How to download video files to your Android? An ad-free YouTube videos and Instagram Reels downloader to try

Watching videos on the internet is something that we all do almost every single day, and we have the urge to download certain videos for several reasons. That is totally understandable as due to several regulations these days, you never know when the video that you watch often is taken down for one or the other reason. 

While you shouldn’t try to download streaming videos as they are not supposed to be downloaded and watched, there can be your own reasons to download a video. I am expecting that you are not doing it for illegal or immoral purposes. Thus, today on InkedFreedom I will basically talk about how to download video files from streaming websites in the easiest and the most trouble-free way yet.

So, without any further delay, let’s get started with how to download video files on your Android.

Downloading the Seal video downloader on your Android

Seal is a video downloader that we will use today to download videos from the internet. Seal is a great app with a user-friendly interface to help you effortlessly download streaming videos with just a few taps. But the only shortcoming is, the app is not available on Google Play Store, You need to download this open-source app from F-Droid which is a marketplace for open-source apps on Android.

I have already discussed how to download F-Droid on your Android in the following tutorial where I mentioned how to download old-school retro games on Android.

Simply follow the steps, and once you are done, search for Seal within F-Droid. Here is also the direct link for this amazing video downloader app.

Once you are downloading Seal, let’s now look into how to download video files from the internet.

How to download videos from the internet using Seal?

Now that you have downloaded Seal, copy the webpage link where the streaming video exists, to Seal.

Now tap on the download icon. Just refer to the screenshot below for your reference.

Now, before Seal can actually start downloading the file, you have to configure the download.

Start with some general settings. The first thing that you can configure is, whether you want to extract the audio from the video file, download a playlist if the link refers to a playlist, embedded subtitles, or the video thumbnail.

In the next step, you can select the video format and video quality. Just use the drop-down menus in the respective options to select the quality and format. Once you are done, tap on ‘Download’.

As this is an open-source app, you can also execute custom commands, which I will not discuss here.

Now, wait for the download to complete, before you start downloading a new file again.

How to download Instagram Reels with no watermark?

Have you ever been looking for an Instagram Reels downloader, and ended up with an app flooded with annoying ads! No more, as you can use Seal as your own personal Instagram Reels downloader. Here’s a brief guide on how to download Instagram Reels with no watermark.

Simply visit your favorite Reels creator’s profile, or open the Reel on Instagram that you want to download.

Now, just like in the case of any regular Instagram Reels downloader, tap on the triple-dot icon, and then tap on the ‘Link’ icon as shown in the screenshot below. This will copy the Reel’s link to your clipboard.

Now that the link is copied to the clipboard, open Seal, paste the download link and tap on the download icon as I discussed in the earlier steps.

So, it is your personal Instagram Reels downloader without any adware at all that is extremely simple to use.

How to download YouTube video to Android?

Most people intend to download YouTube videos on Android. Here’s how you can use Seal to download YouTube videos and music right onto your Android.

As Seal is a free software to download YouTube videos and music, it is the reason why you can’t find this amazing app to download video files on the Google Play Store.

Open the video on YouTube that want to download on your Android. Now, tap on the ‘Share’ icon and then tap on Seal, in the list of apps that appear.

Now, Seal video downloader will open up, and there you can download the YouTube video just like you can download other videos on your Android using Seal.

So, Seal is also a great free software to download YouTube videos.

How to find out downloaded videos in the file manager?

After the downloads are complete, simply tap on the following icon as shown in the screenshot below, to see the list of downloaded videos.

Furthermore, you can also find the downloaded videos in the file manager by visiting the following path.

Internal_memory/Download/Seal

Some things worth mentioning

Well, now that you know how to download video files from the internet, you shouldn’t make it a habit as streaming videos is never supposed to be downloaded, whatever the reasons may be. Downloading YouTube videos, and Instagram Reels go against the usage policies, and thus you should be careful.

While Seal is a great app to download video files from the internet pretty effortlessly, there are certain problems too. Firstly, there is no option, or at least not easy to stop video downloads that are currently in progress. Next, it isn’t a universal solution to download video files from the internet. Perhaps, the app will be improved with subsequent updates in the future. Still, the app is totally ad-free, and with a great and simple-to-use interface, Seal is undoubtedly a great app to download video files on your Android.

So, that’s all about how you can download video files right on your Android using Seal video downloader.