How Unpinned compares to other Pinterest downloaders.
Most Pinterest downloaders are ad-funded web pages that take one pin at a time. Here is what actually differs — bulk downloads, quality, board size, and what happens to your data.
If you want one pin, a downloader website is fine. If you want the board, you need something that runs inside the board.
- 1 click
- for a whole board
- 5,000+
- pins per board, on Pro
- 0
- ads or redirects
Unpinned vs. a typical Pinterest downloader site
| Feature | Unpinned | Typical downloader site |
|---|---|---|
| Whole board in one click | Yes — the extension walks the board for you | Usually one pin URL at a time |
| Image quality | Highest resolution Pinterest holds, untouched | Often a re-encoded preview size |
| Video pins | Downloaded with the rest of the board | Frequently unsupported or paywalled |
| Large boards (5,000+ pins) | Supported on Pro, no size cap | Times out or silently truncates |
| Private boards you have access to | Yes, using your own signed-in session | No — a public URL is required |
| Ads and redirects | None | The business model |
| Data collected | Your email, for a single-use login link | Rarely disclosed |
| Price | Free for 50 pins a day; Pro for unlimited | Free, paid for with ads and trackers |
Comparing extensions rather than sites?Five Pinterest board downloaders side by sideUnpinned vs Pin Kit
Where the free downloader sites break down
They only ever see one URL
You paste a pin address into a form. The site fetches that address and nothing else, because it has no way to see the board that address came from — it is not in your browser session, it is a server somewhere else. Everything downstream of that limit follows from it.
They fetch what a stranger can see
Without your session, a downloader site gets the public, logged-out view: no private boards, no boards shared with you, and often a smaller image than the one Pinterest serves a signed-in visitor.
Someone still pays for the servers
Fetching and re-serving media is not free, and these sites do not charge you. The revenue comes from ad networks, redirect chains and whatever the page can learn about the person using it.
The comparison that matters most: what it costs you.
Free downloader sites bill you in attention and data. Unpinned is free for 50 pins a day and priced plainly after that.