Comparison of YouTube downloaders
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This is a comparison of notable YouTube download and conversion software. YouTube conversion software is used to download and convert YouTube videos to popular formats or portable devices.
Features
| YouTube Downloader | License | Integrated Browser | User Playlists, Uploads and Favorites Download | Show Lists, Artist Playlists, Charts Download | Multi-thread Downloads | Stop, Pause & Resume | Max Download Speed | Multi-Lingual | Ad-Free Video Download | Private YouTube Videos Download | Embedded YouTube Videos Download | Browser extensions | One Step Download | Extraction of Original Audio from YouTube | HD YouTube Videos Download | More web sites support | Batch Download | Automatic Download | Archive Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4KDownload[1] | Freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ClipGrab[2] | Open Source | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Airy[3] | Shareware | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Free Studio[4][5][6] | Freeware (Crippleware[7]) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| JDownloader[8] | Open Source | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Freemake Video Downloader[9] | Freeware (Crippleware[7]) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| NewPipe[10] | Open Source | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Inbuilt conversion to formats and devices
| YouTube Downloader | MP3 | MPEG4 | WMV | AVI | FLV | Ogg Theora | Ogg Vorbis | Matroska | 3GP | SWF | Special device profiles (e.g. iPhone) | M4A | WebM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4KDownload | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| ClipGrab | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Airy | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Free Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| JDownloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Video DownloadHelper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Freemake Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NewPipe | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Supported operating systems
| YouTube Downloader | Online | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4KDownload | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ClipGrab | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Airy | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Free Studio | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Video DownloadHelper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Freemake Video Downloader | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| NewPipe | No | No | No | No | Yes |
See also
References
- ^ "4K Download". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "ClipGrab - Free YouTube Downloader & Converter". Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Airy video downloader for YouTube". CNet.http://download.cnet.com/Airy/3000-2071_4-76086635.html
- ^ Stevens, Pamela (7 July 2012). "DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Review". toptenreviews.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Free YouTube Download - DVDVideoSoft". www.dvdvideosoft.com.
- ^ "Download Full YouTube Playlist - DVDVideoSoft". www.dvdvideosoft.com.
- ^ a b extremely reduced download speed and/or limited media length in the "free" version
- ^ "JDownloader".
- ^ "Freemake Video Downloader review". Techradar.
- ^ "NewPipe".