Comparison

DeArrow for YouTube vs GWC Setup

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

Head to head
About

DeArrow for YouTube

This browser extension helps you avoid clickbait on YouTube by allowing users to submit and vote on better titles and thumbnails. It offers customizable title formatting and random thumbnail selection, ensuring a more accurate and less sensational viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Crowdsourced titles and thumbnails
  • Customizable title formatting
  • Random thumbnail selection
  • Avoids clickbait and sensationalism
  • Supports third-party YouTube front-ends
  • Configurable options
Features
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DeArrow is a browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal of DeArrow is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. Titles can be any arbitrary text. Thumbnails are screenshots from specific timestamps in the video. These are user submitted and voted on. By default, if there are no submissions, it will format the original title to the user-specified format, and set a screenshot from a random timestamp as the thumbnail. This can be configured in the options to disable formatting, or show the original thumbnail by default. If the original thumbnail is actually good, you can still vote for it in the submission menu, and then it will act like a submission. No more dealing with clickbait, arrows, or annoying faces. Users can submit better titles and thumbnails for each video and vote on them. How does DeArrow differ from Clickbait Remover for YouTube? - Unlike Clickbait Remover, DeArrow's main purpose is for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails - When a crowdsourced title is not available, DeArrow will auto-format it according to your setting, but does it in a more sophisticated way than Clickbait Remover. Instead of only setting all words to lower case, or capitalizing every word, DeArrow supports casing systems such as "Title Case" and "Sentence case". These will still allow acronyms and proper names to remain capitalized. - When a crowdsourced thumbnail is not available, DeArrow by default shows a screenshot at a random timestamp in the video. Clickbait Remover's thumbnails use YouTube auto-generated thumbnails, and while they are seemingly random, they are chosen by a machine learning algorithm to favor faces with expressions, and other overstimulating features. DeArrow uses truly random timestamps generated by its own server. DeArrow will also check the SponsorBlock database to ensure the randomized thumbnail is not inside of a sponsor segment. --- Source code: https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow Permissions: Access your data for youtube.com, www.youtube-nocookie.com: - Used to modify the YouTube webpage This add-on may also **ask*" to access data for any website: - You can add your own instances of 3rd party YouTube front-ends, and it will ask for permission to modify each site you add - It will never ask for permission for all sites, only the sites you request - Invidious support is not finished at the moment

About

GWC Setup

Features
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The application will allow you to configure a wifi connection that the device will use to connect to the internet and sync the monitored data.

Screenshots

DeArrow for YouTube2 screens
GWC Setup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GWC Setup at Free against DeArrow for YouTube's $1.99. GWC Setup also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). DeArrow for YouTube's advantage is chart position (#169 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

GWC Setup is free to download; DeArrow for YouTube costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeArrow for YouTube ships an update every 3 weeks, GWC Setup every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
DeArrow for YouTube versus GWC Setup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeArrow for YouTubeGWC Setup
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAjay RamachandranHigeco S.r.l.

In-app purchases

None

DeArrow for YouTube

No in-app purchases

None

GWC Setup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeArrow for YouTube free?
DeArrow for YouTube costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GWC Setup free?
GWC Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeArrow for YouTube or GWC Setup have ads?
Neither DeArrow for YouTube nor GWC Setup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeArrow for YouTube or GWC Setup?
DeArrow for YouTube ships an update every 3 weeks, and GWC Setup every 11 days. Most recently, DeArrow for YouTube was updated on October 27, 2026 and GWC Setup on October 25, 2026.

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