Although YouTube allows some videos being downloaded and viewed offline, using third-party applications to download YouTube videos violates their terms.
YouTube’s terms of service clearly state that users should not download content unless YouTube displays a download button or link on a particular service, YouTube Premium.
In addition, downloading or copying copyrighted content is not allowed. If found to do so, theoretically they may face trial or fines. Although YouTube has never criticized users for using video downloaders to download copyrighted content, such behavior is illegal anyway.
Despite the risks, if you want to download YouTube videos, here are some of the best Android apps to meet your needs.
By default, Android devices will block the installation of non-Google Play Store apps. Therefore, you need to enable application installation from unknown sources before proceeding. To achieve that, go to “Settings”> “Security”. Clicking “Unknown Source” will pop up a warning. Press OK.
VidMate
Vidmate is a reliable video downloader application, users can download YouTube videos for free. It has a user-friendly interface consisting of popular websites, popular videos and categories. You can also perform a Youtube search directly from the search bar.
VidMate provides you with a fast video download speed, but you can also customize the download speed and choose your preferred download location in its download settings.
Newpipe
NewPipe is an open source Android application that can be used to grab content. It is worth mentioning that this lightweight download does not use any proprietary YouTube API or Google’s play services.
KeepVid
KeepVid is one of the best Android video download tools and one of the most popular tools. Compared with other video download tools, this video download tool can download YouTube videos faster, and it also allows users to download videos from 27 video sharing sites such as Facebook, Twitter.
YouTube Vanced
YouTube Vanced apk is one of the best YouTube alternatives. It’s easy to use because this app adopts an interface similar to official YouTube. With it, you can easily download all videos on YouTube and meanwhile enjoy all features enabled on YouTube Premium.
Comparing all apps above, I would say all these apps are wonderful. but for me, I will pick YouTube Vanced as NO.1 personally. And my reasons are simple, I want to have better experience with YouTube only, and YouTube Vanced perfectly meets my demands. It’s simple, fast and free. Firstly, its interface makes me feel comfortable, other apps’ interfaces are just not concise enough, let alone YouTube Vanced has so many attractive features. I can use it to listen to music as YouTube music.
You can download YouTube Vanced from its official website or third-party app store. But I suggest getting it from the official website. For that you can make sure you will have the last version. Once you enter the website, you can see the download button as it shows. Tap on it to download the APK file, then install the APK file. And everything’s done.
