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Cloaki
Private Video Browser
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: a guided tour shows you around in two minutes — search, player, favorites, subscriptions, playlists. No Google account, no tracking. Your data stays on your device.
Cloaki is a privacy-focused browser for YouTube on iPhone and iPad. Watch and search YouTube — even favorite videos and subscribe to channels — without a Google account, and without your searches and browsing being tied to you.
WHAT MAKES CLOAKI DIFFERENT
Most YouTube apps — including the official one — send your search queries and watch history back to Google, where they're used to build an advertising profile. Cloaki routes all YouTube API requests through its own proxy server, so your searches and channel browsing are never associated with your Google account or device.
PRIVACY BY DESIGN
• All search and channel requests go through Cloaki's proxy — not directly to Google
• Watch history, search history, favorites, subscriptions, and playlists are stored on your device only, in an encrypted store excluded from iCloud backup by default
• Optional iCloud backup available in Settings if you want to preserve your data across device restores
• Thumbnails are served from Cloaki's server so your IP address is never exposed to Google's CDN
• Targeted third-party tracker blocking built into the video player
• No cookies are ever stored
FEATURES
• Search YouTube and browse channels without a Google account
• Search within a single channel, or filter a saved playlist as you type
• Subscribe to channels and get notified about new videos
• Save favorites locally and attach notes to them
• Pick up where you left off with continue watching
• Save playlists and play them through with autoplay
• Open any YouTube link in Cloaki — hold a link in Safari or any app and tap Cloaki in the share sheet
• Share videos with a cloaki.app link — opens directly in Cloaki when installed, with a clean preview page for everyone else
• Hold a thumbnail to preview — press and hold any video card to cycle through preview frames before you open it
• Tap related videos in the player to open them in Cloaki rather than leaving the app
• Switch between card and list layouts across search, favorites, channels, watch history, continue watching, and home; card view is the default
• Bring your own YouTube API key to use your own quota (optional)
• Take a guided tour of the app at any time from Settings
CLOAKI PREMIUM
Playback is never paywalled — every video plays in full, at no cost. The free tier includes a daily allowance of 5 proxy-routed searches, which keeps a shared quota fair for everyone and the privacy proxy sustainable. You can lift the allowance for free at any time by using your own YouTube API key with the proxy turned off. Cloaki Premium unlocks:
• More proxy-routed searches
• Linked timestamps in your video notes — tap one to jump straight to that moment
• Note sharing with other Cloaki users, end-to-end encrypted
• More options for background new-video checks on subscribed channels
Cloaki Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription at $2.99 per quarter (3 months) or $9.99 per year, or as a one-time lifetime purchase at $49.99. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.
PRIVACY PROTECTION MODE
Enable Privacy Protection to block some third-party trackers and analytics requests in the video player. Turn it off if a specific video fails to load.
YOUR OWN API KEY
Advanced users can enter their own Google API key in Settings to bypass the shared Cloaki quota entirely. With your own key saved and the proxy turned off, searches run entirely on your own quota and the free tier's daily search limit no longer applies. Note: using your own key associates API requests with your Google account, and turning the proxy off removes the privacy benefit it provides.
Requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone and iPad supported.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://cloaki.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://cloaki.app/privacy
What's new in this update:
• Guided tour — the first time you open Cloaki you'll be offered a short walkthrough covering search, the video player, favorites, channel subscriptions, and saved playlists
• Replay it whenever you like from Settings → Replay Tutorial
• True to the rest of the app, the tour leaves nothing behind: its search doesn't use up your daily allowance and never enters your search history, the video it opens is never added to Watch History or Continue Watching, it never subscribes you to anything, and the favorite it demonstrates is removed again when you're done
• Fixed several places where Japanese text appeared in English — video counts, watch progress, and some error messages
• Fixes and refinements throughout
The developer, Jonathan Head, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Jonathan Head
- Size
- 5 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Frequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Cloaki Premium - Quarterly $2.99
- Cloaki Premium - Lifetime $49.99
- Cloaki Premium - Annual $9.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 NimbleCraft