Speed Tweaks

Speed up your browser with few tweaks via toolbar popup!

What is Speed Tweaks?

Speed Tweaks is a Chrome extension designed to improve browser performance via handy tweaks. It includes features such as blocking ads, DNS pre-fetching, blocking image loads, faster rendering on scroll, loading mobile versions of sites, discarding inactive tabs from memory, and clearing browser's cache. Depending on the browser version and platform, the extension may behave differently. For any issues, users can report bugs through a form on the extension's homepage.

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Extension stats

By: Yubi

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 7,000+

Rating: 4.31 (26)

Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2024-02-15)

Creation date: 2018-09-29

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
privacy
browsingData
notifications
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 51.78K

Email: mu*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 12402 ▼ 29

Other rankings

#347 in Tools #13 in speed keyword 63 #129 in loading keyword 20 ▼ 8

Other platforms

Speed Tweaks (v0.1.3)

3.48

(33) 977

Speed Tweaks (v0.1.6)

4.70

(3) 2,758+

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Extension summary

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Speed Tweaks is an addon that helps you speed up your browser by using a few different tweaks. Simply open the toolbar popup and mark the desired item(s). Please note that none of the tweaks are selected by default.

Currently, there are 7 tweaks available for this addon:

Blocking most common ads.
DNS pre-fetching.
Blocking images from loading.
Speed-up rendering on page-scroll.
Loading mobile version of sites.
Discarding all inactive tabs from memory.
Clearing the browser's cache.

Note 1: depending on your browser version and platform, this addon might behave differently.

Note 2: to report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/speed-tweaks.html).

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Significantly speeds up page loading time.
Ability to switch to mobile versions of sites saves resources.
Easy to use with good options.
Helps low-internet situations improve browsing experience.
User-friendly and well-received overall.

Cons

Switching to mobile versions can cause issues with certain sites like Google Docs.
Some options are unclear or mismatch with the FAQ.
Breaks Facebook image icons in chat when activated.
Not updated since June 2022, raising concerns about continued support.
Mixed feedback about effectiveness for some users.

Most mentioned

Speed improvement.
Mobile version switching.
No updates since 2022.
Issues with Facebook image icons.
User satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

Recent reviews

Been using this app for a few years now. No issues, no problems. I love it. (Chrome)

Neil Hallen, 2024-09-11

Works decently well, and I love the ability to switch to the mobile version of youtube to save on resources... but doing so also forces my browser to switch to google docs mobile; which is bad enough when considering how it doesn't show distinct pages, and even worse when there seems to be some sort of bug preventing me from actually editing my documents in mobile. TDLR; There needs to be a way to selectively choose which sites are switched to their mobile equivalent, because using youtube mobile is great but using google docs mobile is horrible.

Yellowscar, 2024-02-23

One of the best extension to have on your browser. Speeds up page loading time significantly. I recommend turning on Block ads, Network Prediction, Page scroll and cache control for gaining speed without losing on appearance or having problem. I love it, increases loading speed significantly. The extension is not updated since June, 2022 but works very well till this date (7th Feb, 2023) and I found no other extension to do such a good job to increasing loading speed, as most extensions are so heavy that they decrease loading speeds.