Character Count Tool

Calculate how many words and characters are on a page. Simply highlight the text, right click, and click the Character Count icon!

Character Count Tool - Count Words & Characters Easily

The 'Character Count Tool' is a Chrome extension designed to give users swift character and word counts from any highlighted text directly in the browser. It also lets users paste text into the extension for counting. Ideal for students ensuring they meet essay length requirements or anyone in need of quick word/character counts.

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Extension stats

By: https://charactercounttool.io

Users: 6,000+

1,000

Rating: 4.67

(24)

Version: 3.0.5 (Last updated: 2022-05-01)

Creation date: 2022-05-01

Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab
scripting

Size: 1.43M

Email: te*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 11,933 ▲ 1,102

Other rankings

#3463 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 40 #61 in click counter keyword 12 ▼ 19 #88 in word count keyword 23 ▼ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Right click functionality is convenient and works well
Easy to highlight text and get character count
Simple and effective tool
No character limit as compared to other extensions
User-friendly and straightforward interface

Cons

Inaccurate character count reported by users
Display window blocks selected text making it hard to analyze
Sometimes the extension requires a restart of Chrome to function properly

Most mentioned

Right click and highlight functionality
Inaccuracy in character counting
Display window blocking selected text

User reviews

Отлично работает. Спасибо.

Ольга Новикова, 2025-02-20

Врет количество символов в меньшую сторону у меня на 6 символов точно!

Олег Ша, 2024-12-16

app như đặc cầu

Hphatt, 2024-10-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Character Count Tool does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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