Bear Chrome extension

Send to Bear.app snippets, url or entire web pages

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The Bear Chrome extension lets MacOS users effortlessly save web content directly to Bear.app. Whether you want to clip a snippet of text, an entire URL, or full web pages, this extension imports images, links, and other elements into your Bear notes seamlessly. Ideal for efficient note-taking and content organization.

Check out the quick demo video on Vimeo to see how it simplifies saving and organizing your web content inside Bear.app.

By:: Shiny Frog Ltd
Users:: 10,000+
Rating:: 3.08
(63)
Version:: 1.9.1 (Last updated: 2024-10-18)
Creation date:: 2019-04-11
Risk:: Very low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
activeTab
scripting
contextMenus
Size:: 28.66K
Email:: he*****@shinyfrog.net
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 8,120 ▲ 22

Other rankings

#22481 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 22

Other platforms

Bear.app Add-on (v1.7)

859 3.43

(7)

User reviews

Users report the Bear Chrome extension is simple and works well if instructions are followed, providing quick saving to Bear with some customization. However, persistent permission prompts, inability to capture code blocks and images properly, repeated page reloads disrupting workflow, and poor formatting after clipping are common issues. Many reviews mention its failure on certain pages and unstable behavior on Windows Chrome, leading to frustration and disappointment.

Pros

Works flawlessly when instructions are followed
Lightweight and simple to use
Supports saving clips to Bear app instantly
Has available options accessible via right-click
Can set custom tags when clipping

Cons

Constantly asks for permissions on each site click
Does not properly capture code blocks, headers, and some images
Webpage reloads on each activation causing lost reading position
Poor formatting preservation and messy page layout after clipping
Doesn't work well or at all on some pages (e.g., Amazon, order confirmations) and on Windows Chrome

Recent reviews

Constantly asks for permissions to open Bear on each click. Doesn't work on amazon pages with the default settings. Assume it's amazon protecting against scraping, but given it's prevalence, would be good for this extension to note this, or code a workaround of saving just URL and title.

Pete Crocker, 2024-09-08

Keeps asking for permission for each site. Really, it should ask for permissions once, not for each site.

Jaroslaw Mroz, 2024-08-29

Doesn't get everything, specifically, code blocks. Initial result looks great, but when you look it over and realize HALF the content is missing, it's pretty disappointing. I basically got a better result by highlighting the whole page and doing a copy/paste.... At least content doesn't get lost that way.

battlewithin -, 2023-12-13

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Bear Chrome extension does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Risk likelihood

Bear Chrome extension is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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