Put Infinity New Tab and WebCatalog New Tab side by side and they look like close cousins: a grid of shortcuts, a search bar, a few widgets, a wallpaper. Both are speed dial extensions that replace your browser's new tab page.
The difference is what each one wants you to spend time on. Infinity is a canvas for designing your grid exactly how you like it. WebCatalog New Tab, the WebCatalog browser extension, is a library of apps that stays the same across your browsers and on your desktop.
At a glance
| WebCatalog New Tab | Infinity New Tab | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Getting to your everyday apps fast, organized by folders and pages | A highly customizable grid of website shortcuts |
| Speed dial | Apps and websites, with folders | Website icons with folders; open a whole folder at once |
| Adding shortcuts | Catalog of 65,000+ apps with icons, plus any website | Built-in icon library, plus custom icons |
| Widgets | Clock, weather, to-dos, focus mode, world clock, calculator, currency converter, Pomodoro | Weather, to-dos, notes, Gmail badge |
| Browser managers | No | History, bookmark, and extension managers |
| Wallpapers | Curated collection, plus your own images | Large HD library with daily rotation, your own uploads |
| Sync | Cloud sync with your WebCatalog account | Optional cloud sync with Google and other sign-ins |
| Desktop app | Same library in WebCatalog Desktop | No |
| Browsers | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi | Chrome, Edge, web version |
What is WebCatalog New Tab?
Where Infinity starts from website icons, WebCatalog New Tab starts from apps. You search a catalog of more than 65,000 apps, or add any site, and arrange them in folders, with separate pages for each part of your day. It runs in Firefox and Vivaldi as well as Chrome and Edge, and because the library lives in your WebCatalog account, the same setup appears in every browser where you sign in.
What is Infinity New Tab?
Infinity New Tab is a popular speed dial extension for Chrome and Edge, with hundreds of thousands of users. It focuses on a customizable icon grid: you can change icon colors, sizes, and layout, group icons into folders, and open every site in a folder with one click.
Around the grid, it adds weather, to-dos, notes, an unread badge for Gmail, a large HD wallpaper library, and managers for your history, bookmarks, and extensions. Signing in is optional and lets you back up and sync your setup.
1. Designing the grid vs. filling it
Infinity gives you more control over how the grid looks. You can tune icon size, color, and layout, choose from a large icon library, and open a whole folder of sites at once, which is handy for a morning routine.
WebCatalog puts the effort into what goes on the grid. Typing "Asana" finds Asana with its proper icon, so a new tool is on your grid in seconds. Pages keep things apart: a page for your day job, one for a side project, one for household admin, each with its own wallpaper.
2. Managing your browser vs. getting work done
Infinity's extras look inward at the browser: history, bookmark, and extension managers, plus notes and a Gmail badge. If you want to tidy your browser from the new tab, Infinity covers more.
WebCatalog's widgets look at your day instead: a clock, live weather, to-dos, and a focus mode that keeps one goal on screen with ambient sounds. There's also a Pomodoro timer, hourly and daily forecasts, a world clock for colleagues in other time zones, and a calculator and currency converter for quick checks.
3. Wallpapers
Both make the new tab feel personal. Infinity has a large HD wallpaper library with daily rotation, and lets you upload your own images.
WebCatalog offers a curated collection, plus your own uploads and a different wallpaper for each page.
4. From a new tab to a desktop app
Infinity's Gmail badge tells you mail is waiting when you open a new tab. WebCatalog Desktop takes the same library further: on Mac, Windows, or Linux, your apps can open in their own windows, and Gmail can show its unread count right on the Dock or taskbar icon, one badge per account if you use more than one.
The extension works fine on its own. The desktop app is there if you want your busiest apps out of the browser.
Which one should you choose?
Infinity New Tab makes sense if you mainly want detailed control over how your grid of shortcuts looks, along with tools for managing your browser.
Choose WebCatalog New Tab if you:
- Want new tools on your grid in seconds, with the right icon
- Keep separate pages for your job, a side project, and home
- Use Firefox or Vivaldi as well as Chrome or Edge
- Like a focus mode and to-dos next to your apps
- Want the same library in a desktop app when you need one
If you'd rather use your grid than design it, try WebCatalog New Tab.
