Best alternatives to WA - Download Guard 🛡️ (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to WA, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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WA alternatives, compared
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WA Media Downloader Pro
Automatically download media files from WhatsApp chats and groups
≈10K users3.2★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago4 permissions- About 10× more users than WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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Download URL
Download the URL file of the current page.
≈10K users3.9★ from 17 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions- About 10× more users than WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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Download Master
Intercept downloads for Download Master, download a file or a group of files from the context menu.
≈100K users3.8★ from 1.7K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years15 permissions- About 100× more users than WA
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (15 vs 8)
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Downloads
Easily access downloads on this device. Manage all downloaded files in Google Chrome with a single link to the downloads history
≈10K users3.6★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 10× more users than WA
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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MP3 Downloader
MP3 Downloader app downloads mp3 music from websites.
≈30K users2.7★ from 40 ratings2 permissions- About 30× more users than WA
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Video Download Helper
Download Videos from the Web.
≈6M users4.5★ from 35.7K ratingsUpdated 5 days ago13 permissions- About 6000× more users than WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 8)
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HLS Downloader
Download fragmented media files with HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) downloader.
≈100K users3.6★ from 205 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago6 permissions- About 100× more users than WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 8)
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Table Download
Download HTML Tables from pages in spreadsheet format
≈6K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 6.0× more users than WA
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Website Downloader
Simple website downloader: easily download website. This site downloader is placed in the bar, a web downloader for a whole site
≈100K users4.3★ from 506 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago7 permissions- About 100× more users than WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 8)
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DDownload
Detects ddownload links on any page, downloads them or imports them into your account. Full speed with Ultimate.
≈1K usersNot rated yetUpdated 5 weeks ago25 permissions- A similar number of users to WA
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (25 vs 8)
WA alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to WA?
By users, the most popular alternative is Video Download Helper with ≈6M users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is WA Media Downloader Pro.
Which WA alternative has the best rating?
Video Download Helper has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 35.7K ratings.
Is there a WA alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
MP3 Downloader asks for 2 permissions, against 8 for WA.
How many alternatives to WA are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to WA on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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