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Alternatives to Userscripts
22 browser extensions tools sit alongside Userscripts in this directory. Below is what separates each from Userscripts on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 22
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Userscripts starts at
- Free
Why people look past Userscripts
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Userscripts entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Userscripts publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The most popular userscript manager
Priced and rated the same as Userscripts on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Open source userscript manager
Priced and rated the same as Userscripts on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Chromium-based browser organized around user workflows
- Sold on a Free model rather than open-source.
Advanced color picker and eyedropper
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Userscripts does not.
- Sold on a free model rather than open-source.
Personal dashboard for focus and inspiration
- 2 tiers to Userscripts's 1.
Make your writing bold and clear
- Publishes an entry price of $8.33/month, where Userscripts does not.
- 4 tiers to Userscripts's 1.
Every Userscripts alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Userscripts (this page) | Free | Open-source | 1 | |
| TampermonkeyThe other realistic Safari option, sold as a paid App Store extension, with a fuller dashboard and the widest script compatibility of any manager. | Free | Open-source | - | vs Userscripts |
| ViolentmonkeyOpen source like this one and the usual recommendation on Chrome and Firefox, but it has no official Safari build. | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Userscripts |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Userscripts |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Userscripts |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Userscripts |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Userscripts |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs Userscripts |
| GoFullPage | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| AdBlock Plus | Free | Free | 1 | vs Userscripts |
| BuiltWith | Free, then $295/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Userscripts |
| Evernote Web Clipper | Free | Freemium | - | vs Userscripts |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Userscripts badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (22)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Tampermonkey , Free
- Violentmonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
- ColorZilla , Free
- Momentum , Free
- Hemingway Editor , Free, then $8.33/month
- LanguageTool , Free
- Ghostery , Free
What you would be giving up
Userscripts is most often brought in for running userscripts on safari without paying for tampermonkey, running userscripts on an iphone or ipad, writing scripts on a mac and syncing them to ios, blocking or restyling site elements safari content blockers cannot reach, keeping a script library under an open-source licence. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Userscripts is broadly right and the question is cost, the Userscripts pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Browser Extensions category lists everything the directory holds, and best browser extensions tools ranks them.
Userscripts runs on safari, macos, ios. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Userscripts alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Userscripts?
- 22 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, Arc, ColorZilla. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Userscripts?
- 22 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, Arc, ColorZilla, Momentum.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Userscripts?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Userscripts?
- Userscripts is most often brought in for running userscripts on safari without paying for tampermonkey, running userscripts on an iphone or ipad, writing scripts on a mac and syncing them to ios, blocking or restyling site elements safari content blockers cannot reach, keeping a script library under an open-source licence. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Userscripts?
- Tampermonkey is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Userscripts alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Browser Extensions, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Userscripts against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Userscripts covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every browser extensions tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Browser Extensions category, 22 tools beside Userscripts. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.