Web Reactions, compared

Side-by-side breakdowns of every well-known reaction / like / dislike browser extension. Every claim about another product links back to its public source code or store listing, so you can verify us yourself.

Restore hidden counts

vs Return YouTube Dislike

The original restore-the-dislike-counter project. Random 36-char identity per install vs Web Reactions's email-verified accounts.
vs YouTube Dislikes Democratized

A YouTube-only counter that, per its own Chrome Web Store card, collects personally identifiable information and web history.

Universal social / reaction layers

vs Gripe

Comments, reviews, and reactions on any webpage, centered on conversation instead of verified emoji counts.
vs WaveNote

A full social overlay with comments, reactions, messaging, files, and cloud sync. Broader surface, broader data disclosure.
vs Reactify / HypeLayer

Emoji reactions, replies, and shareable mini-threads on webpages, kept personal and shared only by link rather than as a public count.
vs Comment Anywhere

Universal comment threads with Supabase login and emoji reactions on comments; very early public store adoption.
vs OpenComments

Public comments on any site, with scam and product-review use cases. Web Reactions keeps the surface to reaction counts.

Add a reaction layer

vs Emoji Reactions in Twitter

Twitter-only, closed-source, last updated in 2022, with a Chrome Web Store note about handling authentication information.
vs AllReacts for Facebook Stories

Adds custom emoji for Facebook Stories. Stories only — Web Reactions covers posts, repos, and products.
vs Instant Emoji Reaction

A tiny Firefox toolbar for reacting on any webpage. No shared count model is documented on its public listing.

Annotation and shopping signals

vs Hypothesis

Mature web and PDF annotation for highlights, notes, discussions, and groups. Web Reactions is a faster reaction-count signal.
vs ReviewLens

Fake-review analysis for shopping pages. Useful, but it scores retailer reviews instead of collecting independent user reactions.

Hide or strip reactions

vs F.B. Purity

The veteran Facebook cleaner. Its job is to hide reactions; Web Reactions is to add richer ones. Often compatible side-by-side.
vs Social Fixer for Facebook

Stealth-mode Facebook toolkit with a Like-button hider — but its last public release was in September 2023.

Hotkey / automation wrappers

vs YouTube Like-Dislike Shortcut

A keyboard-shortcut and auto-like wrapper for YouTube's own buttons. Doesn't restore dislike counts and doesn't add new reactions.

How we keep these comparisons honest

For open-source projects (RYD, AllReacts, YouTube Shortcut, Social Fixer) we link the exact file in the public repo so each technical claim is verifiable.

For closed-source ones we only cite what the developer or store page officially discloses — Chrome Web Store cards, Firefox Add-ons listings, Opera Add-ons cards, or the developer's own site. We mark every such claim with its source.

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