During the discussion of my article on YourTube, an excellent plug-in for downloading videos from YouTube, I’ve been asked in a HowardForums thread about the other two, free(!) solutions, the AppStore-based (read: no jailbreaking needed) iWoopie and the Cydia-based MxTube.

In the following, I thoroughly compare these two apps to both each other and YourTube.

Generic pros / cons of the three YouTube downloaders