If you don’t mind paying, you can subscribe to YouTube Premium to watch without ads and download videos for offline viewing. But this still requires you to watch the videos using the YouTube app.

What if you want to save YouTube videos and watch them on your iPhone’s Camera Roll? We’ll show you how, and it doesn’t require jailbreaking or anything else shady.

How to Download YouTube Videos to the iPhone Camera Roll

Unfortunately, any YouTube video downloader apps for iPhone that appear on the App Store don’t usually last long. You should avoid using any of those, since Apple will remove them after some time. See our discussion of whether it’s legal to download YouTube videos for more info on this.

Thankfully, downloading YouTube videos to your iPhone is still pretty easy. It just requires a small workaround using a browser.

First, install the free app Documents by Readdle. It’s a file manager with an integrated web browser, which makes it handy for the purpose of downloading YouTube videos and transferring them to the Camera Roll.

Since iOS 13, there is no longer a Camera Roll folder on iPhone. It’s been replaced with the Recents folder in the Albums tab of the Photos app. This method still works the same way and allows you to watch YouTube videos through the Photos app on your iPhone.

Next, locate the YouTube video you want to download. You can use the official YouTube app to do this; just open the video, tap Share, then choose Copy link.

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After you have the link copied, head over to the Documents app. You’ll probably have to walk through a quick introduction the first time you use it, and can skip the offer to upgrade to the premium version of the app.

Once you’re inside Documents, tap the Browser icon in the bottom-right corner to open the app’s built-in browser. Then browse to a website that can download YouTube videos, such as Btclod or X2Download. These sites come and go, so search Google to find a similar one if either of those suggestions stops working.

Downloading the YouTube Video to Your iPhone

On the download site, tap inside the Search or paste field, then choose Paste to add the link to your YouTube video. Tap the button next to the field to start converting the video to a downloadable format.

After a moment, the site should generate download links for your video. Depending on the particular site you visit, you may see just one link, several links for different levels of quality, or even the option to download only the audio (MP3). Tap the Video option or similar and choose the quality you want.

In the below example, the 1080p video is about 95MB, while the 480p version is only 20MB.

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Hit the Download link to start downloading your video once it’s ready. This will pop up a Documents window with preferences on how to save the file.

If you like, change the Name to something shorter or more descriptive. The default save location of My Files/Downloads is fine, unless you want to move it somewhere else. And you can uncheck the Ask me every time slider if you want to save future downloads to the same folder automatically.

Tap Done to download the YouTube video to your iPhone. If you want to check its progress, tap the Downloads button on the bottom toolbar of the Documents app.

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Moving the YouTube Video to Your Camera Roll

Now, you just need to move the downloaded video so it shows up in your Camera Roll. The Documents app makes this easy, as well.

Tap the Folder icon at the bottom-left corner of the app to leave the web browser and go back to the file manager. Next, open your Downloads folder, which should appear under the main My Files heading. If you didn’t save the video to the default location of Downloads, open the folder where you placed it instead.

Press the Ellipsis icon below the file you just downloaded, then choose Move. On the Move to page, you should see a Photos folder under My Files. Tap Photos to check it. Due to privacy features on modern versions of iOS, you’ll be prompted to allow the Documents app to access your photos. Tap Allow Access to All Photos for it to work correctly.

When that’s done, hit the Move button at the top-right to complete the process.

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You’ve successfully downloaded a YouTube video to your Camera Roll now. To view it, open the Photos app on your phone. Your new video will appear in the Recents folder on the Albums tab, as well as the Videos option under Media Types at the bottom of the Albums page. It will also be the newest item under Library > All Photos.

If you like, you can also open and watch the video in the Documents app for some additional options, like changing the zoom and changing gestures to control playback.

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Other Ways to Download YouTube Videos to Your iPhone

We covered the Camera Roll method above because many people want to save YouTube videos right to that folder. But this isn’t the only way to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or iPad.

As we mentioned earlier, YouTube Premium has several benefits. One of the biggest is that you can download videos offline to watch anytime you like. If you regularly watch videos offline on your iPhone, the monthly cost is worth it for the convenience. Plus, this is an official method, so you aren’t risking any rule-breaking activity.

With YouTube Premium, you just have to tap Download on any video in the app. It will save all your downloaded videos in one place for easy viewing. However, you can’t export them to watch outside the YouTube app, and they’ll expire if you cancel YouTube Premium.

If you don’t want to pay for Premium, you can use a bulk YouTube downloader on your desktop, which is faster. Once you have the videos converted on your computer, transfer the files to your iPhone over a USB cable or using wireless methods.

Failing that, you can use the clumsy but doable workaround of recording your iPhone screen when playing the video. However, this requires you to play through the whole video, which isn’t ideal. It also doesn’t give you the best quality for the video.

Download YouTube Videos to iPhone and Watch Them Anywhere

With these methods, you can save YouTube videos to your iPhone so you aren’t dependent on the YouTube app or service to watch them. The Camera Roll method is the best for most people, as it makes them easily accessible and you don’t need to transfer any files from another device.

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If you too keep wondering why do you look so different in photographs and why the mirror tells another story, we are here to help you with deception.

​The familiarity with the mirror

The most concrete and familiar image of our face is the reflection we see in the mirror. It is there when we brush our teeth, comb our hair, do makeup or simply get ready for the day. Since you are so used to the image of yourself in the mirror (and even like it), when you face is reversed in the pictures, it seems uncomfortable.

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This is because the reflection you see every day in the mirror is the one you perceive to be original and hence a better-looking version of yourself. So, when you look at a photo of yourself, your face seems to be the wrong way as it is reversed than how you are used to seeing it.

This is exactly the reason you may feel you are the least photogenic person in a group, as everybody else’s face is the way you see them every day, except yours. Another factor that comes to play is the facial asymmetries that the refection in the mirror dials down. So, unless and until you are born with an absolutely symmetrical face, chances are you may also hate your candids for turning out all wonky.

The camera angle

There is a reason why you click more than one photograph before you finalise the most flattering one and get the picture worthy of being uploaded anywhere. It is important to understand that pictures are a 2-D version of real life. This simply means that photos tend to flatten your features or distort them due to certain angles. Also, since photos store everything, any awkward movement which goes unnoticed in real life is captured for everyone to see.

​Remember

Remember, a good picture is a combination of good light, right angle and the perfect pose.

Tip: The harsh flashlight of your phone can highlight everything that you don’t find attractive on your face. It is best to stick to natural lighting to click the most flattering photographs.

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The iPhone 14 might be here, but with minimal upgrades for Apple’s latest smartphone, there’s still plenty of life in the iPhone 13 yet.

Unlike the iPhone 13 Pro models, which Apple discontinued with the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro, it still sells the iPhone 13 alongside the newer 14 series. It’s picked up a small price cut in certain regions, and can often be found even cheaper on big deals days and during sales.

It also now runs iOS 16 and should continue to receive software updates for many years to come.

Design and screen

• A 20% smaller notch
• Brighter OLED display
• Same IP68 rating and Ceramic Shield as the iPhone 12

Apple went big with the iPhone 12 redesign, ridding the curved sides of older models, and giving the new device a refresh that harked back to the iconic iPhone 4 and 5. It was a welcome change, especially after years of the curved iPhone 6 look.

With such a significant change to the iPhone’s exterior happening recently, this update was always going to be iterative. Apple has made some design changes, but they’re all fairly minor.

The notch is 20% smaller, which is welcome but still more annoying than most of the Android competition that have switched to hole-punch style cutouts for the front cameras. On the iPhone 13 Mini, the smaller notch is most welcome; but here it doesn’t have much of an impact. It would have been good to use that extra space to display the battery percentage, for instance. 

The iPhone 13 is also slightly heavier and thicker, to account for the bigger battery and upgraded camera module. Unless you hold the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 next to each other, however, you’re unlikely to notice this difference. The larger camera bump does mean that the device won’t fit into older cases, though, which might prove annoying to some but is hardly a surprise. It’s very similar to the iPhone 14 though, in terms of size,

Weight

Size (Dimensions)

iPhone 13

173 G

71.5 x 7.65 x 146.7 MM

iPhone 13 Mini

140 G

64.2 x 7.65 x 131.5 MM

iPhone 14

172 G

71.5 x 7.8 x 146.7 MM

Apple introduced a couple of new colour options for the iPhone 13. Starlight adds a hint of gold to a silver body, while the Product(RED) model you’ll see pictured is a deeper shade than before; it really is quite striking.

Midnight is a very dark blue that looks almost black, plus there are blue and light pink options, too. This isn’t quite the standout selection of colours we’ve seen in recent years; I’m disappointed that there’s no pale green and purple option – both of which I really liked on the iPhone 12.

The upgrades that Apple added with the iPhone 12 remain, including Ceramic Shield and the IP68 water-resistance rating. I used an iPhone 12 for an entire year, and despite a few drops and no screen protector fitted, the phone still looks in good condition. There are a few micro-scratches on the display – obviously, fitting a screen protector would have alleviated such issues – but they aren’t too bad. I’d hope it would be a similar case this time around. 

It’s the iPhone 13 Pro model that gets all the big-screen upgrades this time around, and it’s a shame the iPhone 13 sticks with the standard 60Hz panel – although it is a very good 60Hz panel. 

ProMotion, which adds an adaptive refresh rate that can ramp up to 120Hz and down to 10Hz, is one of the headline additions to both Pro models – and I have to say it’s my favourite iPhone upgrade in years. 

A faster display isn’t really something you wish for when you haven’t already experienced it, but once you have, it’s hard to switch back to a 60Hz panel. Scrolling, swiping and gaming all feel super-smooth; it just makes animations and movements so much faster. Judging by Apple’s past releases, we’ll see ProMotion on this series eventually – although it might end up being the iPhone 15, as it still is not on the iPhone 14.

Still, the iPhone 13 features a great OLED display. The smaller notch is welcome when watching videos, while the extra hit of brightness (an 800 nits max in general activities and 1100 in HDR video) is of slight benefit when reading messages or viewing Google Maps directions on sunny days. It isn’t a reason to upgrade, however.

Apple’s screens tend to be some of the more neutral around, reigning in the overly saturated look of Samsung’s panels. Colours are vibrant and immersive, without feeling lurid. An episode of the visually stunning Our Planet on Netflix showed this off perfectly, with fantastic contrast and accurate colours.

You don’t have any control over the screen, though. Don’t expect to find multiple presets available if your preference is for a cooler, or warmer, panel.

Camera

• A duo of new 12MP sensors
• New diagonal orientation
• Focus on video with a new Cinematic mode

The biggest spec upgrade for the iPhone 13 comes by way of the duo of cameras on the back. The new cameras here – wide and ultra wide – are pretty much identical to what you’ll find on the iPhone 12 Pro Max, minus the optical zoom of course. This is great considering that was one of the best camera phones around.

The main wide camera remains at 12 megapixel, with an f/1.6 lens, while the 12-megapixel ultra wide has a slower f/2.4 lens and a 120-degree field of view.

This is impressive stuff, especially when you consider last year’s smaller Pro model didn’t even have this camera. It makes this a sizeable upgrade over the iPhone 12. 

The camera sensors themselves are much larger (1.7µm on the iPhone 13 vs 1.4µm on the iPhone 12) to allow in more light. The main wide sensor now has in-body stabilisation, too, which Apple calls Sensor Shift stabilisation. Both of these upgrades help significantly in low-light situations – the pictures I snapped when the lighting was less than stellar were similar to those taken with the 12 Pro Max.

Shooting at night, in darker bars and restaurants, is a real highlight. The iPhone 13 tends to force itself into the dedicated Night mode more often than the iPhone 13 Pro, but the results are supremely detailed with natural bright points and minimal noise.

Daylight photos taken with the previous model were decent, and it’s hard to tell the difference between landscape shots taken with the iPhone 12 and the 13, or even the iPhone 14 for that matter.

However, if you’re coming from an even older iPhone then the difference is far greater, with punchier colours and sharper details apparent. That bigger wide sensor also helps with a more natural bokeh effect (the soft blur that surrounds an object when you get up-close), which is always welcome. If you want a stronger, more customisable blur then the dedicated Portrait mode is excellent. 

Apple is giving you a little more control over the look of your snaps this time around with a new software feature called Photography Styles. The Vibrant style, for instance, boosts colours and saturation, very much in the vein of a Galaxy S-series flagship. 

The High Contrast option ups the dynamic range, producing far more striking results that aren’t too dissimilar to those from a Google Pixel. Finally, there’s Warm and Cool, both of which do pretty much what they say on the tin.

It’s important to not view these options simply as filters, since they’re more than that. They directly alter the pipeline of the image, meaning you can’t flick between styles or remove them after you’ve taken the photo.

Cinematic mode got a lot of screen time during the device’s reveal and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s almost a Portrait mode for video, but it takes this idea further by adding in focus racking, allowing the camera to switch focus points – for example – if a face turns away.

The blur effect is far from perfect, but it’s much better than attempts made by the Android competition; plus, the focus racking works very well. I lined up a number of objects, with the camera changing focus smoothly as I moved them away. It worked well with faces, too.

You can record Cinematic mode in HDR Dolby Vision up to 1080p at 30fps, far lower than the 4K 60fps maximum in the standard video modes.

I wouldn’t call Cinematic mode a gimmick. It works well and I’m sure that, like Portrait mode before it, it will get better over time. I just can’t see who would use it consistently, especially since the formats and the ability to edit focus points is restricted to Apple’s own software.

Where I’d have liked to see some greater upgrades to the camera is around the front. The 12-megapixel selfie camera has remained the same for generations now, and it could really do with a little more attention. Selfies are flat and lack the nuance of snaps taken by the rear cameras.

Performance

• A15 Bionic powers the phone
• Wider 5G band support
• 4GB RAM, 128GB base storage

Apple’s silicon is now past the point where it’s valid to say a new chip makes the phone feel faster. iPhones have felt fast for years now, and the advancements to the A15 are far beyond upping some benchmark scores or making web pages load faster.

The A15 Bionic powers the Cinematic mode with its focus racking and constantly changing blur effects. It also powers stuff like the ridiculously useful Live Text feature, which can pull addresses and phone numbers from your photo library.

Inside the chip is a six-core CPU, four-core GPU and a 16-core neural engine for AI tasks. Interestingly, Apple has kitted out the Pro models with a five-core GPU – although I didn’t notice any real differences through testing. The A15 Bionic is paired with 4GB of RAM, which is identical to the iPhone 13 and 2GB less than the Pro models.

The iPhone 13 is fast in all tasks you throw at it. I’ve tried countless Apple Arcade titles and they all run without a hitch, while apps open instantly. While I’d expect such performance on a far cheaper phone than this, it’s still worth noting.

There’s a wider selection of 5G bands this year thanks to a new 5G modem. If you’re in the USA then the iPhone 13 also supports mmWave 5G – a faster version of the tech that only really works when you’re very close to the masts. mmWave isn’t a thing in the UK, nor many other regions yet, so the tech is simply just missing from these iPhone models.

One very welcome change is the jump up to 128GB for the base model, doubling the previous 64GB model. There’s also 256GB (the one I’d recommend) and a 512GB option.

Battery life

• Much better battery life than the iPhone 12
• Doesn’t come with a charging plug
• Can charge wired at 20w or wirelessly through MagSafe at 15w

Battery life has seen one of the biggest upgrades in the iPhone 13, and it’s been achieved through the inclusion of larger cells and a more efficient chipset.

Apple claims an extra two hours of video playback, and while this is something of a pointless metric unless you really do just stream video all day, I’ve found it does equate to a couple of extra hours of use before a charge is needed.

Throughout testing, I’ve been trying to deplete the phone’s battery in a day. I ran a looped video that took 21 hours for the battery to die (more than Apple’s claimed 19 hours) while streamed video lasted for 15 hours. An hour of Netflix streaming in HDR at 100% brightness consumed 9% (7%, with a more reasonable 75% brightness), while an hour of playing Sayonara Wild Hearts only took off 11%.

I’m not going to say this is the best battery life I have seen on a phone, but it’s certainly far better than the battery life I experienced with the iPhone 12. 

For charging, you’ll still need to provide your own plug (although a cable is included in the very slim box), or pick up either a MagSafe charger or another Qi-enabled pad. 

Apple might have switched to USB-C across its laptops and the majority of iPads, but it still uses Lightning for the iPhone. If you have plenty of iPhone accessories lying around then this is great; but USB-C is just so much faster for both data transfer and charging that it does feel like a miss.

Charging speeds will likely depend on the type of charger you’re using. All iPhone 13 models support up to 20W fast wired charging, and using this you’ll get to around 50% in half an hour. 

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