How to Download TikTok, Instagram & Other Videos on iPhone

TikTok and Instagram let you save a video inside their own app, but that copy usually comes with a watermark and stays trapped there.

Grabio is a free iOS Shortcut that reads the link you share, copies it and sends you to a download page that says it has no ads. For TikTok on its own, see the TikTok downloader shortcut for iPhone guide. For Reels only: download a Reel on iPhone.

Which platforms this covers

Grabio recognizes links from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Pinterest. Share a link from one of those and Grabio opens a clean download page. Share a link from any other site and it opens a general download page, which may or may not support that site. YouTube uses the same clean download page as TikTok, covered in how to download YouTube videos on iPhone.

How to download a TikTok, Instagram, or other video on iPhone with Grabio

1. Add Grabio to your iPhone once, it’s a free Apple Shortcut with no App Store download and no sign-up. Add Grabio to your iPhone.
2. Open the post in the app (TikTok, Instagram, or another platform) and tap the Share icon.
3. Tap Grabio in the share sheet. If the app does not list it, open the link in Safari and share it from there.
4. Grabio checks the link, copies it, and opens a download page in Safari.
5. On the clean download page (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Pinterest, YouTube), tap Paste, pick the quality and tap Download. On the page for other links, tap the box, then Paste, tap Extract Formats and pick a format. Then save the video to Photos or Files.

How the two download pages differ

TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Pinterest go to the same clean download page as YouTube: Grabio copies the link, you tap Paste, pick the quality and tap Download.

Every other platform goes to a page for other links instead, where you tap the box, then Paste, tap Extract Formats and pick a format. Same idea, one extra tap on the other-links side because the two pages work differently.

Is it private and free on iPhone?

Grabio itself is free with no account, no login, and no daily cap. Its own server never downloads or stores the video, it only receives a random anonymous install ID, because the link is checked on your phone before Safari opens the download page, which does the actual download processing on its own site.

Use this to save your own posts or content you clearly have the right to keep a copy of, not to redistribute someone else’s video as your own.

Download TikTok and Instagram videos on iPhone: FAQ

Can I download a private TikTok or Instagram video?

Grabio and the download page can only work with content you can already open the link to. If a post is private or requires being logged in to view, this flow won’t be able to reach it.

Does the video keep the watermark?

The download page generally pulls the original file rather than a screen-recorded copy, so in most cases you get a cleaner result than the in-app “save video” button, though this can vary by platform and by how the platform serves the file that day.

Is this different from the YouTube download flow?

For TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Pinterest it is the same as YouTube: the same clean download page, where you tap Paste, pick the quality and tap Download. Every other link uses a page for other links, where you also tap Extract Formats before you pick a format.

Related on iPhone: download YouTube videos on iPhone, compress a video for WhatsApp, or Video & Audio Tools.

How to Download an Instagram Carousel on iPhone, Free covers the related case in full.

Once you have that working, it is worth seeing how it stacks up against the alternatives, the full video downloader for iPhone comparison covers paid apps, ad-heavy sites, and the free Shortcut approach side by side.