Comparison

WeirdText vs Better Player for Youtube

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WeirdText

Transform your typed messages into fun and unique text styles. Easily apply various effects to your words and share them via SMS or other messaging apps. Unlock your favorite styles for permanent use.

Highlights
  • Transform text with fun effects
  • SMS compatible effects
  • Unlock preferred effects permanently
  • Share via SMS or OS options
  • Copy transformed text for any sharing method
Features
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Impress your friends by sending them improved SMS improved ;) ... Transform your text into something Fuuuuun. (っ0_0 )っ****** Lots of effects available ! 1- Enter your text. 2. Transforms . 3- Share it! WrItTiNg LiKe ThIs BeCoMeS eAsYyYyY! The effects are SMS compatible! ALL effects are available free of charge at random. You can unlock permanently the effects you prefer. ¡spuǝıɹɟ ɹnoʎ ɥʇıʍ unɟ ǝɔɐɥ llıʍ noʎ ǝdoɥ ı puɐ 'ɥɔnɯ ʎɹǝʌ noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ (っ0_0 )っWhat is Weirdy Text Weirdy Text is an app that let's you transform text you type, with fun effects. (っ0_0 )っHow does it work? First enter your text in the text field. Then choose one of your available effect: it will transform your text. You can then use the top right button (the share button) to share the transformed text. (っ0_0 )っWhat are the sharing options? You can directly share by SMS, or by some default sharing options provided by the OS. If none satisfies you, you can also copy the transformed text, to be able to share it by any mean you want! ;) (っ0_0 )っ"I would like a quicker way to share..." For now, it is not possible to have the transformed text directly in your favorite texting app. But we are working on it! Support us by leaving stars in the app store ^^

About

Better Player for Youtube

This app enhances your YouTube viewing experience by fading the background and providing an on-screen controller. It allows fullscreen or picture-in-picture playback while blocking all advertisements for uninterrupted content consumption.

Highlights
  • Ad blocking
  • Background fading
  • On-screen controller
  • Fullscreen playback
  • Picture-in-picture mode
Features
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Better Player is a Safari extension for YouTube. It blocks the ads, turns the page into a dark room with the video as the one lit thing in it, and on iPhone takes the video full screen in landscape even when the rotation lock is on. NO ADS Ad slots are hidden by a stylesheet before the page first paints, the ones YouTube injects into the feed afterwards are cleared, and a skippable ad in the player has Skip pressed for it as soon as the button appears. An unskippable ad still has to play — nothing here breaks YouTube's playback to get around one. LANDSCAPE FULL SCREEN, EVEN LOCKED TO PORTRAIT On iPhone, YouTube serves its phone layout, and Better Player gives you the playback bar — Picture in Picture, back and forward ten seconds, play, full screen — the ad blocking, and a full screen that works with the rotation lock on: tap full screen and the video turns sideways to fill the screen, with its own play, pause and skip buttons, double-tap to skip, and a drag along the edge to scrub. Turn the phone and the video follows. FOCUS MODE A dark layer covers the page and the video is lifted through it, centred in the window. Nothing is removed and nothing is rearranged — scroll down and the comments are exactly where YouTube put them. Press the close button in the corner and the lights come back up. AMBIENT LIGHT Better Player reads the frame on screen five times a second and paints its colours back out behind the video as a soft glow. A reef throws blue across the page; a field of mushrooms throws yellow-green. It drifts as the scene moves and stops when you pause. How far it spreads and how strong it is are yours to set. SHORTS A reel gets the same treatment: lit, with the guide dimmed and the column of buttons beside it out of the way. One switch keeps focus mode to watch pages instead. CONTROLS WHERE YOUR HANDS ARE Back and forward ten seconds, play and pause, previous and next, home, Picture in Picture, full screen — laid over the dimmed page, large enough to hit without aiming. Every button can be switched off; keep the two you use. PRIVACY Better Player is a Safari extension and nothing else. There is no backend it could send anything to, no analytics inside it, and no sign-in. Your settings stay on your device. Safari asks for permission on youtube.com because restyling that page is the whole job. FREE No in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads in the app. One app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. ELEVEN LANGUAGES English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional and Cantonese), German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. WHAT RUNS WHERE Focus mode, ambient light and centring run on the watch page on iPhone, iPad and Mac alike. Shorts are built on YouTube's desktop site — that is what iPad and Mac load; on iPhone, ask Safari for the desktop site and they come with it. Better Player for Youtube is also available in the Mac App Store.

Screenshots

WeirdText4 screens
Better Player for Youtube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Player for Youtube at none against WeirdText's 10. Better Player for Youtube also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 57 months) and review sentiment (56% vs 43%). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WeirdText sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Better Player for Youtube asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeirdText ships an update every 57 months, Better Player for Youtube every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WeirdText versus Better Player for Youtube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeirdTextBetter Player for Youtube
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.1 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyEvery 57 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB87 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNagordJasmine Studios

Customer experience

WeirdText

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

Better Player for Youtube

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

WeirdText

One-time10
  • reverse effect$0.99
  • Mirror Effect$0.99
  • Leet Effect$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Reversed Mirror Effect$0.99
  • Weird Effect$0.99
  • Flowered Effect$0.99
  • Morse Effect$0.99
  • Vowel Up Effect$0.99
  • Consonant Up Effect$0.99
  • All Effects Unlocked$2.99
None

Better Player for Youtube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WeirdText free?
WeirdText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Player for Youtube free?
Better Player for Youtube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WeirdText or Better Player for Youtube have ads?
Neither WeirdText nor Better Player for Youtube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeirdText or Better Player for Youtube?
WeirdText ships an update every 57 months, and Better Player for Youtube every 2 weeks. Most recently, WeirdText was updated on October 26, 2026 and Better Player for Youtube on October 30, 2026.

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