Comparison

UnTrap for YouTube vs Control Panel for YouTube

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
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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

Control Panel for YouTube

Enhance your viewing experience by customizing the interface, blocking unwanted content, and restoring classic features. This app offers granular control over ads, video player elements, and various sections of the platform, available on both desktop and mobile.

Highlights
  • Block ads and sponsored videos
  • Restore classic YouTube features
  • Customize video player UI
  • Hide suggested sections and videos
  • Disable autoplay and ambient mode
  • Allow background playback on mobile
  • Hide Shorts and redirect them
Features
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Ads: • Block ads • Hide Sponsored videos & promos • Hide Merch, Offers etc. (desktop version) YouTube experiments: • Restore Subscriptions link in sidebar (desktop version) • Restore order of sidebar items (desktop version) • Restore small thumbnails in Related (desktop version) • Restore "Upload date" search filter (desktop version) New video player UI: • Disable new progress bar and controls (desktop version) - Note: this will stop working when YouTube removes the old player UI • Hide new full screen controls • Hide "More videos" in full screen • Always use compact Play button (desktop version) • Remove background from controls (desktop version) • Restore Miniplayer button (desktop version) • Restore corner click to toggle full screen (desktop version) • Hide full screen title (desktop version) • Hide full screen like/dislike buttons (desktop version) Annoyances: • Hide AI summaries • Remove pink gradient from progress bars • Hide information panels • Hide Premium upsells • Disable video previews (desktop version) • Disable themed hover effects (desktop version) • Automatically pause channel trailers (desktop version) • Allow background playback (mobile version) • Hide Open App links (mobile version) Video lists: • Hide suggested sections • Hide Live videos • Hide Streamed videos • Hide Mixes • Hide Playlists • Hide Movies and TV • Hide Upcoming videos • Hide Members only videos • Hide Collaborations in Subscriptions • Hide Auto-dubbed videos in Related • Hide watched videos • Hide hidden videos - Hides the "Undo" button after 5 seconds • Hide channels - Adds "Hide channel" to video menus • Disable Home feed • Search thumbnail size (desktop version) • Minimum grid items per row (desktop version) • Hide Posts in Home (mobile version) Video pages: • Disable Autoplay • Disable Ambient mode • Hide Related videos • Hide the Next button • Hide channel watermark • Hide Share/Thanks/Clip etc. • Hide Ask button • Hide video metadata • Hide Comments • Always use theater mode (desktop version) • Full size theater mode (desktop version) • Disable enlarged UI in theater mode (desktop version) • Always use original audio (desktop version) • Hide video end cards (desktop version) • Hide video endscreen content (desktop version) • Hide Premium Jump ahead button (desktop version) • Hide Chat (desktop version) • Add Take snapshot to video menu (JPEG / PNG) (desktop version) • Make Transcript downloadable (desktop version) Shorts: • Hide Shorts • Redirect Shorts to the normal player • Hide suggested actions • Hide link to related Short by the same channel • Always show progress bar • Stop Shorts looping • Hide Remix button (desktop version) • Hide Shorts metadata until hover (desktop version) • Minimum Shorts per row (desktop version) UI tweaks: • Show full video titles • Use square corners for thumbnails and videos • Hide categories in Home • Hide channel banner images • Hide Search with your voice • Enforce theme (desktop version) • Link YouTube logo to Subscriptions (desktop version) • Tidy Guide sidebar (desktop version) • Hide "Latest" bar in Subscriptions (desktop version) • Use grid view for Subscriptions & Search (portrait only) (mobile version) • Hide Explore button in Home (mobile version) • Hide channel list in Subscriptions (mobile version) Embedded videos: • Hide Share button • Hide pause overlay

Screenshots

UnTrap for YouTube4 screens
Control Panel for YouTube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Control Panel for YouTube at none against UnTrap for YouTube's 2. Control Panel for YouTube also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). UnTrap for YouTube's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (520 vs 9). On review sentiment, 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 Control Panel for YouTube $3.99 up front. UnTrap for YouTube sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Control Panel for YouTube asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UnTrap for YouTube holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UnTrap for YouTube has 520 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of UnTrap for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 70% of Control Panel for YouTube's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, Control Panel for YouTube every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
UnTrap for YouTube versus Control Panel for YouTube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnTrap for YouTubeControl Panel for YouTube
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.0 (520 ratings) — better3.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews69.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings520 — better9
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhen TretiakovJ BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN

Customer experience

UnTrap for YouTube

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

Control Panel for YouTube

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative18.2%

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

Control Panel for YouTube

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

Control Panel for YouTube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UnTrap for YouTube free?
UnTrap for YouTube costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Control Panel for YouTube free?
Control Panel for YouTube costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UnTrap for YouTube or Control Panel for YouTube?
UnTrap for YouTube is rated higher. UnTrap for YouTube averages 4.0 out of 5 from 520 ratings, while Control Panel for YouTube averages 3.7 from 9 ratings.
Do UnTrap for YouTube or Control Panel for YouTube have ads?
Neither UnTrap for YouTube nor Control Panel for YouTube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UnTrap for YouTube or Control Panel for YouTube?
UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, and Control Panel for YouTube every 4 days. Most recently, UnTrap for YouTube was updated on November 3, 2026 and Control Panel for YouTube on October 30, 2026.

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