Save Image As PNG Chrome Extension Analysis
Video & Image DownloadersChrome extension ID: nkokmeaibnajheohncaamjggkanfbphi
This Chrome extension allows users to right-click images to convert them from WebP to PNG format instantly. It aims to provide a low-footprint solution for users needing more widely recognized image formats.
Overview
Installs
400K+
Rating
★ 4.0
429 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
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
The extension positions itself as a lightweight utility that adds a 'Save Image As PNG' option to the browser's context menu. It is marketed as a way to overcome WebP compatibility issues, enabling users to save images in a format suitable for editing and hosting.
Inferred product pattern
A high-utility legacy extension currently experiencing severe stability and security-related degradation.
Review-backed pain points
Users report the extension causing browser crashes in Edge and Brave, frequent intrusive popups for ratings, and significant security concerns regarding hijacked ownership and malicious updates.
Observed feature gaps
Users requested the ability to remember the last saved directory, the ability to keep the original file name during conversion, and support for converting SVGs to PNG.
- Graphic Designers
- Web Developers
- Content Creators
- General Web Users
- Converting WebP images to PNG for compatibility
- Saving images for use in design software
- Preparing images for upload to hosting sites like Imgur
- Useful for WebP compatibility
- Low resource footprint
- Browser crashes
- Malware and security concerns
- Intrusive rating prompts
- Broken functionality
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- No pricing information or friction observed in the listing or reviews.
Support
No specific support complaints, but users expressed extreme distrust due to alleged hijacking.
Reliability
Multiple reports of the extension causing browser crashes and failing to function entirely.
Privacy
High-severity claims that the extension was hijacked to push malicious code.
- No clear monetization signal
- No account requirement observed
- No clear pricing signal
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Version: 1.0.3
- Size: 19.51KiB
- Last updated:
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