Free apps and ways to download movies to your Android and iOS phone

2022-10-06

Watching movies on the phone screen and not very convenient, compared to the comfort of the cinema. There is a problem: not always the movies are stored on your mobile device at the right time. So in this guide, let's share the best ways to download movies to your phone without any fuss.

The best download programs [2022]:

YouTube

The Youtube mobile app, for once, has learned to download videos to watch without internet. To do this however you must subscribe to Premium (costs less than 10$/month).

Of course there's not the variety offered by the online movie theatres but nevertheless old movies or movies from independent, little known channels are freely available and you can download as many free movies as your Android device memory allows and save using Youtube App.

In the quality settings the user may select the desired local saving settings e.g. 720p.

Films are downloaded to your mobile device (Android / iOS / PC browser) in the background and then brought to your Saved Movies Library from where they are convenient to watch via the built-in Youtube Player.

Download Youtube: Android | iOS

Tubi TV

This app for downloading new movies focuses on finding what Netflix, the most hyped platform, does not. Consequently, Tubi TV offers the possibility to download a lot of free movies to your phone in perfect quality and watch them via video player. Tubi TV is updated daily and there is no limitation to choose from.

The Tubi TV application is very handy, you can create a selection of the movies you want to download and watch locally on your Android in the first place or plan to download. Chromecast, Apple TV and so on platforms are supported. So you can display the picture on your big screen and watch with aesthetic pleasure.

Download Tubi TV: Android | iOS

IVI

Another free app for direct online viewing and downloading of selected movies and series to your phone. It offers a wide selection of movies by subscription, but you'll also find completely free content in the library. Although there isn't as much as you'd like, Legend, Irony of Fate, Girls and other hits. In addition, IVI offers a free test subscription for 14 days, with access to all movies for that period. So downloading a free movie during the test subscription period via IVI is easy.

The quality of sound and picture is great, the player supports the format 1080p, you can switch audio tracks and change subtitles. The movie downloader is suitable for TV set-top box, Samsung and Android devices.

Download IVI: Android | iOS

Popcornflix

Popcornflix is an easy to use download assistant application, a universal program to download movies to your phone and PC. The program is available for the mobile platform (Android) and for PC.

Popcornflix is universal: the program is able to download practically any video from various social networks, sites. The list of supported services is very wide, what's great: YouTube, VKontakte, Instagram and many others.

You can specify almost any quality to save videos to your phone, up to 4K (Ultra HD) resolution.

If you watch movies via social networks, Popcornflix is the optimal download application.

How to download a movie to your tablet or smartphone with Popcornflix

1. Install Popcornflix on your phone:
2. Select the web site from which you want to download the movie
3. Find the movie in the internal browser of the application
4. Select the quality of the movie
5. Popcornflix will display a direct link and you download the movie to your phone
6. Open the downloaded file using your file manager.

Download Popcornflix: Android | iOS

Torrent clients - advanced for high quality movies

If you prefer to search for movies on torrent trackers, try the mobile torrent applications. The process for downloading movies to your phone is similar to how you download movies to your computer's hard drive.

It makes sense to search for mobile versions of movies on torrents since you do tend to quickly run out of memory on your mobile device, and it makes little sense to chase after hd-quality unless your smartphone screen has a high resolution.

How to download a movie via torrent:

1. Download any torrent client on your Android
2. Install and launch the program
3. Register on any torrent tracker
4. Find and download the movie via torrent-file or link

Hello<3! We do not encourage you to search for pirated movies. We advise you to only download movies and other content that is in the public domain.

Download movies from direct download

There are specialized sites with mobile movies adapted for viewing on phones and tablets, where you can download movies to your phone without torrent. These include tabkino.ru, Mobilka.tv, kinomob.com. A minus of such multimedia portals is that the quality of uploaded /files can vary and does not always correspond to the description. Also, all links lead to a temporary cloud hosting and can be deleted at any time. Additionally the /files are not always virus checked.

The advantage of this method is that you do not need an application to download movies. Simply download the movie in your browser and open the video with any video player.

There is also Google Play Movies, where you can rent a movie or save it on your phone for a small fee. This is probably the best site with a quality and licensed movie library.

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