Speed Dial 2 puts a board of visual bookmarks at the centre, sorted into groups. Hoome, ours, puts your sites at the centre, sorted into folders and a Dock.
Checked on October 26, 2026
Hoome
Choose Hoome if your new tab should first sort your sites into folders, with a Dock, backgrounds drawn by code and backups that happen by themselves; beyond one hundred shortcuts and five folders, you will need Premium.
Speed Dial 2
Choose Speed Dial 2 if you want a board of bookmarks with thumbnails, unlimited groups, a focus mode and a phone app.
Speed Dial 2 is a long-standing new tab extension that shows your bookmarks as thumbnails sorted into groups, for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Brave. Hoome, ours, starts from sorting: your sites in folders, like on a phone, and whatever you want around them. This page compares them point by point, with every fact about Speed Dial 2 taken from its public site, cited at the bottom.
| Hoome | Speed Dial 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| The essentials | ||
| What it puts at the centre | Your sites, sorted into folders and a Dock | A board of visual bookmarks, in groups |
| Price | ||
| Price | Free; Premium at €1.99 a month €11.99 a year and €24.99 for life at the launch price, then €14.99 and €36; fourteen days free on the yearly plan | Free, with unlimited bookmarks and groups A paid Pro version adds sync and online backups; its price is not shown on the page |
| Features | ||
| Links | Shortcuts in folders, a Dock and search through your shortcuts One hundred shortcuts and five folders for free | Bookmark groups, search through bookmarks and recently closed tabs |
| Look | Gradients and two animated backgrounds free every week With Premium, over one hundred and thirty backgrounds drawn by code and your own image | Themes, custom backgrounds, colours, fonts, layouts and adjustable thumbnails |
| Widgets | Weather, tasks and notes Ten more with Premium (eight on Firefox), including today's focus, the calendar, habits and tides | Tasks, notes, a calendar and a focus mode that blocks sites on a schedule |
| Data and browsers | ||
| Sync | Through the browser's account Free; between different browsers with Premium, through the Hoome account | Across devices and browsers, with Pro Automatic online backups, with Pro |
| Automatic backups | Yes. Three backups on the computer Automatic or manual; export and import | Partly. With Pro Automatic online backups |
| Browsers | Chrome, Edge, Brave and Firefox No phone app | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and other Chromium browsers An app for iOS and Android |
Every fact about Speed Dial 2 comes from its public pages, listed at the bottom of this page and checked on October 26, 2026.
Hoome is built around your sites: folders like on a phone, a Dock for everyday ones, a search that filters your shortcuts as you type, and, with Premium, several desks.
Hoome takes a backup on your computer every day and keeps three, with no subscription, and restores itself if the page's data disappears.
Hoome's backgrounds are drawn by code, with no image to download: the page opens without waiting for the network.
Speed Dial 2 sorts bookmarks into unlimited groups, with adjustable thumbnails, and also searches recently closed tabs.
Speed Dial 2 has an app for iOS and Android that finds and saves bookmarks. Hoome only exists for desktop browsers.
Speed Dial 2 can block distracting sites on a schedule. Hoome has no site blocker.
Your sites sorted into folders, a search that filters your shortcuts as you type, and the weather, tasks and notes alongside. See every feature
Hoome does not read Speed Dial 2's export. The simplest way to switch:
From the Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons or Edge Add-ons.
Import your browser's bookmarks, within the limit of one hundred shortcuts and five folders on the free version, or pick them from the catalogue of popular sites.
Disable or remove Speed Dial 2 on the extensions page, because the browser only gives the new tab to one extension.
The basic extension is, with unlimited bookmarks and groups, according to its site. A paid Pro version adds sync between devices, online backups and custom thumbnails; its price is not shown on the page we read. Hoome has a free version with no time limit, and a Premium that lifts its limits.
Yes, with Pro, according to its site: bookmarks, groups and settings move between devices and browsers. With Hoome, free sync goes through the browser's account; the one that links different browsers is a Premium feature.
You can install both, but the browser only gives the new tab page to one extension: the last one installed. Disable the one you do not use on the extensions page.
No sign up, no card, and your sites finally where they belong.
For ChromeChrome Web Store 
For FirefoxFirefox Add-ons 
For EdgeEdge Add-ons 
For BraveChrome Web Store Brave installs Hoome from the Chrome Web Store.
On a phone, tap “Add to Desktop” on the Chrome Web Store: Hoome will install in Chrome on your computer, if it is signed in to the same Google account.