impcat vs UnTrap for YouTube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
impcat
This app simulates photorealistic painting results for gaming and tabletop miniatures. It allows users to customize miniature sections with colors they own or plan to buy, using manufacturer-promoted palettes. The simulation includes base coloring, layering, shading, and highlighting.
- Photorealistic painting simulation
- Customizable miniature sections
- Manufacturer-promoted color palettes
- Automated color complement recommendations
- Shopping list generator
- Custom color creation and mixing
- Color scheme inspiration randomizer
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impcat (short for Interactive Miniature Painting Catalogue) is a simulator for photorealistic painting results on gaming and tabletop miniatures. This tool gives you a variety of miniature images with individually customizable body sections, that you can paint with colours you own or perhaps wish to purchase. It works with predefined colour palettes, using names and values as promoted by their manufacturers. To achieve a high quality result the system simulates a four step painting process: Base colouring, layering, shading and highlighting. Features: - A set of 6 built-in miniatures, by Artel "W", with up to nearly 30 individually paintable sections - A set of built-in colour palettes, as well as additional palettes from our DLC server (around 1000 paints to choose from, and growing) - A file handling system for importing custom image and paint templates (visit impcat.de/faq for instructions) - Access to a growing online library of free DLCs (visit impcat.de/about for full list of contents) - An automated complement recommendation mode that lets you select a base colour and then automatically applies harmonizing layer, shade and highlight paints, which you can then customize at will. - A photorealistic simulation of the applied paints. - A shopping list generator that collects the data of all applied colours and gives you the links to the corresponding shop pages - Saving and loading options for your colour configurations - A colour creating tool, for creating opaque and metallic paints of any colour you like - A colour mixing tool, for testing mix results of your paints - A randomizer, for getting colour scheme inspiration by letting impcat ramdomly distribute a set of colours across the model
UnTrap for YouTube
Enhance your YouTube viewing with over 250 features designed to remove distractions and boost productivity. Enjoy AI-powered video summaries, customizable layouts, content filtering, and focus tools for a cleaner, more efficient experience.
- AI video summaries
- Hide Shorts, comments, and suggestions
- Layout customization
- Content filtering
- Focus tools
- Auto-redirect homepage
- Hide ad banners
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Transform YouTube website into a clean and productive space. Access 250+ powerful features including AI video summaries, layout customization, content filters, automation, and focus tools. ◆ Enhance Your YouTube Experience - Hide Shorts, comments, related, and suggested videos - Grayscale, blur, or hide thumbnails - Auto-redirect the YouTube homepage to a custom page - Remove notifications, buttons, sidebars, and trending tabs - Auto-enable Theater or Full Screen mode - Hide ad banners and auto-skip video promotions - Block videos, channels, or comments using keywords, channel IDs, or regex ◆ AI Video Summaries - Instant Video Summary: Get a clear overview of any YouTube video in just 5 seconds - Key Insights Extraction: Understand the main points without watching the entire video - Timestamped Navigation: Jump directly to the most important moments - Multilingual Support: Summarize and translate in over 40 languages - Top Comments Overview: Instantly see the most insightful viewer opinions - Enhanced Transcript Generator: Get transcripts that outperform YouTube’s auto-captions in clarity and accuracy ◆ Productivity Tools - Password-Protected Settings: Keep your preferences secure - Temporary Focus Mode: Block distractions with a single click - Scheduled Focus Sessions: Automate distraction-free time blocks - Opening Delays: Add a pause before accessing YouTube or launching the extension - Custom Hotkeys: Instantly trigger features with keyboard shortcuts ◆ Available On - Safari: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1637438059 - Chrome, Opera, Brave: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/untrap-for-youtube/enboaomnljigfhfjfoalacienlhjlfil - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/untrap-for-youtube/ - Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/untrap-for-youtube/ngnefladcohhmmibccafkdbcijjoppdoT ◆ Works with YouTube website on desktop, mobile, and embedded videos. Important: UnTrap is only available as a browser extension and is not compatible with the YouTube app. Terms Of Use: https://untrap.app/tos/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UnTrap for YouTube at 4.1 against impcat's 2.7. UnTrap for YouTube also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (62% vs 32%). impcat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ads, monetization model and chart position 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
impcat costs $2.99 and UnTrap for YouTube $4.99 up front. UnTrap for YouTube sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. impcat asks for nothing beyond the download.
UnTrap for YouTube holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UnTrap for YouTube has 506 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of impcat's written reviews are positive against 62% of UnTrap for YouTube's.
impcat ships an update every 18 months, UnTrap for YouTube fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | impcat | UnTrap for YouTube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (48 ratings) | 4.1 (506 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 506 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #41 | #33 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Design Bench - Immersive Agency | Yevhen Tretiakov |
Customer experience
impcat
UnTrap for YouTube
User reviews
impcat
From 48 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for planning paint schemes
- 💡 Useful for visualizing colors
- ✨ Realistic rendering
- 🚀 Helpful community support (subreddit)
- ✅ Good for beginners
Room to improve
- 👎 Very limited built-in models
- 💸 High cost for limited content
- 🧩 Complicated import process
- 🤷♂️ Lack of clear instructions
- ⏳ App feels abandoned/no updates
UnTrap for YouTube
From 506 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Customizable YouTube experience
- 🔒 Blocks distractions like Shorts and recommendations
- 👍 Improves productivity and focus
- 👍 Extensive customization options
- 👍 Works on Safari browser
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs with hiding comments and playlists
- 🐛 Issues with blocking channels and videos
- 🐛 Performance slowdowns
- 🔒 Concerns about invasive permissions
- 💰 Paid app with additional subscription model
Bugs and requests
impcat
Reported bugs
6 issues- In-app store not working
- App restarts when using mixed colors
- Update broke Apple Pencil functionality on iPad
- File browser is annoying
- Importing models on iOS not functional
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- Touch locations for buttons are off
Requested features
12 requests- Add more Warhammer 40K .SVG models
- Include Citadel paint color references
- Permanent toggle-off for auto mode
- Landscape mode
- Easier way to import minis
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- Add GW paint sets or equivalents
- Improve UI/UX design
- Add option to save work as an image
- Add more paint manufacturers
- Improve stability and performance
- Add Apple Pencil support for iPad version
- Make import process more intuitive
UnTrap for YouTube
Reported bugs
4 issues- Shorts not being blocked consistently
- Buttons and features not working as expected
- Sync and login issues
- Compatibility problems with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Option to disable video autoplay
- Ability to block specific channels and videos
- Sync settings across devices
- Preset customization profiles
- Support for Chrome and other browsers
In-app purchases
impcat
No in-app purchases
UnTrap for YouTube
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Tip$24.99
- Tip$34.99
- TIp$39.99
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- Tip$44.99
- Tip$49.99
- Tip$59.99
- Tip$69.99
- Tip$79.99
- Lifetime$79.99
- Tip$89.99
- Tip$99.99









