Which Platforms Does Chrome-Stats Support for Extension and App Tracking?

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Chrome-Stats covers five platforms: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Android, and iOS. According to the site's own description, it provides historical stats, downloads, keyword research, and competitor tracking across all of them. That means you can track browser extensions on three desktop stores and mobile apps on two app stores from a single tool, rather than switching between separate analytics services for each platform.

Platform coverage at a glance

Platform Store type What Chrome-Stats tracks (per site description)
Chrome Browser extension store Historical stats, downloads, keyword research, competitor tracking
Edge Browser extension store Historical stats, downloads, keyword research, competitor tracking
Firefox Browser extension store Historical stats, downloads, keyword research, competitor tracking
Android Mobile app store Historical stats, downloads, keyword research, competitor tracking
iOS Mobile app store Historical stats, downloads, keyword research, competitor tracking

The same four metric categories are listed for every platform, which is what makes cross-platform comparison possible: you are not comparing a download chart on one store against a keyword list on another.

Why the multi-platform scope matters

If you only ship a Chrome extension, a Chrome-only tool would be enough. The five-platform coverage becomes useful in a few specific situations:

  • You ship the same product to more than one browser store. A single extension often gets published to Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Tracking all three in one place lets you see whether growth in one store is mirrored or offset in another.
  • You run a browser extension and a mobile app. Teams that pair a desktop extension with a companion Android or iOS app need both sides of the funnel in one view, since installs on one platform often drive signups on the other.
  • You are researching competitors across stores. Competitor tracking is only meaningful if you can pull the same competitor's numbers from every store where they operate.
  • You are deciding where to invest next. Historical stats across platforms show which store is actually growing for a given product category, which is hard to judge from a single store's charts.

What to check if you mainly care about one platform

Broad coverage does not automatically mean deep coverage everywhere. Before committing, verify the platform you care about most:

  1. Find a product you already know well — ideally your own extension or app, or a competitor whose numbers you can sanity-check against the public store listing.
  2. Compare the reported download or install figures against the store's own displayed numbers. If they diverge noticeably, the platform's data may be estimated or updated less frequently.
  3. Check the history depth. Historical stats are only useful if the time range covers the period you want to analyze — for example, the months around a launch or a major update.
  4. Confirm keyword research works for your store's search behavior. Keyword tools are most valuable on the store where you actually compete for search placement.

If a platform you need is not among the five listed, Chrome-Stats is not the right fit regardless of how strong the rest of the feature set looks.

Practical fit

Chrome-Stats suits teams that need to track browser extensions and mobile apps together and want comparable metrics across stores. It is a weaker fit if your entire business lives on a single store and you only need that store's data — in that case, a store-specific tool may go deeper on the one platform you use. The deciding question is simple: do you need to compare performance across more than one of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Android, and iOS? If yes, the five-platform scope is the reason to use it. If no, check whether the single platform you need is covered in enough depth before you rely on it.