Yes. The free tier saves any page as a clean, selectable-text PDF. An optional Pro upgrade ($14.99 one-time, not a subscription) adds on-demand full-page image PDFs and typography controls.
Yes, in the default clean article PDF the text is real, selectable, and searchable. The optional full-page image PDF (Pro) preserves the page’s exact appearance, but in that mode the text is part of the image rather than selectable.
Chrome’s Print to PDF prints the page as-is, which often cuts long pages off and keeps the nav, ads, and banners. Simple PDF Capture extracts just the article and saves it as a clean, paginated, selectable-text file in one click, no print dialog.
Simple PDF Capture works with Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi). It does not work in Firefox or Safari.
It automatically falls back to capturing the full page as an image PDF, so you always get a usable file.
To your default Downloads folder, named after the page with the date and page count so you can find them again.
Yes. The PDF is built entirely in your browser. The only network request the extension ever makes is a one-time Pro license validation if you choose to upgrade.
No. Chrome does not allow extensions to capture internal Chrome pages (chrome://, chrome-extension://, or the Chrome Web Store). This is a Chrome security restriction.