Study what your competitors are running. ScrapeSheet scrapes ads from the Meta Ad Library into Excel and reads the batch to surface the hooks that keep coming back.
An ad spy tool helps you learn from the ads other brands are already running — the offers, the headlines, the angles that get repeated because they work. Meta's own Ad Library is public and free, but scrolling through it and copying every ad into a document is tedious. ScrapeSheet is a no-code Chrome extension that captures those ads into a spreadsheet and reads them for patterns.
Open the Meta Ad Library, search a competitor or a keyword, then click the ScrapeSheet icon and press Extract. It detects the repeating ad cards and pulls the advertiser, the primary text, the call to action and the destination link into rows. It loads infinite-scroll results, so one run collects a large batch instead of just the first handful. Export to Excel .xlsx or CSV and you have a swipe file you can sort by advertiser, filter by wording and keep for reference. ScrapeSheet reads only what is publicly visible on the page you have open — it does not unlock hidden or private data.
Beyond exporting, ScrapeSheet's ad-spy mode reads the collected ads and gives you a verdict: the angles and offers that appear again and again, the brands running the most variations, and the wording worth testing yourself. That turns a wall of screenshots into a short, useful summary. When ad text is awkwardly laid out, the AI extraction cleans it into columns using your own Claude or OpenAI key (BYOK) — no per-row fees, your data on your account. Start free; Pro removes the row cap and reads every scrolled result.
How do I use ScrapeSheet as a Facebook ad spy tool?
Open the Meta Ad Library and search a brand or keyword. Click Extract and ScrapeSheet pulls the ad copy, advertiser and links into Excel. Its ad-spy mode reads the batch and highlights the recurring hooks and angles worth studying.
Which ads can it capture?
Any ads shown on the page you have open in your browser, such as public results in the Meta Ad Library. ScrapeSheet reads what is visible; it does not unlock private or hidden data.
Can it scroll through a long list of ads?
Yes. It loads infinite-scroll results so a single run collects many ads at once instead of only the first few.
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