Comparison

UnTrap for YouTube vs The Magic Highlighter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI video summaries
  • Hide Shorts, comments, and suggestions
  • Layout customization
  • Content filtering
  • Focus tools
  • Auto-redirect homepage
  • Hide ad banners
Features
Currently charting
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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/

About

The Magic Highlighter

This Safari extension automatically highlights your search terms on search result pages across popular engines. It offers a private, on-device solution to quickly find the information you need, replacing traditional find-in-page functions with enhanced capabilities.

Highlights
  • Highlights search terms automatically
  • Supports popular search engines
  • 100% private, on-device processing
  • Replaces 'Find in page'
  • Customizable highlight colors
  • Highlights multiple terms
Features
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Introducing the Magic Highlighter, a Safari Extension for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that automatically highlights search terms and phrases on search result web pages. Find what you’ve been searching for. * Supports all popular search engines, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Neeva, Kagi, and Brave Search! * %100 private! All data processed on-device, with no data collection * Automatically highlight search terms and phrases on search result web pages * Full replacement for the "Find in page" share sheet action, and the ⌘-F keyboard shortcut! * Use the ⌘-Shift-F keyboard shortcut on Mac and iPad (with external keyboard) to change highlight colors, and disable highlights for specific terms and phrases * Supports highlighting MULTIPLE terms and phrases ⌘-F(TW)!

Screenshots

UnTrap for YouTube4 screens
The Magic Highlighter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Magic Highlighter at none against UnTrap for YouTube's 2. The Magic Highlighter also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99). UnTrap for YouTube's advantage is ratings volume (527 vs 20) and review sentiment (62% vs 47%). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

UnTrap for YouTube costs $4.99 and The Magic Highlighter $1.99 up front. UnTrap for YouTube sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Magic Highlighter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UnTrap for YouTube holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UnTrap for YouTube has 527 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of UnTrap for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 47% of The Magic Highlighter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, The Magic Highlighter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
UnTrap for YouTube versus The Magic Highlighter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnTrap for YouTubeThe Magic Highlighter
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.1 (527 ratings) — better3.9 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better46.9% of reviews
Number of ratings527 — better20
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#27 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhen TretiakovHerd Works Inc

Customer experience

UnTrap for YouTube

All ratings515 ratings
Positive74.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative21.0%
Written reviews470 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral7.2%
Negative30.4%

The Magic Highlighter

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive46.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative40.6%

Bugs and requests

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

The Magic Highlighter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

UnTrap for YouTube

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
None

The Magic Highlighter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UnTrap for YouTube free?
UnTrap for YouTube costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Magic Highlighter free?
The Magic Highlighter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UnTrap for YouTube or The Magic Highlighter?
UnTrap for YouTube is rated higher. UnTrap for YouTube averages 4.1 out of 5 from 527 ratings, while The Magic Highlighter averages 3.9 from 20 ratings.
Do UnTrap for YouTube or The Magic Highlighter have ads?
Neither UnTrap for YouTube nor The Magic Highlighter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UnTrap for YouTube or The Magic Highlighter?
UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, and The Magic Highlighter every 3 weeks. Most recently, UnTrap for YouTube was updated on November 12, 2026 and The Magic Highlighter on November 3, 2026.

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