Thoughtfully designed and works better than imagined
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.
Response from developer
Thanks! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the app.
Well-designed
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.
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Streamline your YouTube videos
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.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for the review!
Works great on all Platform
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. ✨
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. ✨
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Response from developer
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.
Very Helpful
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.
A couple feature requests
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!
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!
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Response from developer
Thank you for the review! The next update will include improvements in most of the areas you mentioned.
Greatest app to keep a track of videos to watch and not to clog a web-browser.
Using it since first week of release and can’t ask for more! Feels like an app, Apple should release themselves.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Great app! A few notes.
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!
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Feature request
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!
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!
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Response from developer
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.
So much better than using YouTube directly
Worth paying for the premium features
Response from developer
Thanks so much for your review!
Delete old videos
Perfect could be an option but your solution sounds really good too!
Much needed in 2026
Thank you for creating an amazing app to help me cut back on Youtube and intentionally watch only educational or fun content that I really want to view without the algo.
Can you please add a feature to auto delete videos that don’t get watched after 7 days, 14 days or a month etc so the list doesn’t get too long like the “watch later” playlist does. Save me some watch guilt haha.
Can you please add a feature to auto delete videos that don’t get watched after 7 days, 14 days or a month etc so the list doesn’t get too long like the “watch later” playlist does. Save me some watch guilt haha.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your review! I’m glad to hear that Play has been helpful. Automatically deleting old videos can be tricky because it may confuse users or remove content unexpectedly, but I can consider implementing a dedicated section that lists older videos and lets you delete them all with a single tap.
Meu app preferido
Adoro o Play pois me ajuda a usar o YouTube de forma mais eficiente. Aqui vejo o que eu realmente quero assistir, e não o que o algoritmo do YouTube fica me empurrando.
Response from developer
Obrigado pela avaliação! É muito bom saber que o Play faz parte da sua rotina.
My YouTube Front-End
Not only do I use Play to queue the videos I want to watch, it replaces the YouTube UI so that I don’t have to deal with the algorithm. I just see what I want. It’s easy to add a video to my list. It’s easy to watch what I’ve saved.
Response from developer
Thanks for the kind words! Happy to have you using the app. I’ll keep working to make it even better!
Watch what you want, organized
This app is the best way to organize floods of YouTube subscriptions so you watch what you choose. Very responsive developer and lots of improvements all the time. With the recent pricing improvements it is totally worth a try.
My Favorite Indie Developer
Love the app. It is the only serious alternative to watch YouTube videos on iOS and has many intelligent features and a very thoughtful design. I like the inbox feature to triage the videos. The developer is super friendly, responsive and continuously improves the app.
Response from developer
Thanks for the kind words! Happy to have you using the app. I’ll keep working to make it even better!
Not happy
I paid for this app before it went to subscription and now have to pay again. I hate the subscription grift.
Response from developer
That is not true. People who purchased before it switched to a subscription model retain access to the features they bought.
It’s free now, yippee!
Always felt strange paying upfront and then having the subscription model. This feels more natural :)
Response from developer
Because the data needed to summarize the video comes from a paid API. Other features that rely solely on Apple Intelligence, such as tags and icon suggestions, are free.
Au point
Après une période délicate, cette application est arrivée a maturité
Je révais depuis plusieurs années d’une telle application pour cataloguer des vidéos YouTube.
Bravo au développeur, déjà auteur de l’indispensable MusicHarbor, de l’avoir réalisée. Tout y est et il ne faut pas hésiter à aller fouiner dans les réglages pour affiner l’interface à sa convenance.
A noter aussi, une très bonne réactivité du développeur.
Je révais depuis plusieurs années d’une telle application pour cataloguer des vidéos YouTube.
Bravo au développeur, déjà auteur de l’indispensable MusicHarbor, de l’avoir réalisée. Tout y est et il ne faut pas hésiter à aller fouiner dans les réglages pour affiner l’interface à sa convenance.
A noter aussi, une très bonne réactivité du développeur.
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Response from developer
Merci beaucoup pour vos gentils mots et pour avoir pris le temps de donner votre avis sur l’application !
App lock needed
Hi! Can you add an app lock for the Apple TV app please?
