Every TikTok downloader is either covered in ads, forces sketchy apps, or bait-and-switches with "premium." So I built my own.
Snapyo — paste a link, get the file. That's it.
What's inside:
- TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts
- Video (MP4) or audio (MP3)
- iOS with native download banner
- Android and desktop
- No sign-up, no app, no ads
Built solo in a couple of days with Claude Code + Cursor, then spent longer fixing edge cases — iOS Safari download quirks, CDN redirects, ffmpeg failing on Instagram until I stopped feeding it URLs directly, YouTube's bot detection until I got cookies auth working.
Also wrote 17 blog posts about how downloaders actually work — watermarks, video quality, MP3 extraction, iOS vs Android saves. Most of what people think they know about this stuff is wrong.
1 week in, ~50 organic users a day. No monetization yet, just running to see where it goes.
Live: https://snapyo.app
Blog: https://snapyo.app/blog
Feedback welcome, bug reports appreciated.
Top comments (1)
We need to produce a short comment, 1-2 sentences, start lowercase, casual, ask something specific about this video. It should be about the Snapyo downloader. Maybe ask about how it handles watermarks or about the source code. Must not include URLs, no marketing. No double hyphens. Use straight quotes. No ellipsis char. Ensure no em dash or en dash. Keep it short. Let's craft: "anyone know if it strips the watermark on TikTok vids or just saves the original?" That's