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Crio vs Swell Lite

At a glance

  • Crio has more active installs: 10K+, against 600+ for Swell Lite.
  • On a typical day, Crio is downloaded about 9 times, Swell Lite about 1.
  • Swell Lite is rated higher: 4.4 out of 5 from 27 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
  • Crio was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Aug 27, 2020 for Swell Lite.
  • Swell Lite has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for Crio.

Line by line

Crio leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricCrioSwell Lite
Popular rank#130–
Active installs10K+600+
Downloads, last 30 days37925
Rating4.2(5)4.4(27)
Last release2 months ago6 years ago
Requires PHP5.65.3.29

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

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