GMC Comment Picker vs Comment Picker (Chrome) — what changed in 2026.
If you're picking a Facebook giveaway winner today and you typed "comment picker" into the Chrome Web Store, you probably found Comment Picker first. ~4,000 users, free, top of the search. It also hasn't been updated since February 2022.
Facebook's DOM has shifted at least a dozen times since then, which is why the most-recent review reads:
"It is not working. Please update or remove from the store." — top review, Comment Picker, Chrome Web Store
This page is the honest comparison. If you're an Etsy seller running a follower giveaway, a Facebook group admin running a raffle, or a marketing agency running brand contests — here is how the two extensions stack up in 2026.
The headline difference
Comment Picker is a free, ad-supported, Manifest V2 extension that hasn't shipped a fix since the Facebook DOM changes of late 2022. When it works, it works. When Facebook changes a CSS selector, it stays broken until someone forks the source — and nobody has.
GMC Comment Picker is a Manifest V3 extension built in 2025, actively maintained, and designed around the moment of the draw itself: a spinning wheel, slot reel, card shuffle, or confetti reveal instead of a name in a textbox. The free tier covers a typical solo giveaway forever; Pro unlocks the other animations, multi-winner draws, and custom branding.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | GMC Comment Picker | Comment Picker (Chrome) |
|---|---|---|
| Last meaningful update | Active in 2026 | February 2022 |
| Manifest version | V3 (current) | V2 (deprecated, removed by Chrome 139) |
| Reads Facebook comments in-page | ✓ (with selector fixes) | Often broken since 2024 |
| Loads hidden comments (switches to "All comments") | ✓ automatic | ✗ |
| Captures nested replies & media (GIF / sticker / photo) | ✓ both | Text only |
| Capture breakdown after extract (found · captured · skipped) | ✓ in popup | ✗ |
| Cinematic winner reveal | ✓ four animations | Name in a textbox |
| Multi-winner draws | ✓ up to 10 | ✓ |
| Custom page logo on the draw | ✓ Pro | ✗ |
| Exportable shareable winner card (PNG) | ✓ 1200×675 | ✗ |
| Record draw as WebM video | ✓ Pro | ✗ |
| Crypto-fair selection (audited) | ✓ crypto.getRandomValues + rejection sampling | Math.random (subtle bias) |
| Filters: top-level only, exclude admins, @mention, #hashtag, dedupe | ✓ all five | ✓ partial |
| Free tier ad / affiliate-link spam | None | Heavy |
| Languages | English + Mongolian | English |
| Privacy: comment data leaves device | Never | Never (local-only) |
| Pricing | Free · $9/mo · $79/yr · $129 lifetime | Free + ads |
| Refund window | Monthly 5d · Annual 3mo · Lifetime 1y | N/A |
When Comment Picker (Chrome) is still the right answer
- You only ever need one winner.
- You're fine with the "name in a textbox" presentation.
- The current build still works for your post (it does for some).
- You don't want to install anything maintained after 2022.
If that's all true, the existing Comment Picker is genuinely fine. There's no reason to pay $9 to look at a name in a different box.
When GMC Comment Picker is the right answer
- The Comment Picker extension stopped working on your post (the #1 reason people search for an alternative).
- Your giveaway is a content moment, not an admin task — you want the draw to look as considered as the rest of your feed.
- You run more than 1-2 giveaways a month and want a saved brand (logo, page name, default animation) so prep stays at zero.
- You award multiple places (1st/2nd/3rd) and want crypto-fair selection without manually re-running.
- You want a one-click shareable winner card to post immediately after the draw.
- You want a tool that's actively maintained against Facebook's DOM changes.
Migration: how to switch
- Install GMC Comment Picker from the Chrome Web Store (free).
- Open your most-recent giveaway post as a permalink (click the post timestamp).
- Click the GMC extension icon → Extract comments.
- Optionally remove the old Comment Picker extension from
chrome://extensions. - If you want the cinematic animations or multi-winner draws, start a 7-day free trial of Pro Monthly — no credit card.
Your draw history lives in chrome.storage.local, so nothing migrates from the old extension. Each tool keeps its own history independently; you can run both side-by-side during a transition if you want.
See it run on your next giveaway.
Free forever for solo draws. 7-day Pro trial. No credit card.
Install GMC Comment Picker freeOne thing both extensions agree on
No Chrome extension can verify whether someone shared or followed your post. Facebook removed the public APIs for that in 2018. Any tool that claims it can is reading something it shouldn't be — which is the kind of behaviour that gets extensions delisted, or worse, sued by Facebook. Both we and the original Comment Picker leave share/follow verification as a manual checkbox. It's the only honest way to do it.