Reader View
Strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability
Reader View: An Uncluttered Chrome Reading Extension
'Reader View' is a Chrome extension designed to provide a distraction-free reading experience. It strips away unnecessary elements such as buttons, background images, and ads, and optimizes the text size, layout, and contrast. It's equipped with handy tools that allow you to personalize the reading mode. You can also save content in HTML format, email documents, use a Text to Speech engine, add notes, highlight text, and more. Ideal for long reads, informative articles, and educational content.
Extension stats
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- storage
- activeTab
- scripting
- contextMenus
- notifications
- declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Size: 304.13K
Email: yo*****@gmail.com
URLs: Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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spammy, or outdated.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
- Highly customizable user interface
- Effective at removing ads and visual clutter
- Read aloud function is useful
- Simple and fast to use
- Powerful features for saving and editing content
Cons
- Lack of customization options for shortcuts
- Issues with compatibility between Mac and Windows versions
- Inability to change background colors
- Recent updates negatively impacted paging method
Most mentioned
- Customization options
- Read aloud feature
- Problems experienced on Windows compared to Mac
- Visual clutter reduction
User reviews
This reader extension is what I was looking for. It won't work with all web pages. The beige color is easy to read, but I would have liked to be able to choose a color I like. Even a dark page, with white writing would be helpful.
by 
Clairetta Anderson, 2025-03-04
Clairetta Anderson, 2025-03-04非常好用！功能丰富~
by 
zeppra zhang, 2025-02-05
zeppra zhang, 2025-02-05Highly recommended it. Outstanding!
by 
AUNG KHAING TUN, 2025-01-26
AUNG KHAING TUN, 2025-01-26Extension safety
Risk impact
Reader View requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Reader View. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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