A working Fakespot alternative for Chrome and Firefox

Now on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store
One click, no zip files, automatic updates. Works in Edge on Windows and Mac.
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Install for Firefox → Chrome: one-click from the Web Store above.

Fakespot was shut down on 1 July 2025. ReviewMeta went dark shortly after. This is a free browser extension that scores the Amazon reviews on the page you are looking at — no account, no signup, no subscription to read the result. What happened to them, and the other options →

Version 1.5.2 · ~28 KB · Manual install, 30 seconds — instructions below

Why an extension, when the website already has an analyzer

Because Amazon blocks servers, not shoppers. Any tool that tries to fetch an Amazon product page from its own server gets stonewalled — that is the wall that made the old "paste a link" checkers unreliable, and it is a large part of why the two best-known ones no longer exist.

An extension does not fetch anything from Amazon. It reads the reviews already rendered in your browser, on the page you already opened, and sends only that text to be scored. There is nothing for Amazon to block, which is why this approach keeps working.

Reads the page you are on

Open any Amazon product page, click the toolbar icon, and a panel appears with a score. It reads every review on the page, then follows Amazon’s own “Next page” link for up to two more — so the score comes from around thirty reviews, not ten.

Per-review reasoning

Not just a grade. Each flagged review comes with the reason — generic phrasing, five stars with no specifics, unverified purchase, emotional boilerplate.

Free, and free without an account

Ten checks a day with no signup and no email address. Nothing is gated behind a "create an account to see your result" wall.

What it costs

Ten checks a day, free, forever, with no account. That covers normal shopping — most people will never reach it.

If you do, unlimited checks are $9.99, and you pick how you pay. Either way you get a licence key by email; paste it into the extension and it stops asking, with no account and no password.

$9.99 a month keeps the same key working and renews until you cancel — cancel any time in PayPal and you keep access to the end of the month you have already paid for. Or pay $9.99 once for 30 days: nothing renews, and when the 30 days are up it simply stops and you go back to the free ten a day.

Why it is not free-forever-unlimited: every check runs a real analysis that costs real money. A tool that pretends otherwise either sells your data or quietly dies — which is, more or less, what happened to the last two.

No install: drag this to your bookmarks bar

The quickest way to try it. Works in any desktop browser, needs no extension, no account and no store. Drag the blue button onto your bookmarks bar, then click it while you are on an Amazon product page.

🔍 Check Reviews ← drag me to the bookmarks bar

Bookmarks bar hidden? Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows/Linux) or ⌘+Shift+B (Mac). It reads the reviews on the page and opens the result in a new tab — the same 10 free checks a day, no account.

Or install the extension

Better if you check reviews often: the score appears in a panel on the Amazon page itself, so you never leave the product you are looking at.

It is on Firefox Add-ons, the Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons. It takes about thirty seconds and needs no admin rights.

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera

  1. Download the Chrome file above and unzip it to a folder you will keep (not your Downloads folder — Chrome loads it from that location every time it starts).
  2. Go to chrome://extensions
  3. Turn on Developer mode, top right.
  4. Click Load unpacked and pick the folder you unzipped.
  5. Open any Amazon product page and click the blue magnifier icon in your toolbar.

Firefox

  1. Download the Firefox file above.
  2. Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
  3. Click Load Temporary Add-on and select the downloaded .zip.
  4. Open any Amazon product page and click the icon.
Firefox: install it from Firefox Add-ons and it is permanent and updates itself. The manual download below is only for people who would rather not use a store, and the web analyzer still works with no install at all.

What it sends, in plain words

The people looking for a Fakespot replacement are, by definition, people who care what a review extension does with their browsing. So:

Only when you click

Nothing runs and nothing is sent until you click the toolbar icon. It does not watch you browse.

Only the review text

The reviews on that page, the product title and the ASIN. That is the entire payload.

Never your account

No cookies, no login state, no order history, no browsing history, and nothing at all from any page that is not an Amazon product page.

Questions

Is this the same as Fakespot?

No — it is an independent tool with no connection to Fakespot or Mozilla. It fills the same need: telling you whether a product's reviews look manipulated before you buy.

How accurate is it?

It reports signals, not proof. It reads patterns in the review text — generic phrasing, five stars with nothing specific, unverified purchases, repeated boilerplate — and tells you how many reviews carry them, and why. A high score means "be careful here", not "this seller is guilty". Any tool claiming certainty about a stranger's review is overselling.

Does it work outside the US?

Yes — 22 Amazon marketplaces: amazon.com, .co.uk, .ca, .com.au, .de, .fr, .es, .it, .in, .co.jp, .com.mx, .com.br, .nl, .se, .pl, .com.tr, .ae, .sa, .sg, .com.be, .eg and .cl.

Why is there a daily limit?

Each check costs real money to run. Ten a day covers normal shopping. If you need more, it is $9.99 for 30 days of unlimited checks — a licence key by email, no account, and nothing that renews on its own.

I bought a key. Where does it go?

Click the extension icon and paste it into the box at the bottom, then press Save. It follows you to your other computers if you are signed into your browser. Lost it? Reply to the email it came in.

Only three reviews showed up.

It reads what the page has rendered, then follows the “Next page” link if there is one. If the count still looks low, scroll down to the reviews section or open “See all reviews” and click the icon again — on a product page Amazon only renders a preview until you do.

Frequently asked questions

Is this the same as Fakespot?

No. It is an independent tool with no connection to Fakespot or Mozilla. It fills the same need: telling you whether a product's reviews look manipulated before you buy.

How accurate is the fake review score?

It reports signals, not proof. It reads patterns in the review text — generic phrasing, five stars with nothing specific, unverified purchases, repeated boilerplate — and reports how many reviews carry them and why. A high score means be careful, not that a seller is guilty.

Which Amazon sites does it work on?

22 Amazon marketplaces: amazon.com, .co.uk, .ca, .com.au, .de, .fr, .es, .it, .in, .co.jp, .com.mx, .com.br, .nl, .se, .pl, .com.tr, .ae, .sa, .sg, .com.be, .eg and .cl.

What does the extension send?

Only when you click the button, the review text on that page is sent to primereviewspro.com to be scored, along with the product title and ASIN. No cookies, no account, no browsing history, and nothing from pages that are not Amazon product pages.

What does it cost?

Ten checks a day are free with no account. Unlimited checks are $9.99 — either as a one-off 30-day pass that expires on its own, or $9.99 a month that renews until you cancel. Same features and same price either way; you choose whether it renews. Cancelling keeps your access to the end of the month you have paid for.