- By:
- https://draftback.com
- Users:
- 300,000 -100,000
- Rating:
- 3.68 (145)
2 new ratings
- Version:
- 0.0.24 Last updated: 2025-04-17
- Creation date:
- 2020-08-01
- Risk:
- Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- identity
- identity.email
- storage
- identity
- Host permissions:
- *://docs.google.com/*
- https://accounts.draftback.com/*
- *://docs.google.com/*
- Size:
- 938.00KB
- Email:
- js*****@gmail.com
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 19 hours ago
User reviews
Pros
- Helps teachers monitor student writing process and catch plagiarism or AI abuse.
- Previously free and accessible, providing valuable insight into document revisions.
- Useful for managing group-shared documents and collaborative work.
- Provides graphs and statistics on document edits."
- Has excellent functionality in showing document revision histories.
Cons
- Recently introduced a costly subscription fee ($100/year or $9.99/month), upsetting many users, especially educators.
- Some users experience issues with document graphs and statistics not displaying or rendering properly.
- Limited compatibility; works mainly with Google Docs but not effectively with Google Slides or Sheets.
- Loading times can be long, and graphs or videos sometimes fail to show, making the tool unreliable.
- Charging model perceived as greedy and exploitative, leading some users to seek free alternatives.
Recent reviews
This is a great product that I use regularly as a college professor to keep my students honest. Sometimes documents don't seem to render properly, so that is the only reason I am giving it 4 stars. It's very useful. Kind of annoying to see a bunch of whiners on here complaining about paying (gasp!) for a product. I've interacted with the developer before and he ran it free for years. It takes a fair bit of his time. And he's not allowed to charge for it? There's no other free program out there that does it as well as this, as far as I know.
by
Bl*****, 2025-06-12
Great extension. I used it for a whole month! Then, I had to subscribe which made me want to crash out and cry. It was good until it wasn't.
by
Ev*****, 2025-06-10
Yet another case of a developer adding absolutely nothing to their product then randomly making it paid.
I have been using this for free, no improvements were made, and now ya wanna charge 100 bucks for...what?
Looks like I am making the jump to Process Feedback.
Twas good while it lasted. I wish you the best of luck, James Somers!
by
So*****, 2025-06-02
Extension safety
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Draftback requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
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as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always
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Draftback is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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