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Notewell - Highlight & Sticky Notes

by McGuigan Software · mcguigansoftware.com · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 20 Oct 2026

Highlight text and pin sticky notes on any web page. Everything saves to a private, local board you can search and export.

Users
7
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#228K
#191K among extensions
Version
1.0.2
updated 19 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
0816Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 20 Oct 2026: 7 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
001Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 20 Oct 2026: 0 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 Notewell - Highlight & Sticky Notes

Notewell lets you highlight text and pin sticky notes to any web page, then keep it all in one private, searchable place. There is no account, nothing goes to the cloud, and it all stays on your device. Select any text and pick a color to highlight it, or drop a sticky note anywhere on the page. Add a note to a highlight, tag it, and it is saved instantly. When you come back to a page later, your highlights find their spot again. What you can do: - Highlight text on any page in your choice of colors, with a full custom color picker on top of the built-in palette. - Pin draggable sticky notes anywhere on a page, and add notes to your highlights. - Tag anything, give each tag its own color, and recolor highlights by tag. - Browse everything on a private board: search across highlights, notes, tags, and sites, and filter by type, color, tag, or site. - Right-click or use keyboard shortcuts to highlight, add a note, or open the board without leaving the page. - Export a JSON backup you can re-import, or a Markdown copy of your notes, any time. Everything Notewell saves lives on your own device in the browser's local storage. It makes no network requests of its own, has no account and no sign-in, and never sends your highlights or the pages you read to anyone. Every feature is free, with nothing behind a paywall.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days−1−12.5%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.0.219 Jul 2026
1.0.118 Jul 2026
1.011 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
11 Jul 2026
Size
92 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
mcguigansoftware.com
Support
mcguigansoftware.com
Extension ID
nfjjannmheaakbcdcnljlfgigbjfahml

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3
Permissions
storageunlimitedStoragescriptingcontextMenustabs
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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