# Play: Save Videos Watch Later — Manage Channels, Follow & Feed

> Video watchlist manager for saving, organizing, and watching videos from multiple sources. (iPhone/iPad app by Loop Apps LTDA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-save-videos-watch-later/id1596506190 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Loop Apps LTDA](https://appshunter.io/developer/1352747115)
- Category: Entertainment, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $2.99)
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 496 App Store ratings · 226 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 58 MB
- Languages: French (France), German (Germany), American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese
- Released: 2022-02-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-save-videos-watch-later/id1596506190/reviews.md

## What is Play?

Play is your app for saving and organizing videos for later, keeping up with YouTube subscriptions, and watching with powerful features. Critically acclaimed by The Verge, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, MacStories, Mac Power Users, iMore, AppAdvice, and more.

The Verge: “This is so much better than trying to manage a library in the YouTube app”
Daring Fireball: “I queue videos from my Mac and iPhone, then watch them later on my TV”
MacStories: “Play is an excellent example of how purpose-built apps often outshine more general solutions”
AppAdvice: “Play is easy to use and synced across all of your Apple devices”
iMore: “You’ll never want to use YouTube’s 'Watch Later' function again”

■ MacStories Selects 2024: Readers’ Choice Award
■ MacStories Selects 2024: Best New Feature

Save videos from any app or website to your personal watchlist. Follow YouTube channels and get a chronological subscription feed — free from the algorithm. Build your own personal video management system with tags, notes, and more. iCloud keeps your entire video library in sync across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro.

SAVE & BOOKMARK VIDEOS

- Add videos to your watchlist from any app or website.
- Play automatically fetches metadata — title, channel, duration, and thumbnail — so your queue stays organized.
- Supports YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram Reels, social posts with embedded video, and much more.
- Use App Shortcuts to automate adding videos and integrate Play into your workflows.

KEEP UP WITH YOUTUBE SUBSCRIPTIONS

- Follow YouTube channels and playlists and get new videos as they’re released.
- Your subscription feed in true chronological order — no algorithm, no recommendations, no noise.
- Swipe to save videos to your queue or dismiss them from your inbox.
- Organize channels into folders, configure per-channel filters, and hide YouTube Shorts.
- Supports channels and creators from YouTube, Vimeo, and Nebula.

WATCH WITH POWERFUL FEATURES

- Transcribe, summarize, and extract key points in seconds.
- Add notes, mark, and annotate key moments in a video.
- Disable AI auto-dubbing.
- Resume playback exactly where you left off.
- Watch on Apple TV: save videos throughout the day and watch them on the big screen later.

ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION

- Add notes and a star ratings to any video.
- Tag videos for better organization, or let Auto-Tagging apply tags automatically based on rules you set.
- Use Smart Search to create custom video lists tailored to your preferences.
- Use Focus Filters to limit which videos and tags are shown in the app.
- Perform bulk actions to manage multiple videos at once.
- All features and data are available in the Shortcuts app for custom automations.

HOME SCREEN WIDGETS

- Add interactive widgets to your Home Screen to view and open saved videos at a glance.
- Available in multiple sizes with customizable filters, sorting, and accent colors.

Play is a modern app with support for the latest system features. It is also available on the Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro as a universal app, so you can enjoy it across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS with a single purchase.

Privacy Policy: https://marcosatanaka.com/privacy/play.html
Terms of Use: https://marcosatanaka.com/terms/play.html

## Key features

- Save videos from any app or website
- Follow channels for chronological feeds
- Watch with transcripts and summaries
- Organize videos with notes and tags
- Sync across Apple devices
- Home screen widgets

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annual Subscription | $19.99 | per year |
| Monthly Subscription | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Play Premium (Lifetime) | $99.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Play?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great app for managing YouTube videos
- 🚀 Efficient way to organize and watch videos
- 💡 Useful tagging and organization features
- 🔒 Secure and private experience
- 👍 Clean and minimalist interface
- 👍 Frequent updates and improvements

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
- 🔒 Subscription required for some key features
- 🔒 Unclear pricing model and paywall
- 🐛 Syncing issues across devices
- 🐛 Slow performance with large video libraries

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unable to import playlists from YouTube
- Share sheet not working on some platforms
- Inconsistent behavior when adding videos

**Most requested features**

- Ability to reorder tags
- Nested tags or folders for better organization
- Automatic video import from YouTube subscriptions
- Video playback directly within the app
- Bulk editing and management options
- Integration with more streaming services

## Recent user reviews (10 of 226)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/play-save-videos-watch-later/id1596506190/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Glitch

*2026-08-23, version 2.9.4*

Trying to open settings crashes the app.

### 5/5 — Thoughtfully designed and works better than imagined

*2026-07-23*

Very happy to be using the app. I had infact started building a similar one myself since I wasn’t happy with using a RSS feed reader for YouTube videos. Using the app on Apple TV is a bonus, in addition to using it on phone and iPad.

**Developer response:** Thanks! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the app.

### 4/5 — Well-designed

*2026-07-18, version 2.9.2*

I’m comparing Play & Unwatched. Both have great designs and multi-platform support. Play has the edge in native iOS feel. It even has widgets which I love! Unwatched has a few features that make it more usable, though: a queue with the ability to drag and drop videos into a desired order & the ability to search for new videos in an in-app YouTube web view and add them to the queue. If Play could iterate on a few of those concepts, I’d make it my primary app.

### 5/5 — Streamline your YouTube videos

*2026-07-07*

As a long-term user of Play I really appreciate the many improvements over time. It’s great to have my YouTube subscriptions synced on all my devices without any interference from YouTube algorithm. Especially with more than one Google account it’s a big time saver to have everything in place in Play.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for the review!

### 5/5 — Works great on all Platform

*2026-07-03*

I love this app!
One of my favorites, and the developer is incredibly responsive.

A lot of reviews mention getting sent to YouTube directly, but that's actually just one option. You can watch videos right in the app instead, either inline or by pressing the space bar to open a Quick Look–style popup. This lets me watch what I want and skip the rest. And all the small little details in the app make it a delight to use. ✨

**Developer response:** Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words, and I'm so glad you noticed all the little details that went into the app.

### 5/5 — Very Helpful

*2026-07-01, version 2.9.1*

The app makes it easy to “transfer” videos from iPhone & iPad over to the Apple TV device.  Love it, and I use it every day for 3+ years.

### 5/5 — A couple feature requests

*2026-06-21*

Hello, could you add the ability for one to copy tags from one video and paste them on another? 

Could you also add more icons to use for the tags? I have a lot and want more options please. It would be cool if you would allow all SF symbols. 

Whenever creating new auto tag rules, can you also add a copy and paste method where the user can copy the condition and paste it. I like how we are able to copy and paste the auto searching rules. But when going into that rule and setting the conditions, we are not. 

Could you also add the ability to keep the transcripts downloaded, so I don’t have to click the button to get the transcripts every time. 

Thank you very much!

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review! The next update will include improvements in most of the areas you mentioned.

### 5/5 — Greatest app to keep a track of videos to watch and not to clog a web-browser.

*2026-06-04*

Using it since first week of release and can’t ask for more! Feels like an app, Apple should release themselves.

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words!

### 4/5 — Great app!  A few notes.

*2026-06-01, version 2.8.7*

Note: I’m using macOS Sequoia.  1: The "full-screen" button in the lower-right-hand corner doesn’t work when I try to click it.  The video just pauses and unpauses.  2. It would be nice to be able to do picture-in-picture.  I don’t know if that’s what the button that doesn’t work for me is supposed to do.  3. When going "full screen", the video will often restart back at the beginning of the video.  4: Sometimes I click the CC button because I’m having trouble making out what somebody said, especially when watching videos in different languages.  When you do this, there is a large "Subtitles/CC turned on" banner that pops up in a spot that hides the subtitles, so I have to wait a couple seconds for this to go away to actually see the closed captions.  Could this be moved to a different part of the screen or made to go away quicker?  It would be nice to be able to see the subtitles as soon as you click the button without having to wait, and I prefer not to have the subtitles on all the time, only when I can’t make out a word.  Besides these minor things, I greatly appreciate the app!  It is super useful for escaping the YouTube algorithm and gaining back control over the videos you watch!

### 5/5 — Feature request

*2026-05-22*

Hello, could you add a better editor for the notes section? Sometimes I like to make elaborate notes for videos. It would be awesome if the editor could become fullscreen, perhaps support markdown, maybe support references to tags or other videos, and an export feature. I would very much appreciate this!

Could you also add the ability to keep the transcripts downloaded, so I don’t have to click the button to get the transcripts every time?

Thank you. Awesome app!

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your review and feature requests! The next update will introduce a completely new notes editor that includes all the features you requested. It should already be available for download within the next few days.

## Frequently asked questions about Play

### What does Play: Save Videos Watch Later do?

This app acts as a central hub for saving and bookmarking videos from various platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, and TikTok. It allows you to follow channels for chronological updates, organize your saved videos with notes and tags, and watch them with advanced features such as transcripts and summaries.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include saving videos from any app via the Share Sheet, following channels for chronological feeds without algorithmic interference, and watching videos with customizable options like transcripts, AI summaries, and bookmarking key moments. It also offers robust organization tools and syncs across all your Apple devices.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core functionality for managing your video watchlists and subscriptions. Some advanced features, indicated by an asterisk in the description, may require in-app purchases to unlock.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app is designed for the Apple ecosystem and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Your video library syncs seamlessly across all these devices via iCloud.

### How can I use this app to manage my video content?

You can use this app to save videos you want to watch later from any source, ensuring you don't lose track of them. It's also ideal for curating content from your favorite channels, providing a clean, chronological feed free from algorithmic recommendations, and for organizing your saved videos for easy access and review.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.9.5 — 2026-08-27

This update includes the ability to create more powerful Smart Search filters, new Channels Inbox controls, and faster transcript loading:

CHANNELS INBOX
• Added per-channel filtering settings for YouTube Shorts.
• Added search and sorting options when importing channels from your videos.
• You can now browse, review, and restore videos previously removed from your inbox.
• Global filters can now be transferred between devices. Save your filters on one device, then press and hold “Edit Filters” on another device to import them.

SMART SEARCH
• You can now filter videos older than a specified number of days based on their added, published, or watched date.
• You can now filter videos by a Channels Inbox folder, making it easy to create a list of videos from every channel in that folder.

OTHER
• Fetched video transcripts are now cached by default and load instantly.

### 2.9.4 — 2026-08-14

• The Create Tag shortcut action now includes an optional Folder parameter.
• Smart Searches now make it easier to filter by channel by allowing you to browse and search your channel list.
• After following a channel through the share sheet, you can now immediately rename it, choose a folder, configure content filters, and enable Auto-Save for Later.
• Added more ways to access YouTube search through the Add button’s context menu and App Shortcuts.
• Added separate settings for marking videos as watched after playback finishes or when opening them in another app.
• Improved system widget backgrounds to better match the system in Light and Dark Mode.
• Added a new tool in Manage Videos to find and fix incorrect YouTube publication dates for multiple videos at once.

### 2.9.3 — 2026-07-24

• Ability to search YouTube directly from the Add Video screen and add videos to Play without leaving the app.
• AI Assistant now responds using your preferred app language and regional conventions.
• Channels imported from OPML files will now properly load their thumbnails.

### 2.9.2 — 2026-07-09

• Added OPML import for Channels Inbox, making it easy to bring your followed channels back into Play from an exported OPML file.
• Your Play library is now reliably indexed in Spotlight, making it easier to find and access from anywhere.
• Improved the Add Video shortcut so its completion message shows the title of the video that was added instead of a generic confirmation.
• Fixed an issue where the Add Video shortcut couldn’t ask which tags to apply when running from Shortcuts.

### 2.9.1 — 2026-07-01

THIS VERSION:
• Fixed an issue where some changes made through Shortcuts might not be saved after restarting Play.

GENERAL:
• The “Unwatched Only” filter is now always visible in the top-right corner of the navigation bar for easier access.
• Added support for copying and pasting tags between items.
• Added support for copying and pasting custom colors when creating or editing tag, smart search, and folders.
• Added support for duplicating auto-tagging conditions.
• Added 187 new icons to customize your tags, smart search, and folders.

SHORTCUTS AND WIDGETS:
• Expanded Shortcuts support so you can add, edit, open, tag, and delete videos more easily.
• Added better tag support in Shortcuts, including finding tags and applying them to videos.
• Improved Shortcuts reliability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Cleaned up outdated shortcut and widget options for a simpler experience.

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
• Channels Inbox now waits for iCloud sync before refreshing, helping prevent outdated items from reappearing.
• Fixed a crash when importing large Google Takeout subscription files.
• Fixed an issue where creator counts in “New by Creator” could stay outdated after watching a video.
• Also made smaller improvements and fixes to keep Play running more smoothly.

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