UnTrap for YouTube vs Unhook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Unhook
This app blocks the YouTube news feed, preventing endless scrolling and distracting content. It allows users to access YouTube for specific videos without falling down rabbit holes of unrelated content. Enjoy a more focused viewing experience.
- Blocks YouTube news feed
- Eliminates distractions
- Focused YouTube usage
- No ads
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Let's face it, how many times have we gone to YouTube for something specific only to end up watching a video on beluga whales doing somersaults? Say Good By to that with the YouTube News Feed BLOCKED. So you Use YouTube Without Getting Used by it. Unhook Mobile App | News Feed Eradicator | DF Tube Terms of Use: https://www.betimeful.com/eula https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Unhook at Free against UnTrap for YouTube's $4.99. Unhook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13). UnTrap for YouTube's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (62% vs 37%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Unhook 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. Unhook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Unhook holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 514 and 271 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of UnTrap for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 37% of Unhook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UnTrap for YouTube ships an update fortnightly, Unhook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UnTrap for YouTube | Unhook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (514 ratings) | 4.2 (271 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better | 37.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 514 — better | 271 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yevhen Tretiakov | Be Timeful Inc |
Customer experience
UnTrap for YouTube
Unhook
User reviews
UnTrap for YouTube
From 514 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
Unhook
From 271 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps stop doomscrolling
- 👍 Great for avoiding distractions
- 👍 Good for limiting shorts use
- 👍 Helps curb YouTube addiction
- 👍 Blocks addictive ads
Room to improve
- 💸 Scam, keeps billing
- 💸 Unusable without subscription
- 💸 Forced to unlock pro
- 💸 Dark patterns, scammy design
- 💸 Money grab
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
Unhook
Reported bugs
17 issues- Videos don't open
- Cancel subscription button doesn't work
- Constant error code 152-4
- Daily progress resets
- App is glitchy
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- Search results don't appear or scroll quickly
- Shows only thumbnails and prompts to subscribe
- App won't let you do anything without Screen Time access
- Can't find Screen Time permission in settings
- App directs to BeTimeful after finding Unhook online
- No features in free version
- Blank screens and few settings
- No instructions
- Can't tap on free plan option
- Spammed with pop-ups to use pro
- Doesn't show feed initially
- Makes it hard to scroll through shorts
Requested features
5 requests- Extension for Safari on iPhone
- Allow free version use without forced pro
- Clearer instructions for screen time permission
- Option to sign out of YouTube account
- Ad-free use without review manipulation
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
Unhook
No in-app purchases
