Downie
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Downie, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Downie's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Setapp | $14.99 a month | Includes Downie and 300+ other Mac apps · Subscription via Setapp. |
| Downie | $19.99, paid once | Up to 3 activations · personal use on your own Macs · macOS 13+ · One-time purchase for a permanent license to the purchased major version. |
| Downie 4 + Permute 3 Bundle for macOS 13–15 | $26.99, paid once | Includes Downie 4 and Permute 3 · free Permute 4 upgrade when moving to macOS 26+ · One-time bundle purchase; listed price excludes VAT/sales tax. |
| Downie 4 + Permute 4 Bundle | $26.99, paid once | Includes Downie 4 and Permute 4 · Permute 4 requires macOS 26 and Apple Silicon · One-time bundle purchase; listed price excludes VAT/sales tax. |
The facts
Each one read from Downie's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App data
- License activation stores a computer identifier to allow reactivation on the same computer; some apps send optional anonymous usage analytics, with settings described in each app.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Browser integration
- Extensions for Safari, Chrome, and Firefox can send links to Downie with one click.checked 7 Oct 2026
- iOS availability
- The maker says an iOS/iPadOS version is available in the EU through the third-party Onside marketplace.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
What it does
- License limit
- A personal license allows up to three activations on Macs used by the license holder; sharing the code with other users may result in suspension.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Older versions
- Older major versions can continue to be used, but receive no further updates and their site integrations may stop working over time.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Postprocessing
- Downie can convert downloads to MP4 or extract only the audio track.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- For direct website purchases, the maker says it collects the buyer's email to deliver the license code and shares no information further with other third parties.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Downie is a Mac video downloader for saving videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and thousands of other sites.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Site coverage
- The maker says Downie supports more than 1,000 sites, with the list growing with nearly every update.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The product page says support replies within 24 hours and accepts requests for new site support.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Download history syncs across Macs through iCloud to help prevent duplicate downloads.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Unlisted sites
- For unsupported sites, the built-in browser's User-Guided Extraction can detect a video while the user navigates to it.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Updates
- The maker says updates typically arrive every week or two with site additions, fixes, and features.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Video quality
- Downie can download YouTube videos in up to 4K and fetches the highest quality available.checked 7 Oct 2026
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