Auto refresh any page, keep tabs awake, monitor changes, and get instant keyword, email, webhook or desktop alerts.
Users
8,000
+7,000 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#11K
#9,760 among extensions
Version
2.3.8
updated 30 Sep 2026
Users
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:8,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Auto Refresh & Page Monitor — Refresh Pilot
Auto-refresh pages, reload tabs on a schedule, and monitor websites for important changes. Refresh Pilot checks pages for you and alerts you when the content you are waiting for appears.
The free version includes everyday auto-refresh features forever. No account or trial is required. A $2.99/year PRO subscription unlocks advanced automation and monitoring tools.
AUTO-REFRESH
• Reload the current tab every few seconds, minutes, or hours
• Choose a preset interval or enter a custom interval
• Use a hard refresh when you need to bypass cached content
• Show a countdown overlay on the page and a timer badge on the toolbar icon
• Stop automatically after a selected number of reloads
• Restore the page scroll position after reloading
• Keep a tab active while a refresh job is running
• Use random intervals, pause on interaction, countdown starts, and weekly schedules with PRO
• Automatically start jobs on selected websites and resume them after a browser restart with PRO
PAGE MONITORING
Refresh Pilot can check a page after each reload and look for the change that matters to you.
• Watch for a word or phrase
• Detect when content appears, disappears, or changes
• Monitor multiple keywords with PRO
• Use regular expressions, XPath, CSS selectors, and AND/OR conditions with PRO
• Monitor a specific section of a page using the element picker with PRO
• Detect changes in real time with PRO
• Detect error pages such as 404 and 500 responses with PRO
Use it to follow product availability, price changes, job listings, appointments, tickets, dashboards, or any website you would otherwise keep checking manually.
ALERTS AND ACTIONS
When a match is detected, Refresh Pilot can:
• Show a desktop notification and play an alert sound
• Repeat an alarm or use a custom sound with PRO
• Send an email alert with PRO
• Send a webhook notification to a destination you configure with PRO
• Focus the tab, open a matching link, or click a matching button with PRO
MANAGE YOUR JOBS
• View all refresh and monitoring jobs in one tabs dashboard
• Stop all active jobs at once
• Use the side panel, context menu, or keyboard shortcuts
• Export and import your settings
• Sync settings through the web dashboard with PRO
• Run custom scripts when a page loads, before a reload, or after a match with PRO
• Use the AI helper to create monitoring expressions and scripts with PRO
• Browse ready-made automations in the script marketplace with PRO
PRIVACY
Monitoring runs in your browser. Page content is not sent to Refresh Pilot. Network requests are made only to destinations you configure for alerts and to Refresh Pilot services needed for licensing, email alerts, and optional cloud sync.