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Web Filter for Chrome

(53 reviews)
8,000 users
Updated March 21, 2025
productivity/toolschromeVersion 2.0
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Description

Web Filter for Chrome extension enables safe web filtering and Google safe search in Chrome.

Extension Rankings

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Ranking Summary

#10,521

Overall Rank

#9,069

Extension Rank

#116

"Browser Extension" Keyword

#109

"Browser" Keyword

#78

"Browsing" Keyword

#37

"Browser Settings" Keyword

#88

"Website Blocker" Keyword

#136

"School" Keyword

#47

"Safe" Keyword

#147

"Result" Keyword

#189

"Policy" Keyword

#150

"Protect" Keyword

#169

"Material" Keyword

#265

"Keep" Keyword

#130

"Google Keep" Keyword

#134

"Family" Keyword

#79

"Environment" Keyword

#187

"Device" Keyword

#13

"Education" Keyword

#60

"Chrome Browser" Keyword

#3,639

Featured Rank

0

Review Summary

Users appreciate 'Web Filter for Chrome' for effectively blocking inappropriate content and scams, praising the responsive development team and cross-platform usability. Notable drawbacks include frequent redirects to suspicious googleads pages disrupting browsing, unintended blocking of certain desired content such as Instagram or live streams, absence of password protection, and limited customization options. Additional issues are reported with YouTube functionalities being affected. Overall, it's considered a strong filtering extension but requires improvement in stability and user control features.

Pros

  • Effectively blocks inappropriate content and scams enhancing safe browsing.
  • Responsive and helpful development team.
  • Works well across multiple platforms including mobile and desktop.
  • Highly regarded by users as one of the best filtering extensions available.
  • Provides good parental control features.

Cons

  • Redirection to suspicious or blank googleads pages causing disrupted browsing.
  • Blocks content users wish to access, such as Instagram or certain live streams.
  • Lack of password protection leading to easy uninstallation or disabling of the extension.
  • Limited customization options like category selection or site whitelisting.
  • Some functionality issues on platforms like YouTube causing restricted mode and comments problems.

Permissions

This extension can:

  • storage
  • webNavigation
  • declarativeNetRequest

This extension can access:

  • *://*/

Additional Information

Version

2.0

Updated

March 21, 2025

Size

0.21 MB

Languages

en-US

Developer Information

Authorhttps://spinsafebrowser.com
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Trusted PublisherVerified
Location
2900 - 550 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 0A3 CA
CA
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