Video DownloadHelper Chrome Extension Analysis
Video & Image DownloadersChrome extension ID: lmjnegcaeklhafolokijcfjliaokphfk
A browser extension designed to capture web videos and extract audio in multiple formats like MP4, MKV, and MP3. It supports live streaming and a wide variety of web-based video sources.
Overview
Installs
5.0M+
Rating
★ 4.5
33,169 reviews
Languages
29 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Nederlands...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Video & Image Downloaders
Pricing friction
Moderate review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
The extension positions itself as a long-standing, versatile tool capable of downloading videos from over 1,000 websites. It emphasizes support for various streaming protocols (Dash, HLS, MPD) and high-definition formats while explicitly clarifying it does not support YouTube.
Inferred product pattern
A high-utility media tool that uses restrictive usage limits and cooldown timers to incentivize premium subscriptions.
Review-backed pain points
Users report significant frustration with undisclosed daily limits and a 2-hour cooldown period for free users. There are also complaints regarding files disappearing after download and the 'Force detection' feature logging users out of websites by clearing cookies.
Observed feature gaps
Does not support YouTube, Spotify, or Amazon Music; limited resolution options on certain sites.
- Media consumers
- Content curators
- Web users
- Downloading web videos
- Extracting audio from video files
- Converting video formats
- Capturing live streams
- Wide range of supported video protocols and formats
- Strict daily download limits
- Mandatory wait times between downloads
- Lack of clarity on free vs premium features
- Unintended side effects like cookie deletion
- Free-tier complaints detected
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- High friction due to undisclosed daily limits and a required 2-hour wait period between downloads for free tier users.
Support
No specific support or refund complaints were identified in the provided samples.
Reliability
Users reported files disappearing immediately after download and receiving inaccurate 'not enough space' error messages.
Privacy
The 'Force detection' feature can inadvertently clear site cookies, causing users to be logged out of their accounts.
- Free entry with paid features
- No clear access signal
- Limited free usage observed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 5
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 29
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Support link
- Version: 10.2.71.2
- Size: 3.76MiB
- Last updated:
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Links
Website: downloadhelper.net
Privacy policy: https://www.downloadhelper.net/privacy
Support links: https://help.downloadhelper.net
