# Unwatched for YouTube — Player & Watch Later Queue

> YouTube channel and video queue manager with custom playback and content filtering. (iPhone/iPad app by Pentland Firth Software GmbH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unwatched-for-youtube/id6477287463 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pentland Firth Software GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/580828199)
- Category: Entertainment, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 386 App Store ratings · 252 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.2 · 55 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Polish, European Spanish
- Released: 2024-07-19
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unwatched-for-youtube/id6477287463/reviews.md

## What is Unwatched for YouTube?

Follow YouTube channels or add Videos to watch them later

KEY FEATURES

• The Queue
No autoplay, no algorithmic bottomless feed. Just the Videos queued up in the order you want to.

• Follow Channels or Playlist
Automatically add new videos

• Triage
Choose where new videos of each channel should end up. Directly on top of the queue, or in your inbox to sort through them. Pick the best, leave the rest.

• Sick of #shorts?
Hide them all if you want.

• Custom Playback Speed Per Channel
Set custom speeds for any channel. Want to watch trailers in 1x and podcasts in 2x? You can.

• Chapter Support
Jump to any chapter or pick and choose a few to watch while skipping the rest.


MORE
• Picture-in-Picture (+ Background Audio)
• Drag and drop videos & channel urls
• Shortcut support
• Continuous play
• Notifications
• Sleep Timer
• Custom Themes
• Directly Import YouTube Subscriptions
• iCloud Sync

## Key features

- Customizable video queue
- Channel and playlist following
- Content triage system
- Shorts content filtering
- Per-channel playback speed
- Chapter support
- Picture-in-Picture and background audio

## What do users think of Unwatched for YouTube?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great functionality
- 🚀 Perfect for YouTube picture-in-picture and background audio
- 👍 Wonderful YouTube replacement
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Brilliant app
- 👍 Thoughtful and well-designed
- 👍 Impressive queue management

**Cons**

- 🐛 PiP is broken on iPhone
- 🐛 Buggy and often freezes iPad
- 🐛 Crashes when marking too many videos as watched
- 🐛 Experimental iCloud sync issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Another video opens when screen is flipped
- Queue not loading on Apple TV
- App crashes on iOS 18.1 beta

**Most requested features**

- Download videos within the app
- Organize videos in dedicated playlists
- Add player to Apple TV app
- Option to not remove videos from inbox until fully watched
- Remember right-most tab state through app restarts
- Support for webview YouTube sign-in with passkeys
- Add light mode option
- Provide tutorial for first-time users

## Recent user reviews (10 of 252)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unwatched-for-youtube/id6477287463/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Not as good as FreeTube

*2026-08-04, version 1.8.8*

This shouldn't have a subscription. There are alternatives that are not only better, but entirely open-source/free. Unfortunately, this seems to be the best application of this utility on the iOS app store. If you can use a computer instead of an Apple phone, FreeTube walks laps around this in terms of utility, cuatomization, privacy, and is completely free.

### 5/5 — Amazing App

*2026-07-27, version 1.8.8*

Great app that respects user privacy while giving the functionality of Youtube with no ads. Not many apps out there for iOS and this is a game changer

### 5/5 — Great app but too much freezing

*2026-07-26, version 1.8.8*

The queue system is great, so is pip.
however, it keeps freezing, then my iPad gets really hot.
hope it gets fixed soon.
thank you!

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2026-07-18, version 1.8.8*

Really nice and easy to use. 
No bloat, no ads, no shorts!

### 2/5 — PIP doesn’t work

*2026-07-14, version 1.8.8*

I’m on an iPhone 16 pro max and pip does not work for me when I swipe down it pauses the video and just goes back to portrait mode. Also background audio does not work either.

### 5/5 — Great app, but I have an isssue.

*2026-07-10, version 1.8.7*

I love the app, because I can get around YouTube Premium. Recently, though, background play has stopped working.

### 5/5 — best app ever

*2026-07-09, version 1.8.6*

no seriously this app rocks

### 5/5 — Autoplay isnt working anymore

*2026-07-09, version 1.8.6*

I used to have this on background play butbit suddenly stopped working. I tried everything i could think of but the background play is just not there at all.

### 2/5 — Was great. Not so much now.

*2026-06-30, version 1.8.6*

Somehow I found this app, and it completely changed my YouTube watching for the better. Unfortunately, the last few months it seems to have lost the ability to continue the audio when I switch to another app. What happened?

### 5/5 — 11/10

*2026-06-23, version 1.8.6*

greatest free app available. Thank you

## Frequently asked questions about Unwatched for YouTube

### What does Unwatched for YouTube do?

This app helps you manage your YouTube viewing by allowing you to create a custom queue of videos and follow channels without being subjected to algorithmic feeds. You can organize videos, set custom playback speeds, and even hide Shorts.

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

Key features include a non-autoplay queue, the ability to follow channels and playlists for automatic video additions, a triage system to sort new videos, options to hide Shorts, custom playback speeds per channel, and chapter support for easier navigation.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. Based on the provided information, there are no in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What kind of content can I manage with this app?

You can manage any YouTube content, including individual videos and entire channels or playlists. The app is designed to help you organize and watch this content in a way that suits your preferences, such as setting custom playback speeds for different types of videos.

### How does the triage system work?

The triage system allows you to decide where new videos from followed channels should go. You can choose to have them automatically added to the top of your queue or sent to an inbox for you to sort through manually, picking the ones you want to watch and leaving the rest.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.10 — 2026-08-21

iCloud sync improvements

### 1.8.9 — 2026-08-09

- Improved portrait fullscreen behavior
- Per-category SponsorBlock setting for self promotion
- Performance improvements
- App stability improvements

# Fixes
- Fix: stop macOS deep links from opening a new window
- Fix: stuck loading indicator
- Fix: single broken feed preventing refresh
- Fix: video deduplication

### 1.8.8 — 2026-07-13

Improved background playback reliability

### 1.8.7 — 2026-07-10

- Native share sheet action (opens app and queues next)
- Custom fullscreen for portrait videos
- Show indicator when RSS refresh fails
- Added option to provide custom API key (Settings → Debug)
- Option to open links externally (Settings → General → YouTube Browser)

# Small improvements
- Performance: limit initial amount of queue entries shown
- Chapter indicator size adapts to chapter amount
- Small fullscreen controls ui tweaks
- Updated "generate chapters" shortcut to avoid grouping individual items (requires re-adding the shortcut)
- Repeated seek more reliable
- Player scrubber easier to tap
- Add first chapter if needed
- Small performance improvements (transcripts, video list scrolling)
- Fewer pop-up tips during onboarding

# Small UI Tweaks
- Player title font
- Player scrubber
- "Clear all videos" button

# Fixes
- Fix: speed slider interaction
- Fix: translation error in settings
- Fix: empty iCloud backups folder being created with backups turned off
- Fix: inline scrubbing issue due to digits changing
- Fix: video not being cleared with continuous play in the background

### 1.8.6 — 2026-05-16

- Option to temporarily show captions when seeking back
- Customize seek seconds

# Small improvements
- Time tracking accuracy improvements
- Option to hide inbox overflow tip permanently
- Improved YouTube URL detection
- Improved chapter detection
- Minimized menu shows "menu" instead of tab title
- Minimal player setting: minimize pop-ups when enabling captions

# Fixes
- Fix: video overlay not being hidden initially
- Fix: minimal player setting sometimes not applying correctly
- Fix: sidebar behavior when clicking "next" on macOS
- Fix: Queue swipe animation
- Fix: macOS crash when using the swipe gesture to queue next/last inside the Queue
- Fix: overlay behavior with mouse input
- Fix: inactive chapters turning active again

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