Be very careful with apps that ask for "Accessibility Services" or unnecessary permissions (like contacts or SMS). Only download apps with high ratings and verified developers.

The central philosophical question posed by the Catalogue Downloader is one of ownership. When a business uploads a photo to WhatsApp, they retain ownership of the intellectual property (the photo itself), but they grant WhatsApp a license to host it. Crucially, they do not grant a license to the end-user to download, repurpose, or redistribute that content in bulk. Downloading a catalogue for "personal reference" seems harmless, but the line blurs quickly. What if a user downloads 500 competing catalogues to scrape pricing data for a price-manipulation scheme? What if they repost those images on their own Shopify store, committing copyright infringement? The tool itself is neutral, but its primary use case—mass extraction without the creator’s explicit consent—skews towards appropriation rather than sharing.

If you are a looking to "download" your catalogue to move it to another platform (like Shopify or a new WhatsApp number), you should use the official Facebook Business Manager.