Clean Reader - Read without distractions

An essential reading assistant tool that ensures ad free and enjoyable reading experience

Clean Reader is an essential Chrome extension designed to provide users with an ad-free and distraction-free reading environment. It eliminates annoying ads, popups, and banners, allowing you to focus solely on your reading materials such as articles and blog posts.

Key features include customizable text options like font family, size, and alignment, support for both light and dark themes based on your preference, and multi-color text highlighting. Its clean user interface and typography enhance readability. Stay tuned for exciting upcoming features, making Clean Reader your perfect tool for enjoyable reading sessions.

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By:: Extension Artisan
Users:: 735 -5
Rating:: 4.90
(30)
Version:: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2023-09-06)
Creation date:: 2023-07-05
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: scripting
activeTab
Host permissions:: <all_urls>
Size:: 96.15K
Email:: ex*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 33,011 ▲ 436

Other rankings

#2131 in Accessibility ▼ 1 #44 in reader keyword 84 ▲ 4

User reviews

Clean Reader is praised for significantly improving online reading by removing distractions and simplifying page layouts, making it a favorite for focused reading, research, and study. Users appreciate its customization options and minimalist design. However, recurring issues include the font size setting not saving, a large and visually intrusive sidebar, and desires for improved dark mode colors, default image toggling, and a print-to-PDF feature.

Pros

Effectively removes clutter and distractions from web pages to enhance reading focus.
Provides a clean, reader-friendly, and minimalist reading experience.
Customizable settings such as fonts and backgrounds enhance usability for long reading sessions.
Highly recommended by users for online reading, studying, and research.
Intuitive, reliable, and easy to use, improving reading efficiency and enjoyment.

Cons

Font size adjustment setting does not save between sessions for some users.
The sidebar is considered too large and intrusive by some users.
Dark mode color scheme (black text on white background) could be improved to white text on black background for better aesthetics in dark mode.
Some users requested the option to turn off pictures by default for cleaner reading.
Suggestion for a print-to-PDF option for the clean version is desired but not implemented yet.

Recent reviews

i use Clean Reader whenever I need to read long articles, and it makes the experience so much better.

Freak Gold, 2024-12-23

Clean Reader does a great job simplifying web pages for reading, and I love the customizable settings

Debby Cletus, 2024-12-23

It’s definitely one of my favorite browser extensions!

Daven Pinto, 2024-12-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Clean Reader - Read without distractions requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.

Risk likelihood

Clean Reader - Read without distractions has earned a fairly good reputation and likely 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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