Video Downloader Professional Chrome Extension Analysis
Video & Image DownloadersChrome extension ID: elicpjhcidhpjomhibiffojpinpmmpil
Video Downloader Professional allows users to download and save videos encountered online directly to their hard disk. It offers options to select desired video resolutions when available and provides the convenience of adding videos to a personal list for later playback. The tool also supports casting videos to smart TVs and home devices.
Overview
Installs
5.0M+
Rating
★ 4.5
229,013 reviews
Languages
6 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Nederlands, español...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Video & Image Downloaders
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
This extension positions itself as a professional tool for downloading and saving videos from various websites. It emphasizes features like selecting resolutions, playing videos on smart devices, and managing a personal video list for easy access. The listing also notes restrictions on certain platforms like YouTube due to Chrome Store policies.
Inferred product pattern
A Chrome extension designed to download online videos, with limitations on specific platforms and a redirection to an external paid service for some functionalities.
Review-backed pain points
Users express frustration over the extension's inability to download videos from popular platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, often being redirected to a paid external service. Some reviews also mention downloaded files being incomplete, lacking audio, or appearing as corrupted segments.
Observed feature gaps
The primary observed feature gap is the inability to download videos from major platforms such as YouTube and Instagram, which is explicitly stated as a limitation due to Chrome Store policies. Users also report issues with downloaded files being incomplete or lacking audio.
- Content creators
- Social media managers
- Casual users saving online videos
- Downloading videos for offline viewing
- Archiving video content from websites
- Collecting videos for later use
- Effectively retrieves important videos from friends and family before deletion
- Useful for finding and retrieving videos when other tools fail
- Works reliably for downloading from various sites when other extensions don't
- Inability to download from YouTube, Instagram, Dailymotion, Vk, and Tiktok due to restrictions
- Scam accusations due to redirection to a paid external website for downloading restricted content
- Downloaded videos are incomplete, corrupted, or lack audio
- Permission requests to manage data and files are viewed as suspicious
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- Users are redirected to an external paid website for downloading videos from restricted platforms, with one review mentioning a $19 fee for a license.
Support
No direct complaints about support, but users are advised to email [email protected] for issues, suggesting a support channel exists.
Reliability
Reviews indicate inconsistent reliability, with frequent reports of the extension failing to download videos from certain sites or downloading incomplete files. YouTube downloads are explicitly blocked.
Privacy
Users express suspicion regarding the permissions requested by the extension, specifically concerning the ability to manage data and files on all websites.
- No clear monetization signal
- No clear access signal
- Limited free usage observed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 6
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 2.1.7
- Size: 175KiB
- Last updated:
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Links
Website: startpage24.com
Privacy policy: http://startpage24.com/chrome/videodownloaderprofessional_privacy.html