Snap Video is a cross-platform downloader that pulls clips out of TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and half a dozen other apps without leaving the Share Sheet. It runs on iOS 15 all the way up to iOS 26, so older iPhones aren’t left behind. One shortcut, eight services, no copy-pasting URLs into a browser.
How it works
When you share a video with Snap Video, the shortcut grabs the URL Apple passes in and forwards it to the SnapVideo.co backend, which resolves the actual media file for that platform. The downloaded video then comes back to your device and gets saved locally. Because each social network changes its internal APIs on a regular cadence, the heavy parsing happens server-side rather than on your iPhone, which is why the version on snapvideo.co matters more than the one sitting on your Home Screen.
Supported platforms
- TikTok
- Douyin
- Xiaohongshu (logo stripped automatically)
- YouTube
- Instagram (Video, Reels, and Story)
- X (Twitter)
Installing it
- Tap Add Shortcut on this page to open the preview in the Shortcuts app.
- Scroll the action list once so you can see what runs locally.
- Confirm with Add Shortcut at the bottom to drop it into your library.
- Optional: pin it to the top of your Shortcuts grid for faster access later.
Putting it to work
Open the app holding the video you want — TikTok, Instagram, X, whichever. Tap the share icon on the post itself (not the system share inside the video player) and scroll the row of actions until you find Snap Video. Pick it. The shortcut takes over, asks the backend for the file, and saves the result. For Stories and Reels, share from the three-dot menu rather than the heart-shaped one.
Where downloads go
Saved clips typically land in your Photos library under Recents, though some sources route to Files instead depending on the format returned. Check both spots if the video isn’t where you expected.
Troubleshooting
- Download fails or returns an error. Your copy of the shortcut is probably stale; visit snapvideo.co and reinstall the latest version listed there.
- Private or age-restricted post won’t pull. The backend can only fetch what’s publicly reachable, so locked accounts and age-gated YouTube content will refuse.
- One specific platform stopped working overnight. That service almost certainly shipped an API change; wait a day or two for tuan2308 to push a server-side fix.
Quick answers
Will this still run on my hand-me-down iPhone?
iOS 15 is the floor and the author has kept it working all the way through iOS 26, so most devices from the last seven years are fine.
Does it strip the TikTok watermark?
Only the Xiaohongshu logo gets cleaned out automatically. Anything TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook burns directly into the video stays in the saved file — there’s no re-encode step.
Do I really need all eight of those apps installed?
You only need the ones for services you actually use. The list is just the apps whose share extensions Snap Video can read from; missing ones won’t break anything, you just won’t see Snap Video in those share sheets.
Required Dependencies
Version history
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9.3 | Jun 2026 | - Fixed download errors on the TikTok platform. - Switched to Base64 link encoding to improve stability and avoid errors arising from the old URL encoding method. |
| 1.9.2 | May 2026 | - Revise the header variables. |
