Comparison

YMGuide vs YouTune Music

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

Head to head
About

YMGuide

Organize, play, and customize your YouTube viewing experience. Trim videos, skip intros/outros, and control playback remotely on other devices. Record karaoke sessions and manage playlists with custom categories.

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

About

YouTune Music

Stream over 100 million songs with unlimited listening and essential playback features. Enjoy background play, picture-in-picture, offline access, and a sleep timer. Discover new music with integrated song recognition and stay updated with music news.

Highlights
  • Unlimited song listening
  • Background continuous playback
  • Picture in Picture mode
  • Offline playback
  • Equalizer
  • Sleep timer
  • Shazam song recognition
Features
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Welcome to the best music app Unlimited listening to over 100 million songs and all the necessary features! ・Equalizer ・Background continuous playback ・Picture in Picture ・Offline playback ・Sleep timer ・Section (AB) repeat ·Shuffle Playback ・Repeat playback ・Unlimited favorites and playlists ・Control on lock screen ・External display ・External keyboard ・AirPlay ・CarPlay ・Shazam song recognition search ・Music News ・Super energy saving, maximum battery life Please try out various other functions.

Screenshots

YMGuide4 screens
YouTune Music2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: YMGuide at 5.0 against YouTune Music's 4.3. YMGuide also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). YouTune Music's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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. YMGuide sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. YouTune Music asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YMGuide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YouTune Music has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YMGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, YouTune Music every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
YMGuide versus YouTune Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYMGuideYouTune Music
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.3 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews—52.0% of reviews
Number of ratings530 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB30 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSothear LyLast,Inc.

Customer experience

YMGuide

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

YouTune Music

All ratings30 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative36.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

YMGuide

Subscriptions8
  • YMGuide one month .$0.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • YMGuide Elite Monthly(1 Month)$4.991 Month
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  • YMGuide annual subscription .$9.991 Year
  • Elite Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • YMGuide Elite Yearly(1 Year)$29.991 Year
  • Elite Yearly$69.991 Year
None

YouTune Music

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YMGuide free?
YMGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YouTune Music free?
YouTune Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YMGuide or YouTune Music?
YMGuide is rated higher. YMGuide averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while YouTune Music averages 4.3 from 30 ratings.
Do YMGuide or YouTune Music have ads?
Both YMGuide and YouTune Music show ads.
Which is updated more often, YMGuide or YouTune Music?
YMGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, and YouTune Music every 11 days. Most recently, YMGuide was updated on September 24, 2026 and YouTune Music on October 24, 2026.

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