Visualping

Visualping Chrome Extension
What is Visualping?
Visualping is a Chrome extension that visually monitors websites for changes and sends email notifications. It is used for competition monitoring, price checks, ticket availability tracking, and more.

Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.58 (1,059)
Version: 4.7.4 (Last updated: 2024-05-14)
Creation date: 2017-08-15
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • scripting
  • offscreen
  • cookies
  • alarms
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 1.26M

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Visualping is a simple service for monitoring websites for changes. You'll receive an email notification when it detects any change in the content of the page.

Version 4.7.4

  • minor bug fix

Compared to other monitoring services, Visualping monitors pages visually and not based on the HTML markup. Use the service for competition monitoring, price checks, ticket availability tracking and more.

You can either choose to monitor the whole website or just an area of a website. To select the area, just drag a selection on the screenshot shown within the extension.

Happy Monitoring!

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works well for basic needs
  • Good tool for monitoring website changes
  • Easy to use and immediate results
  • Free version meets user requirements
  • Useful for notifications on website changes
Cons
  • Inexplicably opens notifications in a new window
  • Lacks customization options for job settings
  • Recent updates flagged as malware by antivirus software
  • JavaScript errors reported after installing the extension
  • Cannot edit jobs after creation
Most mentioned
  • Works well for my needs
  • User-friendly
  • Issues with opening updated pages
  • Customization limitations
  • Malware concerns
Recent reviews
by Hotel Lidar, 2024-10-30

by Kyle Kan, 2024-10-18

by 林彦峰, 2024-10-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Visualping requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Visualping has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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