SmartTube — YouTube, the way it should be.
SmartTube is a clean, native YouTube client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No clutter, no distractions — just your content, with powerful features the official app doesn't offer.
SponsorBlock
Automatically skips sponsored segments, intros, outros, and filler content in videos — powered by the community-driven SponsorBlock database.
DeArrow
Replaces clickbait titles and thumbnails with community-submitted alternatives, so you see honest, descriptive content before you tap.
Picture-in-Picture
Keep watching while you browse, reply to messages, or use other apps. Full native PiP support on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Adaptive Streaming
Streams video at the best quality your connection supports — HLS and DASH adaptive playback via AVPlayer for smooth, buffer-free viewing.
Search & Discovery
Fast search with live suggestions. Browse channels, explore playlists, and catch up on your subscriptions in a clean grid layout.
Your Library, Your Way
Sign in with your Google account to access your subscriptions, watch history, and playlists — all in one place.
Built for Apple Platforms
Designed from the ground up in SwiftUI. Feels right on every device — compact on iPhone, spacious on iPad, native on Mac.
It’s a good and reliable video player with no ads but the one problem is I can’t play audio when my phone is off and the audio stops playing I miss this old feature. Edit I wish timestamps worked too ;(
Developer, please read and fix.
gl mention
These problems need fixed, bad. Sometimes, videos will randomly pause and won’t keep playing unless I go out of the video and go back into it. Other times, videos just won’t play at all and say “Unable to play this video”. On my Smart TV and on my IPhone, in which I have this app on both, it gives me random shorts I don’t want and have never watched anything close too in my life, and even when I click “Not Interested” and refresh, they still come back! When I try to hold down to get the options (To do stuff like click “Not Interested”), it plays the Short. 1 last complaint, sometimes it will randomly go to a black screen and restart the video when watching a video. Developer, please fix these issues, otherwise, this app would be amazing. Thanks.
Developer Response
Hm not playing videos should be only if its members video perhpas.Strange shorts might be because you have per device recomendation in settings.But i will look into it anyhow.Regards
Latest update: Won't stay paused
Person 48287
This app is generally great, but there's tons of random changes to the layout and functionality with each update, it doesn't seem like it's being tested much at all? So many changes with no clear purpose behind them, and always a new bug introduced when the last bug is fixed, making it a generally frustrating experience to use. At least it doesn't have the problem with endless ads and tracking that the official app does.
Developer Response
Noted :) working on it…
Amazing!
nbd6/6/6
So happy I found this app. It has many obvious perks, but one that people may not realize is how less distracting the format is vs regular YT. I’m not getting sucked in Shorts and can help filter out clickbaity videos. The only issue I’m running in to is sometimes the audio is not working :( unsure if it has anything to do with my headphones but it’s done it with my airpods, bose, and just the phone speaker. Hopefully a minor fix for the devs! (:
Brazilian Portuguese — full pt-BR localisation added; all 15 languages are now complete
Audio fix — video no longer loses sound after leaving and returning to the app
Pause fix — first pause no longer auto-resumes by itself
Battery & heat — removed background polling loop that was warming the device unnecessarily
Collab channels — co-author name now shows correctly in your subscriptions list
Version 5.1
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