# YMGuide — Organize & Play YouTube Videos

> App to organize, play, and customize YouTube videos with remote control. (iPhone/iPad app by Sothear Ly.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ymguide/id1496482860 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sothear Ly](https://appshunter.io/developer/1163679939)
- Category: Music, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 5 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 59 MB
- Languages: American English, Khmer
- Released: 2020-07-30
- Data updated: 2026-06-12
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ymguide/id1496482860/reviews.md

## What is YMGuide?

YMGuide app for iOS, play, organize, and enjoy YouTube videos.  You can trim the YouTube video stream to your liking as it streams to your device..

Remote control video playback(Remote Play) on iPad/Mac/Vision Pro with your iPhone, the YMGuide app controls the other YMGuide app on another Apple device.

Edit chapters* and allows you to play directly to the chapters in the order you want and skip the chapters you don't want to watch.

Have you ever wanted to automatically skip intros and outros of YouTube videos?

Edit the start and end times of each video* you watch and save it so that you only watch the parts that you want, using our T button.

Record your karaoke singing sessions.*
Listen to the original song, so you can learn how to sing it, then switch to the karaoke version of the video instantaneously at the press of a microphone button.  Switch from one video to a similarly linked video that you customize.

Located at the top of our Player Page:
● Y button opens video in YouTube page
● M button for connecting to Remote Player(iPhone YMGuide app connects to web player)**
● G button to generate access code for our web player(password less)
● Network button(Peer 2 Peer) - allows using iPhone(YMGuide app) as remote control of an iPad(running YMGuide app)*

Remote Play** feature allows you to use your phone as a remote control for YouTube videos playing on your TV, Tesla screen, or Apple Vision Pro.

Steps to connect YMGuide app to external device(web enabled TV/Laptop, on Chromecast use TV Bro browser app, on FireTV use Silk browser)

Step 1. Visit our page at https://www.ymguide.org/player (if using iPad/Mac/Vision Pro/Tesla)
Step 2. Login using your login or by access code.  Get access code by pressing G button at the top of Player page in our mobile app.
Step 3. On mobile device, press M button(located next to G button), after adding some videos, to connect app to web player.

Visit our X page (formerly Twitter) for "how to" use our app:  https://www.twitter.com/YMGuideApp

Picture-in-Picture is available on iPhone, minimize our mobile app to allow background audio to play in the lock screen.  Elite subscribers can use remote control mode on iPad/MacBook to have PiP capability, users have to open browser to https://www.ymguide.org/player where our mobile app sends the playlist to the iPad browser which can go into PiP.

New with My Home, organize your favorite videos into playlists and place them in custom categories and subcategories so that you can quickly go back to them.  We provide YMGuide Home, our own example playlists that update daily that we curated for users and place them in our created categories and sub categories.

New widgets, allows you to select recently played, country, playlist, playlist grouping, and category to open to.

*Requires Premium subscription 
**Requires Elite subscription -- 7 day free trial from first login.

Additional Subscription information

● Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
● Account will be charged for renewal in accordance with your plan, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.
● Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
● Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Legal:
Terms of Use: https://www.ymguide.org/term_of_use
Privacy Policy: https://www.ymguide.org/privacy_policy

All the content is provided by YouTube services, please follow these:

https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/
https://www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/

Support:
Twitter/X:  @YMGuideApp

## Key features

- Trim video streams
- Skip intros and outros
- Remote playback control
- Edit video chapters
- Karaoke recording
- Playlist organization
- Picture-in-Picture mode

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| YMGuide annual subscription . | $9.99 | per year |
| YMGuide one month . | $0.99 | per month |
| YMGuide Elite Yearly(1 Year) | $29.99 | per year |
| YMGuide Elite Monthly(1 Month) | $4.99 | per month |
| Elite Yearly | $69.99 | per year |
| Elite Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $19.99 | per year |
| Premium Monthly | $2.99 | per month |



## Frequently asked questions about YMGuide

### What is YMGuide?

YMGuide is an app designed to help you organize, play, and customize your YouTube video experience. It allows for trimming videos, skipping unwanted segments, and remote playback control.

### Does YMGuide have ads?

Yes, YMGuide contains advertisements. This is typical for free applications that offer in-app purchases for enhanced features.

### What are the subscription options for YMGuide?

YMGuide offers several subscription plans including 'YMGuide one month' for $0.99, 'Premium Monthly' for $2.99, 'YMGuide Elite Monthly' for $4.99, 'YMGuide annual subscription' for $9.99, and 'Elite Monthly' for $9.99. Some features require a Premium or Elite subscription.

### Can I use YMGuide offline?

The provided description does not specify offline playback capabilities. YMGuide primarily focuses on organizing and playing YouTube videos, which typically requires an internet connection.

### How does YMGuide's remote playback work?

The Remote Play feature allows your iPhone YMGuide app to control another YMGuide app on a different Apple device like an iPad or Mac. You can also use it to control videos playing on web-enabled TVs or Tesla screens.

### What age rating does YMGuide have?

YMGuide has an age rating of 17+. This is likely due to the nature of content that can be accessed and manipulated on YouTube.

### How often is YMGuide updated?

The latest version of YMGuide is 4.2.2, last updated on November 18, 2025. This indicates a relatively active development cycle for the application.

### What devices does YMGuide support?

YMGuide is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed to work across the Apple ecosystem.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.2.2 — 2025-11-18

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 4.2.1 — 2025-07-09

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 4.2.0 — 2024-09-04

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Enabled video on status bar area of iPad for fullscreen landscape mode.

### 4.1.2 — 2024-05-11

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Fixed issue with Peer-2-Peer remote control from iPhone to MacBook(Designed for iPad YMGuide version of app), the volume would be set to 100% on MacBook when first changing from iPhone.  Now will limit volume to 25%(on MacBook) on first change and user can increase or decrease from there.  This issue is not on iPad, as the iPad volume is detected on first change.

### 4.1.1 — 2024-05-09

Bug fixes and performance improvements

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