Simple Ways to download YouTube videos on Android and iPhone

Simple Ways to download YouTube videos on Android and iPhone – YouTube is a great app for watching and sharing videos. But what if you want to download them to your phone? Is there an easy option or do you have to put in some extra legwork?

It’s actually much tougher to download a video if you have an iPhone because Apple have cracked down on people ripping videos using tailor-made apps. But there are actually two pretty quick ways of doing it through Android if you have one of those.

Related: How To Download Videos On YouTube With Android Phones

Here’s all the info you need… YouTube allows you to download videos as long as you have the right app

Simple Ways to download YouTube videos on Android

1. Via the YouTube app Open the YouTube app and find the video you want to download Play the video and tap the share button

Select ‘YouTube downloader’ from the share menu Choose a format to download in – mp4 for a video or mp3 for an audio file
Tap download

2. Via the YouTube Downloader app/similar apps Download the app

Open the app Use a search to find the video you want to download
Tap on it
Select the format you want – mp4 for a video or mp3 for an audio file
Hit download and wait while the app works, which could take a few minutes Watch the video in the app or find it in the relevant folder in your phone iPhone users may find it less easy to secure a suitable app

Simple Ways to download YouTube videos on iPhone

1. Via Documents 6 from UK Apple Store Open the YouTube app,

Find the video you want to grab and copy the link to it via the share option
Go to the Apple Store and search for ‘Documents 6’ Install the app of that name
Launch the app and hit the Safari icon that looks like a compass
This launches a web browser. Type in ‘savefromnet’ and hit the search icon
Click on the en.savefrom.net link in the search results
Paste the YouTube video link into the white box on SaveFromNet
Tap the green tick and select what size file you want, and what type of file – mp4 for a video or mp3 for an audio file
Tap ‘Download’, then ‘Done’ and wait for your video to arrive
View the video in the Downloads section of Document 6 To transfer it to the Camera Roll folder in your phone, tap and hold the video icon and drag it up until the folders appear Drop it in Photos, then Camera roll.
Done!
You can also more easily download YouTube videos to your PC or laptop via a number of websites you can find via search engines. It’s a lot less fiddly, but then having the video on your phone might be more handy in some situations.