankings

#2748 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 10

#6 in note keyword 40

#19 in works offline keyword 20 ▼ 2

#37 in chrome keyword 94 ▲ 1

#56 in chrome browser keyword 68 ▼ 3

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Other platforms

Edge Notes (v1.5.3)

5,829 3.80

(12)

User reviews

Chrome Notes is widely appreciated for its simplicity and usefulness in quick note-taking and team collaboration. However, several users report a critical bug causing sudden loss or invisibility of notes until a new note is created, leading to frustration and loss of trust. Additional complaints include the lack of confirmation dialogs on deletion, some non-functioning features like speech-to-text, and minor UI issues. Despite its benefits, reliability concerns significantly affect user experience.

Pros

Easy and handy for taking notes quickly
Saves time and helps users capture ideas frictionlessly
Useful for team collaboration
Has been reliable and liked by long-term users
Simple and practical interface appreciated by many

Cons

Sudden loss of all notes without clear explanation or immediate fix
Notes only become visible after creating a new note, indicating bugs in note retrieval
Lack of a confirmation popup on deletion causing accidental data loss
Some features like speech-to-text do not work and appear abandoned
Issues with window size and interface usability have been reported

Recent reviews

Great

Mo*****, 2025-07-04

This is a great extension that helps me a lot. Great work! Thanks for it!

İb*****, 2025-07-03

WE Love using this product, it saves our team lot of time and helps them catch and save floating Ideas frictionless. very recommended. but if there was a markdown realtime formatting it would be so much better.

at*****, 2025-06-30

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Chrome Notes requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Chrome Notes has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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