DeArrow for YouTube vs DevHours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Crowdsourced titles and thumbnails
- Customizable title formatting
- Random thumbnail selection
- Avoids clickbait and sensationalism
- Supports third-party YouTube front-ends
- Configurable options
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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
DevHours
This app offers simple time tracking for developers, allowing them to log work hours by project and task type. It features a one-tap timer, local data storage, and privacy-focused design. Generate reports and export data in CSV format.
- One-tap timer
- Project and task organization
- Categorize work types
- Daily time summaries
- Detailed reports
- CSV data export
- Offline data storage
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DevHours is a straightforward time tracking app built for developers who want to track their work hours without the complexity of enterprise software. Features: • One-tap timer - Start and stop tracking with a single tap • Projects & Work Items - Organize time by project and task (tickets, issues, PRs) • Task Types - Categorize work as Development, Meeting, Code Review, Testing, Documentation, or Other • Daily Summary - See today's entries at a glance with total hours • Reports - View time breakdowns by day, project, or task type • Custom Date Ranges - Filter reports by today, this week, this month, or custom dates • CSV Export - Export your time entries for analysis • Offline First - All data stored locally on your device • Privacy Focused - No accounts, no tracking, no data leaves your device • Dark Theme - Easy on the eyes during late night coding sessions Perfect for: - Developers tracking project work - Anyone who wants simple, private time tracking Free and open source.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DevHours at Free against DeArrow for YouTube's $1.99. DevHours also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). DeArrow for YouTube's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases 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
DevHours 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.
DevHours holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeArrow for YouTube has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of DeArrow for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 100% of DevHours's.
DeArrow for YouTube ships an update every 3 weeks, DevHours every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeArrow for YouTube | DevHours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ajay Ramachandran | NATHAN CARLISLE FOX |
Customer experience
DeArrow for YouTube
DevHours
In-app purchases
DeArrow for YouTube
No in-app purchases
DevHours
No in-app purchases
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