Freemake Video Downloader vs OmniGet

Freemake Video Downloader downloads online videos for offline viewing on Windows and macOS. The product lists support for more than 10,000 websites, including YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Flickr, VK, and Hulu. It handles playlists and batch downloads, with direct quality up to 4K. Output choices include MP4, WebM, FLV, 3GP, AVI, MP3, WMV, MKV, and formats for iPod or iPhone, iPad, Android, and PSP. Users can choose quality, limit download speed, review history, and pause or resume interrupted downloads. Files can be sent to Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive as destinations. The free license does not expire, and the free plan is listed at free. Requirements include supported Windows versions or Mac OS, a 1 GHz processor,.NET Framework 4.5, 256 MB RAM, 25 MB disk space, and an internet connection. Freemake states downloads are for personal, private, non-commercial use.

OmniGet is a free, open-source app for downloading video, audio and files from websites, as well as torrents, magnet links and direct files. It supports more than 1,800 sites, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Twitch, Vimeo and Bilibili. Video downloads can reach 4K; audio formats include MP3, M4A, Opus, FLAC and WAV, with subtitles available as SRT or VTT. Playlist, batch and subtitle downloads are supported. OmniGet uses yt-dlp and installs and updates yt-dlp and FFmpeg automatically. Its queue can resume interrupted downloads, retry with backoff and follow channels. The app runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with browser extensions also available. Downloads stay on the user’s computer, and OmniGet reports no telemetry about downloaded content. It can download only content the user’s session can already open; it does not bypass DRM or paywalls. The GPL-3.0 app has no ads, account requirement or paid plan.