заКило Chrome Extension Analysis

Listing positioning

zaKilo is positioned as a free, open-source Google Chrome extension that helps users make smarter grocery purchases by automatically calculating and displaying the price per unit (e.g., kilograms, liters) on popular delivery websites. It aims to expose hidden pricing discrepancies and bypass marketing packaging tricks. The listing highlights absolute user privacy with local browser calculations and relies on voluntary developer donations.

Inferred product pattern

Free client-side extension using site-specific DOM scraping to inject custom HTML pricing elements onto major delivery platforms.

Review-backed pain points

The key user pain point is site-specific layout updates that break the extension's DOM selectors, leading to a complete failure to display unit prices on major platforms like Pyaterochka and Auchan.

Observed feature gaps

A user suggested adding a manual calculation fallback feature where users can highlight any price and volume text on an unsupported website to trigger a manual unit calculation, rather than relying strictly on automated page selectors.

Support

No formal support complaints were found. Users communicate issues through reviews and GitHub, with developers proactively resolving integration requests.

Reliability

Reliability complaints are centered around the script failing to render unit prices on specific online storefronts (e.g., Auchan, Perekrestok, Delicateska, and Pyaterochka), which frequently occurs due to design updates on those websites.

Privacy

There are no privacy complaints; the tool processes data entirely locally within the browser.