CleanTube - Block Video Ads
No Ads + Sponsorships Videos, Floating Player, Sign In, See Dislikes
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4.29
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Blocks ads effectively
- Easy to use and sign in with existing YouTube account
- Allows background play and listening to music
- Great alternative to YouTube due to ad reduction
Cons
- App is buggy and crashes frequently
- Video quality defaults to 360p and does not change easily
- Persistent 'are you still listening' pop-ups are annoying
- Limited functionality like missing playback speed options and issues with full screen
Most mentioned
- App crashes or stops randomly
- Challenges with video quality settings
- Effective ad blocking but with usability flaws
- Issues with functionality like background play and rotating screen
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-30 |  | | A bit buggy at times and watching a short restarts the current video while refreshing all of the shorts in the list, but it's nice to not have 3 minutes of ads within a 10 minute video Unfortunately sponsored videos have been added despite what the description says, and I have a feeling it's not going to stop there... |
| 2024-11-23 |  | | Ad blockage works as advertised, but its missing useful features from youtube. Love that it has no advertisements. However, I dislike that some of the setting's features don't actually work. Speed control doesn't work(always stays on normal no matter what speed i choose). Also, it won't allow me to minimize videos to scroll for other videos. If not for that, it would be better than youtube. |
| 2024-11-21 |  | | I have been using this app for years and i couldn't live without it. I dont have some of the issues others seem to have with the back button returning to the home screen or the "are you still watching" pop up and i dont think ive ever seen a ad sneak through. The only issue is every video starts in 360p. Fast internet, latest devices settings set properly. High quality set on youtube but no settings in the app itself. Im about to give up on it for that reason alone. So annoying. |
| 2024-10-14 |  | | App randomly stops playing. No in app settings button. Selecting "Do not show..." makes you refresh app. "X's" are not functional, do not close anything. Ads creep through still. Does not block sponsor's video. Pretty sure developer abandoned this app. Nothing is getting fixed almost a year. Now you can't edit anything about your profile because Google blocks the browser. Uninstalled. |
| 2024-09-28 |  | | App repeatedly and randomly closes on it's own in the middle of watching videos. Not very stable at all. The "still watching" interruption is annoying. If you minimize the app while watching to multitask the video will stop playing after about a minute. Not the greatest youtube alternative. |
| 2024-09-27 |  | | terrible. slow, laggy, lacks genre tabs on the home screen and the ability to swipe down on the video to access said home screen. Listening to music works for all of about three songs, until you roll a 50/50 dice roll to decide if it crashes or gives the "are you still watching" popup. It's free, which is nice, but that really shows. |
| 2024-09-27 |  | | It does exactly what's on the tin. I listen to videos to fall asleep to and the stupid ads jar me awake several times in a row back to back. But this is the first and only app that blocks the ads and I don't lose any content so i can still follow my favorite channels. Great job! And this app is simple ans easy to use, I wish there were more legit apps like this one. |
| 2024-09-26 |  | | So there is still an issue where the video you're watching will have a lot of content cut off because it's so zoomed in to fill the screen, but you can fix that problem by changing the resolution while the video is playing. Also the app has been randomly stopping and refusing to load content, it's still definitely worth using but those are some issues that I've experienced |
| 2024-08-18 |  | | There are some minor glitches, like if you change the video speed it resets to 1x everytime a new video starts. And fullscreen mode doesn't rotate when you rotate your phone. But overall WAY less annoying than all the ads on YouTube nowadays. And it's super easy to switch over from Youtube; all you have to do is login to your YouTube account! I would highly recommend this app over the YouTube app any day! |
| 2024-08-14 |  | | The fact this works is amazing, but sometimes UI elements try to draw over each other in weird ways. I think the reason the shuffle feature for playlists isn't working right now is because YouTube added a separate shuffle button in the queue menu, so pressing the start shuffle button just randomizes the first video and then plays the rest in order |
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