Comparison · October 2026

The Best Pinterest Board Downloaders in 2026

Want every pin off a board, not one image at a time? Here is how the main options compare right now: what they cost, what the free versions actually give you, and which ones handle videos and private boards.

Updated October 15, 2026  ·  7 tools compared

Quick comparison

Sources: each tool's Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons or GitHub page, PinSuite's public revenue listing for its prices, and Pinpasta's own website. Checked October 15, 2026.

What we compared

Saving one pin is easy. Saving a 2,000-pin board is where tools split apart. We looked at:

• Whole boards in one go. Can it save every pin on a board, including boards with thousands of pins, without you scrolling or clicking each one?
• Videos and GIFs. Pinterest streams most videos in small chunks, so a tool needs to put them back together into a normal file.
• Private and secret boards. Your own private boards only load when you are signed in.
• The free version. How much you can actually do before paying.
• Price model. One-time purchase or subscription.
• Where it runs. On your computer, in your browser, or on someone else's server.

The tools, one by one

PinBoard: desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux

PinBoard is a desktop app (ours). You paste a board link, it loads every pin, sorts them into images, GIFs and videos, and saves them to a folder at full resolution. Videos are converted to MP4 on your computer. You can also save a single board section, and private boards work after you sign in to Pinterest inside the app.

• Best for: big boards, video pins, and anyone who wants a one-time price instead of a subscription.
• Good: runs entirely on your computer, re-downloading a board only grabs the new pins, one license covers 3 computers.
• Watch out for: you have to install it, and because it isn't code-signed yet, macOS and Windows show a security prompt the first time you open it. GIFs, videos and private boards need Pro. There's no mobile or Chromebook version.

Pin Toolbox: Chrome extension

Pin Toolbox has about 40,000 users on the Chrome Web Store. It downloads whole boards or selected pins, including images, videos and GIFs, and individual board sections. It can export to a ZIP file or a PDF, print boards, and number files so they import cleanly into Photoshop, InDesign or Canva.

• Best for: Chrome users who want PDF or print layouts of a board.
• Watch out for: the free demo stops at the first 15 pins of a board, and the store listing doesn't show the price. Its store rating was 2.8 out of 5 from 290 ratings when we checked.

Unpinned: Firefox add-on

Unpinned is a Firefox add-on that bulk downloads images and videos from boards, and its listing says it handles boards with more than 5,000 pins. Boards of up to 50 pins are free. Unlimited use is €6 a month or €50 a year.

• Best for: Firefox users who download boards regularly.
• Watch out for: it's a subscription, and the listing is marked experimental.

Pinpasta: extension plus Figma plugin

Pinpasta downloads boards as ZIP files from Chrome or Firefox and also has a Figma plugin that pastes pins straight onto a Figma canvas. Its site says it works on public, private and secret boards you can open while signed in. The free version saves the first 20 pins per ZIP. Pro is a $29 lifetime purchase.

• Best for: designers who work in Figma.
• Watch out for: its site doesn't mention video downloads.

PinSuite: web app and extension

PinSuite is more of an online library than a downloader. It saves boards, sections and profiles, including images, videos and GIFs, lets you organize them with tags and notes, and exports to ZIP, CSV, JSON, HTML or PDF. Your own private boards come in through its browser extension. The free tier shows previews and pin counts. Full backups are part of the paid plan, $6.99 a month or $49 a year.

• Best for: people who want their saved pins organized and searchable online, not just in a folder.
• Watch out for: it's a subscription, and your library lives on their service.

gallery-dl: free command-line tool

gallery-dl is a free, open-source command-line program that downloads from hundreds of sites, Pinterest included. It handles pins, board sections, user profiles and video pins, and it can use your browser's cookies to reach boards that need you to be signed in.

• Best for: developers and anyone comfortable in a terminal. It's the best fully free option.
• Watch out for: no app window. You install it with Python, type commands, and manage cookies yourself.

Single-pin "Pinterest downloader" websites

Paste a pin link, get a download button. They're fine for one image or one video. They don't do whole boards, they're usually covered in ads, and your links go through someone else's server.

Which one should you pick?

• You want whole boards with videos, and you'd rather pay once: PinBoard.
• You live in Chrome and need PDFs or print layouts: Pin Toolbox.
• You use Firefox and download boards every week: Unpinned.
• Your boards end up in Figma: Pinpasta.
• You want an organized online library of your pins: PinSuite.
• You're a developer and want it free: gallery-dl.
• You need one pin, once: a single-pin website, or a right-click on the image.

If you're wondering whether Pinterest itself can hand you your images, it can't really. Its "Request your data" export gives you data about your pins, not the pictures.

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