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Metric	Distill Web Monitor	Visualping: Website change detection, monitoring and alerts
User count	400,000	100,000
Average rating	4.50	4.37
Rating count	1,455	7,290
Last updated	2026-05-04	2026-07-10
Size	5.79 MB	2.39 MB
Version	4.1.0	4.12.3

Short description	Monitor webpages for changes with Distill Web Monitor. Receive instant email and SMS alerts to stay updated on important updates instantly.	Visualping Chrome extension monitors webpages for visual and text changes. Get email alerts, area/element selection, scheduled and server checks.
Full summary	Distill Web Monitor is a powerful Chrome extension that allows you to monitor any webpage or feed for changes seamlessly. With an intuitive inbox-style Watchlist, you can easily manage your monitored pages and receive instant alerts via email, SMS, push notifications, or even Slack and Discord webhooks as soon as a change is detected. The extension offers advanced content selection using XPath, CSS, JavaScript, and regular expressions, enabling precise monitoring of specific parts of web pages. You can track change history, highlight changes visually, and set smart conditions for notifications. Distill Web Monitor synchronizes your Watchlist across devices, ensuring your monitoring preferences move with you. Whether monitoring product prices, news updates, or any critical web content, Distill Web Monitor keeps you effortlessly informed.	Visualping is a lightweight Chrome extension that monitors webpages for visual and text changes and notifies you by email. Choose to monitor a full page, a dragged area on the screenshot, or a specific element with the new element selector. Visual and text comparison modes help you catch content updates, price changes, ticket availability, competitor updates and more. Use Visualping with browser-based checks (free) or server-side checks with email alerts (62 checks/month free). Version 4.8.1 includes bug fixes for improved performance. Ideal for price tracking, ticket alerts, competition monitoring and general web change detection. Support: hello@visualping.io