Published Oct 25, 2026, 8:45 AM EDT

Akshay Bhalla was the former game guides editor for Screen Rant and the technology editor at MensXP. He has previously written about smartphones, apps, streaming, gadgets, and games for print, digital, and TV media outlets. When he isn’t writing about tech, he can often be found playing JRPGs, listening to music, or playing with his three dogs.

You can reach Akshay at bhallanator @ proton dot me.

Many open source Android apps open up a lot of possibilities, and one of them can download videos from YouTube and other social media apps.

I've tried a bunch of apps from the Play Store, but they're often riddled with ads or push some form of monetization to unlock all features.

But I found an open source app that lets me download content from almost any app, and it doesn't have any of the annoyances I mentioned.

Seal app is everything I needed for downloading video content

A fantastic app for offline viewing

There are several ways to download videos for offline viewing…