# Viddle: No Ads Video Browser — user reviews > 161 indexed App Store user reviews of Viddle by Ink River, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 712 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/viddle-no-ads-video-browser/id6502212229/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/viddle-no-ads-video-browser/id6502212229.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 540 · 4★ 69 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 51 ## What do users think of Viddle? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚫 Effective ad blocking for free - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy setup - 🎬 Picture-in-Picture (PiP) functionality - 🔊 Background audio playback capability - 💰 Affordable lifetime subscription option - ⚡ Smooth performance and stable operation - 🎯 Hides YouTube Shorts effectively - 🔄 Frequent updates and active development - 📱 Works as YouTube Premium alternative - 🎨 Clean, distraction-free viewing experience **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing - 📺 Inconsistent ad behavior despite 'no ads' claim - 🔙 Missing back button from Shorts and search results - 🔊 Audio muting issues during playback - 📱 Screen rotation not working in fullscreen - ⏸️ Video auto-pause when screen locks - 🎬 PiP functionality glitchy and unreliable - 🔐 Random logout from YouTube account - ⚙️ Settings not persisting between sessions - 🌐 Web links open in-app and can't close - 🐢 Slow performance and laggy experience - 📊 Homepage constantly refreshes unexpectedly - 🎵 Autoplay not working reliably **Commonly reported bugs** - No back button from Shorts view - Double-tap skip functionality broken - Fast forward/rewind controls not responding - Playlist auto-pause issues - Video muting when switching apps - Screen turning black after ad - White text on white background in dark mode - Subtitles enabled by default - App freezing on touch interaction - Video not loading or buffering - PiP button unresponsive after navigation - Shuffle feature stops working after skip - Mini player stops on next video in playlist - Video auto-playing without user action - Settings gear icon unresponsive - Shorts removal only works on homepage - Video continues playing after pausing when screen locks - AirPods skip controls not working - App hangs when switching between videos - White screen on app opening - Quality restricted to 360p with AirPlay - Microphone feature issues - Video playback stops in background immediately **Most requested features** - Auto-rotate for fullscreen landscape mode - Gesture-based navigation (swipe to go back) - Automatic Picture-in-Picture on app exit - Playback speed customization (x2, x3, x4) - SponsorBlock integration - Loop video playback mode - Download videos for offline viewing - Comment sorting by newest - Ability to reply to comments - Video preview thumbnails in history - Bookmark other websites besides YouTube - Apple TV compatibility - Screen casting/AirPlay support - Auto-play next video in playlist - Prevent screen lock during video playback - Skip tracks on lock screen controls - Post viewing and expansion capability - Edit own comments feature - Quality selection for every video - Remove YouTube posts from feed ## Newest reviews (15 of 161) ### 4/5 — Great but needs work *2026-07-24* Great concept and I enjoy using it with premium features. However, it is buggy and can get in the way of enjoying it. For example, the audio of the video I am watching just turns off in the middle until I touch the screen again. This happens for every video and be annoying to pull it out when I am multitasking. Some features like having the "watch later" tab at the bottom sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback, and sorry about this issue. We’ve fixed the problem that could unexpectedly mute audio in the middle of a video. Please update Viddle to the latest version (1.13.12) from the App Store, restart the app, and try again. We’ll also investigate the intermittent Watch Later tab issue. ### 4/5 — Suggestion for development *2026-07-20* After opening the video, I want to enter the video owner's channel to see his other videos. I have a problem, which is that there is no option to go back to exit the channel page after opening it! Also, after opening the channel page, the video stops and is permanently removed, so I have to replay it Simple problems that can be solved by updating **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. We’ll investigate the channel navigation and video playback issue. ### 2/5 — Can’t play in background *2026-07-18, version 1.13.10* After purchasing premium can’t play in background for some reason not known ### 4/5 — Still Great - One Annoying Thing Noticed *2026-07-12* I use this app daily and it’s fantastic, but lately I’ve noticed a frequency of that “video paused - continue watching?” pop-up every couple of videos when I have a playlist running. It becomes really annoying when I’m mowing the lawn and I have to keep opening the app back up to press continue. I don’t know if there’s a way to fix this but it would be amazing if there was an ability to tune this off. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words and detailed feedback! We’re really glad you enjoy the swipe-down minimization update. Good news: rotation support is already available. Fullscreen rotation based on device orientation is not supported yet, but we understand how useful this would be and we agree it’s a great quality-of-life improvement. We’ll continue working on improving the fullscreen experience in future updates. Thanks again for your support and for helping us make the app better! ### 3/5 — Can’t reply to comments, overall janky. *2026-06-19, version 1.13.9* It’s definitely better than paying for you to premium, but the app itself is not the greatest. You can’t reply to comments, and often replies look hard. It’s good if you just want the background audio. but not so much for an entire YouTube experience. ### 4/5 — would love to give this 5 *2026-06-18* amazing app, but i can't give it any higher than a 4 because of a singular incredibly annoying bug videos will occasionally stop processing input, and usually the audio will even mute itself during that period. which is especially annoying bc the audio muting used to happen on its own, but could be solved just by jumping backwards-- unfortunately, now i have to wait until the video starts recognizing my inputs again and then rewind to before it stopped still. i'd rather eat rocks than use the other app so 4 stars. but if that bug was fixed, this would be an easy 5 **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback! We’ll look into the playback and audio issue. ### 4/5 — Brilliant but ads kinda defeat the point *2026-06-16, version 1.13.9* This is a great app that I think genuinely saves time, but there are far too many ads before the videos in my opinion, other than that great app! ### 4/5 — Mostly alright, but the popups… *2026-06-13, version 1.13.8* I like how there are no ads, but every day, there is at least one absolute BARRAGE of pops up and ads in a short period of time. If you can reduce it, please at least spread it out, because the sheer potency reduces it to a 4.5 on a good day. ### 2/5 — No back button from shorts *2026-04-16, version 1.13.4* Cannot come back from shorts if you click on shorts no gesture is working no button is there. ### 4/5 — Lỗi danh sách phát *2026-04-11, version 1.13.4* Danh sách phát cứ 1 lúc lại bị tạm dừng, vs cả ứng dụng xem video mà bắt đầu video sao lại tắt âm thanh, phải bật thủ công rất phiền ### 5/5 — Great app one!! One thing though? *2026-04-02* Love the app but it would be great to add auto rotate to make it full screen instead of having to constantly use the button. **Developer response:** Thank you. Auto rotate function has already added. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-03-31* I personally can’t get PiP to work for me but all other advertised featured work perfectly. This app is a fantastic alternative to paying for YT premium that doesn’t require side loading an app at all. easy setup and great to use **Developer response:** Thank you. You can manually click the pip button on the playback page to use the pip function. ### 5/5 — 當我設定快轉時間時可以記錄一下嗎？ *2026-03-29, version 1.13.1* 當我設定快轉時間時可以記錄一下嗎？縮小後每次換下一個影片都要從新開始設定,我沒有關掉app情況下！ 另外當點擊影片裡面會有網頁連結時，會在app內開啟，只要開啟就關不掉網頁回不去app影片，要整個關掉app重新開啟才可以！ ### 5/5 — This app is amazing *2026-03-21, version 1.13.1* This is an incredible app for the price. Constantly updating with new features. Ad block works perfectly. Couldn’t be happier. ### 5/5 — Ứng dụng rất hay *2026-03-21, version 1.13.1* Ứng dụng tuyệt vời để xem YouTube không quảng cáo. Hy vọng team sẽ thêm chế độ tùy chỉnh tốc độ phát và đẩy tốc độ lên x3, x4 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — bad *2026-07-23, version 1.13.11* lots of advertising ### 1/5 — No ads? Well maybe some *2026-05-30, version 1.13.8* Literally says no ads in app name, but actually has ads. They are minimal but feels like a bait and switch. ### 1/5 — No ads is incorrect. *2026-05-14, version 1.13.7* No ads is incorrect. ### 1/5 — Claim to have no ads *2026-04-11, version 1.13.4* “We’ve introduced ‘minimal ads’” yeah I’m good 👎 ### 1/5 — Gambling adds *2026-04-02, version 1.13.2* The creators of this app realised they cannot have zero ads, so have put it advertisements even worse then YouTube’s, often for gambling and other scams ### 1/5 — Bug when playing video *2026-03-11, version 1.12.3* Wow, latest update i cant fast forward/rewinding anymore? Everytime i touch anything on the video, it just for pause and play the video. Well well ### 1/5 — Quảng cáo còn hơn YouTube *2026-02-14, version 1.12.3* App ngu. Quảng cáo còn khó chịu và nhiều hơn youtube. ### 1/5 — Ads and black screen *2026-02-11, version 1.12.3* It says it’s a no ads video browser and it plays ads that last up to a minute. Even when I click past it the screen turns black and after restarting phone it’s still black. I might as well have the YouTube app with its ads. At least I can skip after 10 seconds. One star. ### 1/5 — すぐ止まるクソ重い不具合しかない *2026-02-09, version 1.12.3* iPhoneはまだマシだが、AndroidなんてまともにYouTube再生出来ないじゃないか 完全放置ならまだしも、再生中に戻しを1度くらいしただけでフリーズしたまま ### 1/5 — 使えない *2026-01-21, version 1.12.1* ゴミに課金しないように！ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So far so good! *2026-08-15* I’m glad I found this. Though it was rather impulsive I op-ed to get the lifetime membership as I try to escape ads in my day to day 😭😭 also is it possible to have the PIP screen moveable? Just thought it would be really good UI ETA: I’ve noticed that there doesn’t seem to be an autoplay feature. When I play from my playlists or just playing music mixes, it doesn’t go to the next song it just stops if possible pls give an update to fix **Developer response:** Thanks for the great review and your support! We’ll consider your suggestion for more flexible PiP controls. ### 5/5 — So far so good! *2026-07-10* I’m glad I found this. Though it was rather impulsive I op-ed to get the lifetime membership as I try to escape ads in my day to day 😭😭 also is it possible to have the PIP screen moveable? Just thought it would be really good UI **Developer response:** Thanks for the great review and your support! We’ll consider your suggestion for more flexible PiP controls. ### 5/5 — Viddle no ads video *2026-07-04, version 1.13.9* YouTube ### 5/5 — Great app, 1 bug *2026-07-03* Love this app, but the bug I keep getting is for single track songs, it'll stop like half way for no reason. On longer full albums 1 video, it won't. I've already restarted my phone and reinstalled the app. Hasn't fixed it. Never did it before the most recent update. Love this app. Godbless yall for making it. **Developer response:** Thanks for the great review and detailed feedback! We’ll look into the playback issue you described. ### 5/5 — Helpful *2026-06-28, version 1.13.9* The best app for stop annoying ads ### 5/5 — Phenomenal *2026-06-08, version 1.13.8* Absolutely amazing alternative to the greedy YouTube app. I literally can’t recommend this app enough. It’s so incredible. It does have minor glitches, but you have to take the good with the bad. I’ll deal with a couple glitches here and there to not have to watch 19 ads sponsored by fanatics casino. I subscribed to premium, however I can’t figure out how to get the dislikes to show? ### 5/5 — Bookmarking other sites *2026-04-15, version 1.13.4* This app works perfectly! I’m even planning on buying the lifetime membership just to support the developers. But I would like to take advantage of its search feature. I noticed that YouTube is bookmarked. Is there any way I can bookmark other video sites in the homepage? Thank you ### 5/5 — chặn quảng cáo tốt *2026-04-14, version 1.13.4* nhưng chuyển bài bị tắt tiếng và xem shost bị tắt màn hình ### 5/5 — แลกโค้ด *2026-04-14, version 1.13.4* แอพดีมากคับ ผมใช้ประจำเลย มีโค้ดส่วน โค้ดอะไรให้แลกด้วย สามารถนำโค้ดไปแลกใช้ในแอพได้เลย b6f34de4 ### 5/5 — 文字が見えない *2026-04-08, version 1.13.3* 検索まどの帯が白地に白文字だから見えない。 ダークモード設定だから白文字になっているんだと思うけど 毎回なるわけでは無いようだ どういう条件だろう？ 初期状態で字幕付いてるのも不快 コメント欄の最新順はできるようにしてほしい YouTubeでも無料でできる --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*