An ad inspector Chrome extension adds a save button to your browser so you can capture ads directly from the Meta Ad Library without screenshots, clipboard copying, or DevTools. You browse the same way you always do. When you find an ad worth keeping, you click once and it is saved to your account with metadata intact: the brand, the format, the creative, and the date.
The problem with the native Meta Ad Library
Facebook's Ad Library is genuinely one of the most transparent tools any ad platform has ever offered. You can see every active ad from any brand, anywhere in the world, for free. That is remarkable.
But it was not built for research workflows. It was built for transparency. There is no way to save ads you want to revisit. No folders. No tags. No search within your own results. If you find a great creative and close the tab, it is gone. If you want to share it with a colleague, you send a screenshot. Videos require extra steps to download. And if you are doing this for dozens of brands at once, the friction compounds fast.
Most people use the Ad Library once, find it frustrating for sustained research, and never build a system around it. That is a missed opportunity. The data is there. The workflow to act on it is not.
How Spreshapp's Chrome extension works
The Spreshapp Chrome extension adds a save button directly inside the Meta Ad Library. You browse ads.facebook.com the same way you always do. When you see an ad worth
saving, you click the Spreshapp button. The ad (video, image, copy, brand name, and URL)
is saved to your Spreshapp account instantly.
No tabs. No clipboard. No screenshot folder. The workflow is:
- Browse the Meta Ad Library at ads.facebook.com
- Find an ad you want to save
- Click the Spreshapp button on the ad
- Add a quick tag or note if you want
- Keep browsing; your saved ads are in the app when you need them
What you can do after saving
Saving is just the start. Inside Spreshapp, every saved ad is searchable and organizable. You can create folders by brand, niche, or campaign type. Tag ads by hook style, format, or offer structure. Search your entire library in seconds. Share a folder with your team or with a client. Track how long an ad has been running, which is a reliable signal for whether it is profitable.
The difference between a swipe file and a screenshot folder is exactly this: one is retrievable when you need it, the other is not. Spreshapp is built to be the former.
Who uses ad inspector tools
Anyone who needs to systematically track what competitors are running on Meta. The use cases differ but the core problem is the same: they need to save ads faster and organize them better than manual methods allow.
Media buying agencies use it to monitor multiple clients' competitive landscapes and build swipe files for creative briefs. Solo media buyers and freelancers use it to research before launching new campaigns and keep reference material during testing. Brand teams and ecommerce operators use it to watch direct competitors, spot offer patterns, and catch seasonal trends before they peak.
The common thread is that these people are doing ad research regularly, not just once. A one-time manual approach works for casual browsing. For systematic research, you need a tool.