Add to Chrome — it’s free
If you are searching for an iMacros alternative, you are almost certainly looking for one specific thing back: the ability to record a repetitive browser task once and replay it forever. Replayo is a free, no-code macro recorder for Chrome that does exactly that — it records your clicks, typing and form fills on any website, saves them as a macro, and replays them on demand or on a schedule you set.
What happened to iMacros for Chrome
iMacros was the pioneer of browser macro recording and, at its peak, was reported to have well over a million weekly users. Multiple sources — including competing vendors' own migration pages — now state that the Chrome extension shipped its last release years ago and is no longer maintained. Some legacy and enterprise builds may still exist in the wild, so the accurate summary is: iMacros for Chrome is effectively end-of-life, and new Chrome users have no supported path onto it.
That leaves a very specific gap. iMacros users were not looking for a workflow platform or an AI agent. They wanted record, replay, repeat.
The biggest difference: you record it instead of writing it
iMacros automations were .iim macro scripts — a small purpose-built language with
commands like TAG, URL GOTO and SET. The recorder
produced a script, and anything non-trivial meant editing that script by hand, fixing
selectors and re-learning the syntax every time a site changed.
Replayo has no script layer at all. You press Record, do the task once exactly the way you always do it, and press stop. The macro is saved and runs immediately. There is nothing to edit, no selector syntax to learn, and nothing to debug when you come back to it three months later.
| iMacros (Chrome) | Replayo | |
|---|---|---|
| How automations are made | Recorded, then hand-edited as an .iim script | Recorded — no script, no editing |
| Learning curve | Its own macro language and selector syntax | None — if you can click it, you can record it |
| Form filling | Yes, via recorded or scripted input | Yes — recorded values are re-typed on replay |
| Scheduled runs | Not built in for the Chrome extension | Built in — every 30 min, hourly, or daily at a set time |
| Get a value out of a page | Extract commands, written by hand | Point at any element while recording — it is emailed to you on every run |
| Where it runs | In the browser | In your browser, in your existing logged-in session |
| Maintenance status | No longer maintained for Chrome | Actively maintained, Manifest V3 |
| Price | Free tier historically; product discontinued | Free to install and use, with an optional paid tier for unlimited replays |
Competitor details are as published at the time of writing and may change — check the vendor's own site for current specifics.
Moving a recurring iMacros task to Replayo
- Install Replayo from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to your toolbar.
- Open the page where the task starts — the same starting point your old macro used.
- Press Record and do the task once. Log-ins you already have stay as they are; Replayo runs in your normal browser session.
- Pick a value to email yourself (optional) — a total, a status, a count. Every run will send you its latest value.
- Stop recording. The macro is saved and runs right away so you can confirm it works.
- Schedule it if the task was recurring — every 30 minutes, hourly, or daily at a set time.
There is no import path for .iim files, and that is deliberate: re-recording a task
takes about as long as doing it once, and produces a macro that matches the site as it exists
today rather than as it existed when the script was written.
Get the record-and-replay workflow back
Free to install, no account needed to record your first macro.
When Replayo is not the right iMacros replacement
Being honest about the edges saves you an install. Replayo is probably not what you want if:
- You need to loop a macro over a CSV or dataset with different values per row.
- You relied on image recognition or OCR to find things on screen — look at UI.Vision RPA instead.
- You need automations to run in the cloud while your machine is off — Replayo runs in your browser.
- You are building a QA test suite with assertions and CI reporting.
If what you actually miss is "record the thing, replay the thing, and nag me with the result every morning," that is precisely what Replayo is built for.
Frequently asked questions
Is iMacros still available for Chrome?
iMacros for Chrome is no longer maintained — multiple sources, including competing vendors' own migration pages, state that its final release shipped years ago and the Chrome extension is not being updated. Some legacy and enterprise builds may still exist, but there is no supported path for new Chrome users.
Can Replayo import my .iim macro files?
No. Replayo has no scripting layer, so there is nothing to import an .iim script into. You re-record the task once, which usually takes less time than debugging an old script against a site that has changed since.
Is Replayo free like iMacros was?
Replayo is free to install and use, with no account required to record and replay your first macros. There is a free tier of macro runs, and an optional paid upgrade for unlimited replays.
Does Replayo support scheduled runs like iMacros Enterprise?
Yes. Any macro can be scheduled to run every 30 minutes, hourly, or daily at a time you choose. Scheduled macros run inside your own browser, in your existing logged-in session, rather than on a server.