The 6 Best Facebook Story Viewers: Tested and Reviewed
Viewing Facebook Stories is a great way to see what your friends or competitors are up to. But there is a catch. Facebook always notifies users when someone views their content.
If you are a marketer doing research, you probably do not want your name to appear in their “Viewed by” list. You simply want to browse privately.
You search for “Facebook Story Viewer” on Google. You find many lists. But there is a problem. Most articles just list popular tools without checking if they still work.
In this guide, we review 6 popular Facebook story viewers. We will tell you the truth about which ones work and which ones you might want to skip.
Top 6 Online Facebook Story Viewers
Bravedown
First up is Bravedown. All you do is paste the Story link, type in the captcha, and wait a few seconds. Then it shows you the options to download the Story as a video or an image.
One nice thing about Bravedown is that it lets you pick the file type you want, like MP4 or MP3, and even choose the video resolution. This is super helpful if you care about image quality.
Overall, Bravedown is a great Facebook Story viewer. It doesn’t just let you watch Stories — you can download them too.
FBTake
FBTake shows up in almost every blog post, so we tried it out just to see if it actually works. Turns out, it doesn’t. It can’t detect any profile stories at all. When you paste a Facebook profile URL into the box, it waits a few seconds and then tells you the profile has no stories.
At this point, it’s pretty clear this tool isn’t worth using.
Hitube
Hitube is a very simple Facebook Story viewer. Just paste the Story link into the box, hit “Download,” and a few seconds later the video shows up. Then click “Download Video” to save it. Unlike Bravedown, you don’t have to enter a captcha every time, which makes it easier to use. The downside is that it doesn’t offer as many file formats.
If all you want to do is quickly check someone’s Story, Hitube is the fastest option.
Publer
We’re not sure why, but Pbuler’s video downloader never managed to pull up any Facebook Stories for us. It either showed a network error or said the Story “is not a publicly accessible media.”
Honestly, we don’t understand why other articles recommend this tool, because it didn’t work at all in our tests.
FDownloader
FDownloader works a lot like Bravedown. You can choose different video resolutions when downloading a Story. If you want the highest quality, it needs extra time to render before the download is ready. If you don’t care about quality, just click “Download” and it saves right away.
Overall, FDownloader is a solid Facebook Story viewer. It’s as fast as Hitube, but it also gives you the resolution options you get from Bravedown. A pretty good combo.
FDown
FDown shows up in almost every “Best Facebook Viewers” list, and this article is no different. But after testing it, we were pretty disappointed.
The same Story link that worked perfectly on Bravedown, Hitube, and FDownloader couldn’t be loaded on FDown. Instead, it told us “This video might be private or not public” and suggested installing their Chrome extension.
At that point, we stopped using it. We don’t want to install extra extensions. We just want a tool that lets us view or download Facebook Stories without logging into an account or creating one.
What We Found
- Bravedown, Hitube, and FDownloader all work as reliable Facebook Story viewers. Bravedown and FDownloader let you pick different video resolutions, and Bravedown even offers MP3 downloads.
- FBTake, Publer, and FDown didn’t work at all in our tests.
Beyond Viewing: How to Scale Your Facebook Marketing?
Using the viewers above is perfect for research. You can download viral Stories and see exactly what works for your competitors.
If you are a serious marketer, your goal is to replicate that success. You need to post high-quality Reels and Stories to drive traffic to your own business. To get real results, you usually need to operate multiple Facebook accounts at the same time.
However, scaling up is difficult because you face two major problems.
The Problem with Managing Multiple FB Accounts
Problem 1: The Risk of Account Bans
Safety is the biggest challenge. If you log into 10 different accounts on your computer browser, Facebook tracks your browser fingerprint. They will quickly link your accounts together and ban them all.
Some marketers try to use Android emulators on their PC. This is also risky. Emulators often have fake device fingerprints that are easy for Facebook to detect. Once the system flags your environment as non-genuine, your accounts are blocked.
Problem 2: The Efficiency Trap
To avoid bans, you might think about buying 50 real physical phones. This solves the fingerprint issue, but it creates a new problem.
Imagine trying to upload a video on 50 different screens every single day. You have to type on small keyboards, switch between devices, and keep batteries charged. It takes hours of manual work. It is impossible to distribute content quickly this way.
The Ultimate Cloud Phone for Automation & Reels
GeeLark is a cloud phone platform designed specifically for Facebook marketing. It provides a complete solution to manage your accounts safely and efficiently. It solves your problems in two specific ways.
Authentic Security with Cloud Phones
GeeLark replaces risky emulators with secure cloud phones. These are real Android devices that run on the cloud.
When you use GeeLark, you get two layers of protection. First, every cloud phone has an independent device fingerprint. Second, you configure your own proxy for each profile. This ensures that every Facebook account has a unique device fingerprint and a unique IP address. To Facebook, you look exactly like a normal user on a physical phone.
Automated Content Distribution
GeeLark provides a Marketplace with ready-to-use templates. For example, you can simply select the “Post Reels video on Facebook” template to start.
Here is how it saves your time:
- Bulk Scheduling: You can select all your cloud phones at once. Then you bulk upload your videos and write your captions in a single step.
- Set It and Forget It: In the task settings, you simply choose your Publication Date. Once you click confirm, the system takes over. GeeLark will automatically post your Reels to all your selected accounts at the exact time you scheduled.
This means you can plan a week’s worth of content for 50 accounts in just a few minutes. You can grow your traffic while you sleep.
Ready to Scale Your Facebook Empire?
You now have the best tools to view Facebook Stories anonymously. You can see exactly what content is trending and what your competitors are doing.
The next step is to turn that research into traffic.
Do not let account bans or manual work slow you down. GeeLark provides the safest and most efficient way to run a Facebook account matrix. You get the security of real Cloud Phones and the speed of automated publishing.
It is time to stop watching and start growing.