# Session Buddy review (2026): is it any good? > Chrome extension for saving tab sessions and bookmark collections Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Session Buddy is a browser extension that saves open tabs as sessions, keeps a history of past tab states, and organizes bookmarks into collections. It stores everything on the device and needs no account. The site lists a donation page and no paid plans. - **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks - **Made by:** Session Buddy - **Website:** https://sessionbuddy.com - **Runs on:** Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want sync, as data lives on the device and never on a server. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Session Buddy is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Session Buddy | $0 | Every feature is available without a login; the site asks for donations instead. | Read from https://sessionbuddy.com/donate on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Session Buddy before buying. ## Key features - **Save and restore sessions:** Store open tabs with one click and restore them to the original windows, one window or the current window, with pinned tabs and window positions kept. - **Tab history and crash recovery:** A timeline of past tab states lets you restore tabs after a crash or restart, with custom intervals and cleanup rules. - **Bookmark collections:** Group bookmarks by topic or project, color-code and pin collections, and detect duplicates. - **Unified search:** Search across open tabs, collections and tab history together, with query syntax and filters by item type. - **Import and export formats:** Copy or export tabs and bookmarks in more than 15 formats, including plain text, JSON, CSV, Markdown and HTML. - **Backups:** Automatic backups let you restore deleted items, and a manual one-click backup covers the whole library. ## Good for - People who keep hundreds of tabs open and want crash recovery - Researchers who park a set of tabs per project - Users who want tab data kept on their own device, with no login ## Worth knowing - Data lives on the device, never on a server, so there is no sync between computers. - The site links only to the Chrome Web Store for installing, with no other browsers named. - It saves links and tab state, not article text, so it is not a read-later reader. - Pricing is not stated on the site beyond a donation page, so free use is inferred from that. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Session Buddy saves tab sessions, with crash recovery and bookmark collections in Chrome. Data stays on the device with no sync between computers, it is listed for Chrome only, and pricing is not stated beyond a donation page. - **Value for money: B.** Free use is inferred from a donation page, as the site states no pricing. - **Free plan and trial: B.** No plan, cap or account, though the site does not say so outright. - **Features: C.** It saves sessions and tab state fully, which is a smaller job. It stores links, not article text. - **Ease of use: B.** A Chrome extension you install and click, with no store rating read. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Chrome only, with no sync between computers, phones or other browsers. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Session Buddy's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among read-later and bookmark apps - Session Buddy's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 27 of the 66 other read-later and bookmark apps we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 35 of 66) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Session Buddy has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reading ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Session Buddy is free, so making your own would save you nothing. - You could make: Bookmarks: an app builder makes this well. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Bookmarks, Local-first, Works offline ## Alternatives - [OneTab](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onetab): Browser extension that turns open tabs into a saved list. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/onetab-vs-session-buddy) - [Toby](https://toolgpa.com/tools/toby): Browser extension that saves open tabs into shared Spaces. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/session-buddy-vs-toby) - [Workona](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workona): Tab manager that groups tabs, docs and links into project spaces. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/session-buddy-vs-workona) - [Raindrop.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raindrop-io): Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/raindrop-io-vs-session-buddy) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://sessionbuddy.com - https://sessionbuddy.com/donate - https://sessionbuddy.com/releases Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/session-buddy Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).