“Very impressed, this takes away many of my frustrations with having multiple browsers and hundreds of tabs all over the place without knowing what is what. Absolutely love on how I can group also. Nice job!!”
“Second Edit: I decided to give it 5 stars, simply because the developer seems like a really nice dude and I also want to see this extension succeed(I see other people giving one stars, so hopefully this can counteract that). I've also had another similar experience with PocketTube, and that is the same pricing as this. I didn't realize that there are many extensions out there that are this expensive. Unfortunately, I'm not willing to pay the subscription, as I can't justify the price for what it does. I hope that updating this to 5 stars helps however, as it is easily the best tab management extension.
Edit: Your right that the review was made with a lot of frustration. I am sorry for that. I've updated my review to three stars since your right, it's a good extension.
That being said, there is no way I am paying for it. I understand you think the pricing is fair and that their isn't much competition in this market(namely OneTab), but I don't understand where this price is coming from. As far as I can tell, you don't use servers, so unless their is some other major expense that I'm not counting for in upkeep, all of this(besides maybe the hosting cost of the website) goes straight to you. Don't get me wrong, I think you deserve money and have every right to charge for the extension, it's just that other apps I can justify the price of the subscription while with this I can't. I think it's way too much for the features that you are offering.
For example, TickTick allows me to save websites as a note using their extension as well as having an entire task manager on top of it, with calendar, focus, markdown, due dates, priority, tags, and attachments(that upload to the cloud). All of this data has to be stored on a server, and that isn't cheap. Yet they are charging the same price(for everything) that you are asking for in your basic model, which doesn't even include all of the features, while TickTick has a much greater upkeep cost per user. It's easy to understand why they charge that much. I just don't understand that price here.
The main reason I'm keeping a star is taking features that were once free and locking them behind a paywall. I don't think that's cool. I also think it's entirely fair to criticize software based on pricing models. It's like buying a cake for $40 dollars while there is a cake that isn't as good(but decent enough) for $10 dollars. It's fair to criticize the $40 dollar cake since the value is clearly lower.
I wish you luck, but I don't think many people are going to subscribe unless you lower prices. Right now I think this pricing model would only appeal to those that have "f*** you" money, and I am certainly not one of them.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Sudden switch to subscription model is not appreciated in the slightest. I understand the developer wants to make money but the prices are absurd. $3 dollars a month is what I pay for TickTick, a task manager that has 100x more features and has a lot more employees then this single man operation. And that is just for basic, it's freaking $9 a month for the most expensive plan!! I don't believe there are any servers he/she has to run since it's using Firefox sync/local storage(if this money is going to servers, then the dev must have choose the most expensive servers on the planet). The pricing page is super scummy, as it seems like the free version has everything(just with limits) until you click the tiny little expand arrow at the bottom of the page. I don't mind the fact that the developer wants to make money off of this extension, and I wouldn't be this upset if the pricing wasn't so unfair. Really bummed too, as this was a great extension before this, but now STAY FAR AWAY!!”
“Works exactly as advertised, you can add tabs to groups and more, and you can close a whole group all you have too do is create the group with the tabs and then close the whole window, and the groups will be saved but closed, and you delete the group later. you can also sync customize the groups and search/filer groups”
“Why do I love this app so much?
It makes me organized.
Most of my time is spent online: on browser. Work, hobbies, interests, stocks, entertainment... When organized, the tabs can get out of control. I really love the ability to group tabs to categorize them, and to access all of them within a click, while also making my browser 100% clear all the time.
Since I discovered this app, it became an indispensable tool for my workflow.
If you are experiencing the same thing, I recommend you give this app a try.”
“aesthetically it looks nice, and has a comfortable feel. there are clever implementations from within the "tab merger" tab itself, like changing the color and using the buttons to merge and add tabs. im assuming this is a new extension since there hasn't been that many downloads, so im sure there will be plenty of improvements as it matures.
so far my only gripe is the wasted space on either side of the screen. because its so compact it doesnt leave much space when naming the tab "group" . sometimes i use more than one word to label my groups, and it gets cut off. so i have to be creative and abbreviate, etc.
other than that bravo, i still give this 5 stars, its very clever, pleasant to use and look at and light on the "permissions".”
“I came here to find a replacement for Tabs Outliner since the freemium version lacks easy syncing across devices and the premium one feels a bit too greedy (costs more than a video game).
Anyway, this extension is great! It's much more easy to use, and looks good. I don't have to worry about making mistakes and losing my tabs. The syncing works well. It's not failsafe for browser crashes but I just installed another extension for that.
Some recommendations for improvement:
1. I liked having the tree structure that Tabs Outliner had where you can kind of create bullets and sub-bullets. It's helpful when you're doing a search.
2. Have a redo button in case the undo button is clicked by mistake.
3. Starred groups return to where they used to be once unstarred (not too important).
4. Ability to hide creation date and time (not useful to see all the time)
5. Being able to add some notes for each link.
6. Please price reasonably if you want to make money off of this :) I'd like to keep using this extension!
Best of luck!”
“Just a great extension! I especially liked the ability to set group colors and the ability to sort groups manually. Very fast and convenient backup of all tabs in json.
There is a lack of a button for sorting tabs in a group alphabetically ("Sort by Title"), choosing a font in options and an option / button for showing the URL (preferably under the title).
And the 'Merge left' and 'Merge right' buttons - in my opinion, it is better to remove it, this is already superfluous.”
“I installed this extension to replace OneTab, which I had for a short time since the Great Suspender was removed from the app store. I searched for an alternative to OneTab because it did not have a dark mode and TabMerger does.
I have now used TabMerger for a week and have been evangelizing it to, basically, anyone in earshot. It's useful in reducing my amount of open tabs and keeping my computer running fast, but it's also got all sorts of settings, options, and smart functions - I can easily use a set of keyboard commands to "merge" a bunch of tabs into groups that I can label, star, lock, search, and color-code. It has not only saved my computer's memory, but improved my browsing organization for work and personal matters.
Furthermore, I submitted a set of feedback suggestions to the developer after using the application for a few hours, and much to my surprise he responded to me almost immediately with an actual personalized message. Since then, I've submitted other suggestions, including a feature request for a pretty specific use case, and he let me know he has come up with some ideas and will try to incorporate them into the next build! I am beyond impressed that this application has ongoing and attentive support from a thoughtful developer.
In sum: this is one of the best Chrome Extensions I use and I cannot recommend it more highly! Even if you don't think you need it, I suggest you try it out and see what a difference it can make.”
“Tried because Onetab don't have a dark theme. TabMerger does what says, it's more kind to my eyes and make me feel more calm because there's options to undo mistakes and save my precious tabs. But I think it's over complicated, sometimes more is less. Some buttons don't need to appear or some information have a large size and isn't that important (like the day with seconds a group was created). One of the things I loved about onetab was the simplicity. Just when I move my cursor next to a link I see a X showing I could remove or how easy was using the extension without the need of a tutorial.”
“The app is the best that i have install for this use but take carefully with make any premium subcription, you can not unsuscribe you and cancel the paiments unless you block your credit card. The developer doesnt help you to cancel subcriptions”
“This extension is a lifesaver. I have a lot of tabs open due to work and it annoys me when I don't know where what is open. With this tool I can see everything in one tab and can read and continue my work easily without having to search.”
“I came from OneTab, and at first really really liked this. But every once in a while, it deletes all my tabs for no reason. This isn't a huge deal the way I'm using it, but it's something that would be nice to fix.
I use Firefox on Pop!_OS (Ubuntu based) with the following extensions: Beagle Button - Sustainable Shopping, Dark Reader, Don't touch my tabs! (rel=noopener), Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool, IPFS Companion, Kutt, NoScript, Plasma Integration, Reddit Enhancement Suite, TabMerger, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read, uBlock Origin”
“It's nearly perfect. I don't know how your extension has not become #1 in the Productivity category!
This is probably an extension that everyone should consider when using their browser often.
With that said, there is a lack of shortcuts available to the user. Should consider it as another feature to your subscription users at least. Ex: Hitting Home Key will direct me to the TabMerger Home Page.”
“TabMerger is a very handy extension, but it has one big drawback. Let me explain what I mean. For example, I created a group of 3 tabs called Forums. On the first tab of this group, I added a forum with 8 pages, on the second tab, a forum with 30 pages, and on the third, with 50 pages at the time the group was created. One day passed and I opened a created group called Forums to read the news. During this time, the first tab instead of 8 pages began to contain 11, the second tab instead of 30, contained 32 pages, and the third instead of 50 began to contain 55. I read all the forums until the last updated page, ie up to 11, 32 and 55, respectively. The next day, I reopen the forums tab group, but my reading progress remains at its original level, i.e. 8, 30, and 50 pages respectively. It is necessary for the created group to automatically update the current state of the read forum pages and changed tabs within itself. At the time of creating the Forums group, I had 8, 30 and 50 pages in the corresponding tabs, and a day later I read them to 11, 32 and 55, respectively, it is necessary that when I open the Forums group, I see pages 11, 32 and 55, which I was reading, not the original 8, 30 and 50 when the group was created.
Sorry for my English, as I wrote through a translator.”
“Very impressed, this takes away many of my frustrations with having multiple browsers and hundreds of tabs all over the place without knowing what is what. Absolutely love on how I can group also. Nice job!!”
“Second Edit: I decided to give it 5 stars, simply because the developer seems like a really nice dude and I also want to see this extension succeed(I see other people giving one stars, so hopefully this can counteract that). I've also had another similar experience with PocketTube, and that is the same pricing as this. I didn't realize that there are many extensions out there that are this expensive. Unfortunately, I'm not willing to pay the subscription, as I can't justify the price for what it does. I hope that updating this to 5 stars helps however, as it is easily the best tab management extension.
Edit: Your right that the review was made with a lot of frustration. I am sorry for that. I've updated my review to three stars since your right, it's a good extension.
That being said, there is no way I am paying for it. I understand you think the pricing is fair and that their isn't much competition in this market(namely OneTab), but I don't understand where this price is coming from. As far as I can tell, you don't use servers, so unless their is some other major expense that I'm not counting for in upkeep, all of this(besides maybe the hosting cost of the website) goes straight to you. Don't get me wrong, I think you deserve money and have every right to charge for the extension, it's just that other apps I can justify the price of the subscription while with this I can't. I think it's way too much for the features that you are offering.
For example, TickTick allows me to save websites as a note using their extension as well as having an entire task manager on top of it, with calendar, focus, markdown, due dates, priority, tags, and attachments(that upload to the cloud). All of this data has to be stored on a server, and that isn't cheap. Yet they are charging the same price(for everything) that you are asking for in your basic model, which doesn't even include all of the features, while TickTick has a much greater upkeep cost per user. It's easy to understand why they charge that much. I just don't understand that price here.
The main reason I'm keeping a star is taking features that were once free and locking them behind a paywall. I don't think that's cool. I also think it's entirely fair to criticize software based on pricing models. It's like buying a cake for $40 dollars while there is a cake that isn't as good(but decent enough) for $10 dollars. It's fair to criticize the $40 dollar cake since the value is clearly lower.
I wish you luck, but I don't think many people are going to subscribe unless you lower prices. Right now I think this pricing model would only appeal to those that have "f*** you" money, and I am certainly not one of them.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Sudden switch to subscription model is not appreciated in the slightest. I understand the developer wants to make money but the prices are absurd. $3 dollars a month is what I pay for TickTick, a task manager that has 100x more features and has a lot more employees then this single man operation. And that is just for basic, it's freaking $9 a month for the most expensive plan!! I don't believe there are any servers he/she has to run since it's using Firefox sync/local storage(if this money is going to servers, then the dev must have choose the most expensive servers on the planet). The pricing page is super scummy, as it seems like the free version has everything(just with limits) until you click the tiny little expand arrow at the bottom of the page. I don't mind the fact that the developer wants to make money off of this extension, and I wouldn't be this upset if the pricing wasn't so unfair. Really bummed too, as this was a great extension before this, but now STAY FAR AWAY!!”
“Works exactly as advertised, you can add tabs to groups and more, and you can close a whole group all you have too do is create the group with the tabs and then close the whole window, and the groups will be saved but closed, and you delete the group later. you can also sync customize the groups and search/filer groups”
“Why do I love this app so much?
It makes me organized.
Most of my time is spent online: on browser. Work, hobbies, interests, stocks, entertainment... When organized, the tabs can get out of control. I really love the ability to group tabs to categorize them, and to access all of them within a click, while also making my browser 100% clear all the time.
Since I discovered this app, it became an indispensable tool for my workflow.
If you are experiencing the same thing, I recommend you give this app a try.”
“aesthetically it looks nice, and has a comfortable feel. there are clever implementations from within the "tab merger" tab itself, like changing the color and using the buttons to merge and add tabs. im assuming this is a new extension since there hasn't been that many downloads, so im sure there will be plenty of improvements as it matures.
so far my only gripe is the wasted space on either side of the screen. because its so compact it doesnt leave much space when naming the tab "group" . sometimes i use more than one word to label my groups, and it gets cut off. so i have to be creative and abbreviate, etc.
other than that bravo, i still give this 5 stars, its very clever, pleasant to use and look at and light on the "permissions".”
“I came here to find a replacement for Tabs Outliner since the freemium version lacks easy syncing across devices and the premium one feels a bit too greedy (costs more than a video game).
Anyway, this extension is great! It's much more easy to use, and looks good. I don't have to worry about making mistakes and losing my tabs. The syncing works well. It's not failsafe for browser crashes but I just installed another extension for that.
Some recommendations for improvement:
1. I liked having the tree structure that Tabs Outliner had where you can kind of create bullets and sub-bullets. It's helpful when you're doing a search.
2. Have a redo button in case the undo button is clicked by mistake.
3. Starred groups return to where they used to be once unstarred (not too important).
4. Ability to hide creation date and time (not useful to see all the time)
5. Being able to add some notes for each link.
6. Please price reasonably if you want to make money off of this :) I'd like to keep using this extension!
Best of luck!”
“Just a great extension! I especially liked the ability to set group colors and the ability to sort groups manually. Very fast and convenient backup of all tabs in json.
There is a lack of a button for sorting tabs in a group alphabetically ("Sort by Title"), choosing a font in options and an option / button for showing the URL (preferably under the title).
And the 'Merge left' and 'Merge right' buttons - in my opinion, it is better to remove it, this is already superfluous.”
“I installed this extension to replace OneTab, which I had for a short time since the Great Suspender was removed from the app store. I searched for an alternative to OneTab because it did not have a dark mode and TabMerger does.
I have now used TabMerger for a week and have been evangelizing it to, basically, anyone in earshot. It's useful in reducing my amount of open tabs and keeping my computer running fast, but it's also got all sorts of settings, options, and smart functions - I can easily use a set of keyboard commands to "merge" a bunch of tabs into groups that I can label, star, lock, search, and color-code. It has not only saved my computer's memory, but improved my browsing organization for work and personal matters.
Furthermore, I submitted a set of feedback suggestions to the developer after using the application for a few hours, and much to my surprise he responded to me almost immediately with an actual personalized message. Since then, I've submitted other suggestions, including a feature request for a pretty specific use case, and he let me know he has come up with some ideas and will try to incorporate them into the next build! I am beyond impressed that this application has ongoing and attentive support from a thoughtful developer.
In sum: this is one of the best Chrome Extensions I use and I cannot recommend it more highly! Even if you don't think you need it, I suggest you try it out and see what a difference it can make.”
“Tried because Onetab don't have a dark theme. TabMerger does what says, it's more kind to my eyes and make me feel more calm because there's options to undo mistakes and save my precious tabs. But I think it's over complicated, sometimes more is less. Some buttons don't need to appear or some information have a large size and isn't that important (like the day with seconds a group was created). One of the things I loved about onetab was the simplicity. Just when I move my cursor next to a link I see a X showing I could remove or how easy was using the extension without the need of a tutorial.”
“The app is the best that i have install for this use but take carefully with make any premium subcription, you can not unsuscribe you and cancel the paiments unless you block your credit card. The developer doesnt help you to cancel subcriptions”
“This extension is a lifesaver. I have a lot of tabs open due to work and it annoys me when I don't know where what is open. With this tool I can see everything in one tab and can read and continue my work easily without having to search.”
“I came from OneTab, and at first really really liked this. But every once in a while, it deletes all my tabs for no reason. This isn't a huge deal the way I'm using it, but it's something that would be nice to fix.
I use Firefox on Pop!_OS (Ubuntu based) with the following extensions: Beagle Button - Sustainable Shopping, Dark Reader, Don't touch my tabs! (rel=noopener), Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool, IPFS Companion, Kutt, NoScript, Plasma Integration, Reddit Enhancement Suite, TabMerger, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read, uBlock Origin”
“It's nearly perfect. I don't know how your extension has not become #1 in the Productivity category!
This is probably an extension that everyone should consider when using their browser often.
With that said, there is a lack of shortcuts available to the user. Should consider it as another feature to your subscription users at least. Ex: Hitting Home Key will direct me to the TabMerger Home Page.”
“TabMerger is a very handy extension, but it has one big drawback. Let me explain what I mean. For example, I created a group of 3 tabs called Forums. On the first tab of this group, I added a forum with 8 pages, on the second tab, a forum with 30 pages, and on the third, with 50 pages at the time the group was created. One day passed and I opened a created group called Forums to read the news. During this time, the first tab instead of 8 pages began to contain 11, the second tab instead of 30, contained 32 pages, and the third instead of 50 began to contain 55. I read all the forums until the last updated page, ie up to 11, 32 and 55, respectively. The next day, I reopen the forums tab group, but my reading progress remains at its original level, i.e. 8, 30, and 50 pages respectively. It is necessary for the created group to automatically update the current state of the read forum pages and changed tabs within itself. At the time of creating the Forums group, I had 8, 30 and 50 pages in the corresponding tabs, and a day later I read them to 11, 32 and 55, respectively, it is necessary that when I open the Forums group, I see pages 11, 32 and 55, which I was reading, not the original 8, 30 and 50 when the group was created.
Sorry for my English, as I wrote through a translator.”
