For WhatsApp it is just settings->chats->save to camera roll which doesn’t feel like a huge burden. I think the way I think about it is that your phone's ‘phot

For WhatsApp it is just settings->chats->save to camera roll which doesn’t feel like a huge burden. I think the way I think about it is that your phone's ‘photos’ app should have all the things you would think of as photos and things people sent you are included in that. Though I’m not sure what iMessage does (I think they don’t show up in photos. At least, things you take don’t show up). I also wish the app were better at differentiating between photos you took and photos that WhatsApp added, e.g. I once found a video of my feet walking through the snow in flip flops and I couldn’t remember where I was or why I did it, until I had worked out that it was my brother’s feet and came from WhatsApp. It would be nice to have some source metadata[1] and maybe a deep link back to WhatsApp, or at least have the app say “this is in the WhatsApp album by the way” [1] ok, this actually exists for more recent photos and started exactly when I last upgraded my phone. So I am somewhat happy there I guess.