Video Saver - Player Alternative: Black Duck Media Library

Video Saver - Player main screen — **Video Saver - Player** is better if you want a download queue and quality choice.

Black Duck Media Library is better if you want saved media kept in one library.

Video Saver - Player is built around managing downloads: Share Sheet and clipboard detection, a background queue, audio extraction, and a choice of quality.

If you are looking for a replacement for Video Saver - Player, Black Duck Media Library is one option to consider. It starts from the same point, a link from another app, but the downloaded file goes into a library next to your other media instead of ending at the save.

Where Black Duck Media Library is stronger

Sources: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, direct links, and 10+ other services.
Start: from the Share Sheet (a link shared in from another app is queued), or with the main button on a copied link.
One library for downloaded video, photos, and audio, shown together with audiobooks, books, podcasts, and live TV and radio.
Automatic downloads of podcast episodes and new videos from the YouTube channels you subscribe to.
Playback features: background playback, Picture in Picture, a sleep timer.
An EPUB and PDF reader in the same app.

Where Video Saver - Player is stronger

A background download queue with progress notifications.
Audio extracted as M4A.
Quality choice: 1080p, 720p, 480p.

Price

Video Saver - Player: weekly $3.99, or yearly $59.99 (US App Store).
Black Duck Media Library: free with a daily download limit; a rewarded ad unlocks more. Pro: $4.99/month, $29.99/year, or $59.99 lifetime (US App Store).

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Disclosure: this page is published by the developer of Black Duck Media Library. Listing-based criteria are the same for every app, and prices are from the US App Store as checked on October 26, 2026.