CSS Peeper vs Hoverify: a CSS viewer against a live editor
CSS Peeper reads a site's styles and lays them out cleanly. Hoverify reads them too, then hands you the pen: edit the page live, test it across devices and pull its assets. We built Hoverify, so discount our view as you see fit.
Where each tool wins
One is a viewer built for designers, the other a toolkit built for people who also change what they see. Both are good at being what they are.
Use CSS Peeper if
You read styles and rarely need to change them. It turns a page's typography and colors into a clean visual summary that drops straight into a moodboard or handoff doc, and its free tier still covers light use. For a designer who lives in Figma rather than a code editor, that may be the whole job.
Pick Hoverify if
Looking at styles is where your work starts, and editing them is where it goes. Hover any element to read its CSS, click to rewrite it on the live page, then check the result across devices and capture it. One extension carries you from "what font is that" to "here's the fix, screenshotted".
CSS Peeper vs Hoverify compared
CSS Peeper's rows reflect its 2026 move to a free tier plus paid plans.
| Feature | CSS Peeper | Hoverify |
|---|---|---|
| CSS inspection | Point and click, read only | Hover to inspect, click to edit |
| Price | Free tier; paid plans from $2.49/month | $30/year or $89 lifetime |
| Live editing | No | HTML, CSS and media queries, on the page |
| Typography details | Yes | Fonts panel in the Inspector |
| Page color palette | Yes | Yes |
| Contrast checks | Paid plans | Accessibility checks in the Inspector |
| Copy styles out | Preview and copy on paid plans | Copy, or send the element to CodePen |
| Asset export | Images | Images, videos, SVGs, PDFs, Lottie files and favicons |
| Browsers | Chrome | Chrome, Chromium browsers and Firefox |
| GEO audit for AI search | No | Checks whether AI crawlers can read and cite the page |
| Beyond CSS | No | Eight more, responsive testing and screenshots among them |
CSS Peeper facts checked against csspeeper.com and its Chrome Web Store listing on 8 Aug 2026, after its pricing change. Prices move; if these have, hello@tryhoverify.com will get it corrected.
When to switch to a CSS Peeper alternative
For years the advice was simple: CSS Peeper is free, so if reading styles is all you do, use it. The advice needs an update now.
CSS Peeper moved to a freemium model: the free tier meters smart inspections to 3 a day, and daily use points you at plans of $2.49 or $4.99 a month billed yearly. That's still cheaper than Hoverify, and if a polished style viewer is everything you want, it remains the right buy.
The calculus changes once you're paying either way. $30 a year for CSS Peeper's Professional plan against $30 a year for Hoverify is no longer a price decision but a scope one: a viewer on its own, or an inspector that edits, plus responsive testing, screenshots, asset extraction and an SEO checker riding along. If you also write CSS rather than only reading it, the wider kit earns its keep quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Read the styles, then fix them where they live
Hover to see any element's CSS, click to edit it on the live page and carry the change through testing and screenshots. Eight more tools sit behind the same icon.
- 3 browsers per license
- 14-day refund
- No auto-renewal
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