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Tubecasts: Background Player

Tubecasts: Background Player

Listen to Videos Anywhere

61 ratings
104 reviews
🎬 Entertainment
🎵 Music
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • July 5, 2023
  • July 30, 2026

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Developer

Jianfeng Wu
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About

Listen to YouTube videos and playlists in audio-only mode, allowing background playback. This conserves your device's screen and battery life while you enjoy your content.

✓Audio-only playback
✓Background playback
✓YouTube playlist support
✓Screen and battery saver
✓Video to audio conversion
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Tubecasts. Based on 61 reviews and a 3.7/5 average, it highlights the 51 positives and 60 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy to navigate
  • 👍Great for background audio
  • 👍Good for sleep audio
  • 👍No ads (for some users)
  • 👍Can create playlists
  • 👍Can organize content
  • 👍Can download audio
  • 👍Works with CarPlay
  • 👍Offline playback
  • 👍Good concept
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Effective
  • 👍Simple and clean UI
  • 👍No bloat
  • 👍Can switch between live streams
  • 👍Better than alternatives
  • 👍No need for YouTube Premium
  • 👍Works well
  • 👍Playback speed options
  • 👍Fair pricing (for some)
  • 👍Good for podcasts
  • 👍Very handy
  • 👍Excellent
  • 👍Super
  • 👍Convenient
  • 👍Used daily
  • 👍Phenomenal app
  • 👍Fantastic 'lite' app
  • 👍The goat
  • 👍Much better than other alternatives
  • 👍Perfect for sleep audio
  • 👍Favorite app for ad-free YouTube
  • 👍Good
  • 👍Excellent
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Simple to use
  • 👍Effective
  • 👍Great
  • 👍Very handy
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Works as advertised
  • 👍This App Slaps!
  • 👍Good app
  • 👍Buena
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Works very well
  • 👍Simple to use, effective
  • 👍Great
  • 👍Very handy
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Can listen without ads

Negative things

  • 😞Cannot skip audio parts
  • 😞Too many pop-up prompts
  • 😞Audio keeps cutting
  • 😞Nearly unusable without paid version
  • 😞Manipulative UI
  • 😞Constantly nags
  • 😞Constantly fails
  • 😞Laughable subscription pricing
  • 😞Breaks the purpose of the app
  • 😞Stops mid-stream
  • 😞Features locked behind paywall
  • 😞Worse free version
  • 😞Stops to ask for subscription
  • 😞Pop-ups get in the way
  • 😞Onerous to use
  • 😞Spammy options forced
  • 😞Scam app pricing
  • 😞Unreasonable pricing
  • 😞YouTube premium is cheaper
  • 😞Shovelware apps
  • 😞Quantity over quality
  • 😞Prompts to subscribe/support other apps
  • 😞Nearly unusable
  • 😞Expensive subscription
  • 😞Unclear subscription pricing
  • 😞Buggy subscription pricing
  • 😞Video translated to another language
  • 😞Frustrating language issue
  • 😞Plays in a different language
  • 😞Episodes in foreign language
  • 😞Permanent reminders to upgrade
  • 😞Much trouble to work
  • 😞Cannot transfer music from old version
  • 😞Too expensive now
  • 😞Less options for file formats
  • 😞No downloads in free tier
  • 😞Poor execution
  • 😞Doesn't reliably remember place
  • 😞Fails to load on mobile data
  • 😞Buffers and fails to load
  • 😞Asks for review every time song added
  • 😞Old Tubecast was more powerful/better/cheaper
  • 😞New app doesn't save mp3
  • 😞Constant message to rate
  • 😞Subscription required for offline download
  • 😞Voluntary donation to subscription obligation
  • 😞Error adding songs
  • 😞No music! No sound!
  • 😞Playlist import doesn't work
  • 😞No auto-save feature
  • 😞Discontinued by Apple
  • 😞Takes ages to process long videos
  • 😞One-time payment version unavailable
  • 😞Paying for 12 months more expensive
  • 😞Stripped features from original app
  • 😞Can't roll back to previous version
  • 😞Playback error
  • 😞Constantly stops
  • 😞No response to play
  • 😞Previous version UI better
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What's New in Tubecasts

1.2.9

July 30, 2026

Added support for iPad portrait mode

Subscription plans

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Price Updates
August 15, 2026→$0.69
February 20, 2026→$0.69
September 8, 2025→$0.99
September 13, 2024→$0.99
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User reviews

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BAD! Force me to subscribe to use!

I bought this app many years ago, but I hadn’t used it for quite a while. When I recently started using it again, I realized I was being forced to subscribe just to keep using it. If I don’t subscribe, the audio stops every 10 minutes!!

This is a fraud. I paid for the app when I first bought it, and now you’re asking me to pay a monthly subscription as well???? That’s ridiculous!!!
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sbsivanasbsivana

FIXED - Playlists Do Not Refresh

EDIT: Thank you for the lightning fast turnaround in fixing this issue! Updating my rating now.


I have loved this app, but now when you try to update a playlist (or add a new one), an error message occurs stating, “Failed to get data by YouTube playlist”.
I have confirmed there is not an update, and I have rebooted my phone, but nothing works. I am hopeful this is fixed, and I will gladly update my review.
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DtbrayDtbray

Almost

This app is so close. The developers are very responsive to issues. Just a few tweaks in the performance would make it great. It’s very useful to me. I use it everyday. It’s my main source for audio content.
RReyes1987RReyes1987

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback. Version 1.2.5 had an issue that prevented properly seeking within long audio files. This problem has been fixed in Version 1.2.6. Please update to the latest version and try again. Thank you for your support and patience!

399 Euro?

Früher eine super App, heute leider voller Bugs. Wie unpassend dann den Jahrespreis von 9,99 auf 399 Euro anpassen zu wollen. App wird gelöscht, Abo ist gekündigt
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Response from developer

Einige Nutzer haben möglicherweise bemerkt, dass der Preis des alten Jahresabonnements auf 364,99 USD pro Jahr geändert wurde. Dieser Preis ist nicht als tatsächlich aktives Abonnementangebot vorgesehen. Da noch bestehende Abonnenten mit dem alten Jahresabo-Produkt verknüpft sind, kann das Produkt nicht vollständig aus App Store Connect entfernt werden. Stattdessen wurde der Preis absichtlich erhöht, um neue Abonnements und Verlängerungen des eingestellten Jahresplans zu verhindern. Das Jahresabonnement-Modell wurde eingestellt, da es schwierig geworden ist, eine unterbrechungsfreie langfristige Bereitstellung und Unterstützung über einen gesamten Jahreszeitraum zuverlässig zu gewährleisten. Vor einigen Monaten führten serverseitige Probleme zu mehreren Tagen Dienstunterbrechung, und diese Erfahrung führte dazu, langfristige Vorauszahlungs-Abonnements zu überdenken. Die aktuelle Abonnementoption ist ein Wochenplan zum Preis von 0,69 USD pro Woche. Ziel ist es, die Preisgestaltung flexibel und fair zu halten, damit Nutzer ihr Abonnement jederzeit beenden können, falls der Dienst ihre Erwartungen nicht mehr erfüllt oder technische Probleme auftreten, anstatt an eine lange jährliche Verpflichtung gebunden zu sein. Die App benötigt keine Benutzerkonten, sammelt keine E-Mail-Adressen von Abonnenten und verfolgt keine persönlichen Nutzerdaten. Aufgrund dieses datenschutzorientierten Designs gibt es keine direkte Möglichkeit, allen Abonnenten E-Mails über Änderungen am Abonnement zu senden. Updates und Diskussionen wurden jedoch in der Discord-Community veröffentlicht, auch wenn verständlich ist, dass diese Ankündigungen möglicherweise nicht alle Abonnenten erreichen. Vielen Dank an alle langjährigen Nutzer und Unterstützer für ihr Verständnis und ihre fortgesetzte Unterstützung. Zusätzlich bleibt ein Unterstützungsabonnement für 30 USD pro Monat für Nutzer verfügbar, die zusätzliche finanzielle Unterstützung für laufende Kosten, Wartung und zukünftige Entwicklung leisten möchten. Diese höherpreisige Option ist vollständig freiwillig und nicht erforderlich, um die normale Nutzung des Dienstes zu ermöglichen.

Recent update

You cannot skip to different parts of the audio. It’s very frustrating with long files
RReyes1987RReyes1987

Response from developer

Thank you for the feedback. Version 1.2.5 had an issue that prevented properly seeking within long audio files. This problem has been fixed in Version 1.2.6. Please update to the latest version and try again. Thank you for your support and patience!

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

42 issues

Audio keeps cutting after every few mins

Bug

Pauses audio stream randomly to ask to subscribe

Bug

Player pauses every ten mins to ask for subscription

Bug

Stops mid stream

Bug

Failure to load

Bug

Not working anymore

Bug

Not working today

Bug

Menus get in the way of user experience

Bug

Constant popups to subscribe

Bug

Pop up ads that stop the music

Bug

Buggy and cumbersome to use

Bug

Constant pop ups that get in the way of the UI

Bug

Pauses the audio or distracts from browsing

Bug

App struggles to remember place

Bug

Frequently reverts back to the beginning of the video

Bug

Completely fails to load when on mobile data

Bug

Error: 'Failed to load'

Bug

Does not reliably remember your place

Bug

Does not work

Bug

Buffers and then tells me that it failed to load

Bug

Does not remember when it stopped playing

Bug

Starts from the beginning

Bug

Error 0 when adding songs

Bug

No sound

Bug

Doesn't work

Bug

Playlist import doesn't work

Bug

Error message « failed to get… »

Bug

Playback error

Bug

Constantly stops

Bug

Doesn't have auto save feature

Bug

Pause/stop then kill app, next time should auto play from last previous time

Bug

Takes ages to process a seven hour long video

Bug

Playback speed shown as 1x but actual speed is different

Bug

Pause an episode, sometimes have to restart the app to make it play

Bug

Starts from the beginning again

Bug

Cannot skip to different parts of the audio

Bug

Video gets translated into another language

Bug

Plays in a different language when video is originally in English

Bug

Episodes always play in a foreign language different than link on YouTube

Bug

Doesn't remember place, recording starts from beginning each time

Bug

Clicking play does not respond

Bug

Does not play, plays in YouTube

Bug
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Requested Features

11 requests

Add option for Airplay only audio

Feature

Enable photos, videos, files and iCloud files import options

Feature

Enable all audio file formats like Mp3, M4A and others

Feature

Enable Mp4 file video formats

Feature

Proper accessibility mode quicker done

Feature

Download subtitles of foreign language in English version

Feature

Include an option to cast audio to Google Nest

Feature

Add auto-save feature

Feature

Option to adjust button customization

Feature

Import playlist functionality to be fixed

Feature

Roll back to previous version

Feature

FAQ

What does Tubecasts Air do?

Tubecasts Air allows you to play YouTube videos and playlists in audio-only mode. This enables background playback, meaning you can listen to content while using other apps or with your screen off, conserving battery and screen life.

How does the audio-only feature work?

The app extracts the audio stream from YouTube videos, enabling you to listen to them like a podcast or music track. This feature is designed to significantly extend your device's screen and battery life by not requiring the video to be actively displayed.

Is Tubecasts Air free to use?

The application is free to download and use. However, it does offer in-app purchases, suggesting there may be premium features or options available for users who wish to enhance their experience.

What devices is Tubecasts Air compatible with?

While specific compatibility details are not provided in the description, it is designed as a mobile application, implying it is intended for smartphones and tablets. Users should check their respective app stores for precise operating system requirements.

Can I listen to YouTube music with this app?

Yes, you can enjoy playing your favorite YouTube playlists and videos in audio-only mode. This makes it suitable for listening to music, podcasts, or any other audio content available on YouTube without needing to keep the video playing on screen.