Comparison

UnTrap for YouTube vs OptimalWork

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

OptimalWork

This app helps you overcome procrastination, anxiety, and distraction by applying a new psychology of growth to your daily work. Achieve new heights of productivity, focus, and skill by approaching challenges as opportunities for profound development.

Highlights
  • Psychology of growth approach
  • Overcome procrastination
  • Reduce anxiety and distraction
  • Enhance productivity and focus
  • Skill development
  • Daily work application
Features
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The OptimalWork App is based on a revolutionary new psychology of growth. We'll teach you how to approach every challenge you face as a moment of profound growth. Not only that, you can apply everything in your daily work to overcome procrastination, anxiety, and distraction and achieve new heights of productivity, focus, and skill. Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

UnTrap for YouTube4 screens
OptimalWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OptimalWork at Free against UnTrap for YouTube's $4.99. OptimalWork also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). UnTrap for YouTube's advantage is ratings volume (506 vs 21) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

OptimalWork is free to download; UnTrap for YouTube costs $4.99 up front. UnTrap for YouTube sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and OptimalWork sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $18.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OptimalWork holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UnTrap for YouTube has 506 ratings behind it against 21, 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 100% of OptimalWork's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
UnTrap for YouTube versus OptimalWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnTrap for YouTubeOptimalWork
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (506 ratings)4.8 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings506 — better21
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#27 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhen TretiakovOptimalWork

Customer experience

UnTrap for YouTube

All ratings506 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative20.9%
Written reviews465 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative30.8%

OptimalWork

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

OptimalWork

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

UnTrap for YouTube

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time11
  • Tip$24.99
  • Tip$34.99
  • TIp$39.99
Show 8 more
  • Tip$44.99
  • Tip$49.99
  • Tip$59.99
  • Tip$69.99
  • Tip$79.99
  • Lifetime$79.99
  • Tip$89.99
  • Tip$99.99
8 purchases

OptimalWork

Subscriptions8
  • Basic - Student Monthly$18.951 Month
  • Basic - Monthly$24.951 Month
  • Premium - Student Monthly$35.951 Month
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  • Premium - Monthly$49.951 Month
  • Basic - Student Yearly$149.991 Year
  • Basic - Yearly$199.991 Year
  • Premium - Student Yearly$274.991 Year
  • Premium - Yearly$359.991 Year

Questions

Is UnTrap for YouTube free?
UnTrap for YouTube costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is OptimalWork free?
OptimalWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UnTrap for YouTube or OptimalWork?
OptimalWork is rated higher. UnTrap for YouTube averages 4.1 out of 5 from 506 ratings, while OptimalWork averages 4.8 from 21 ratings.
Do UnTrap for YouTube or OptimalWork have ads?
Neither UnTrap for YouTube nor OptimalWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UnTrap for YouTube or OptimalWork?
UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, and OptimalWork fortnightly. Most recently, UnTrap for YouTube was updated on October 16, 2026 and OptimalWork on October 8, 2026.

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