Control Panel for YouTube vs Threaditor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Threaditor
Craft and schedule microblogs for Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon from a single app. Supports images, polls, and automatic cloud syncing across devices. Upgrade for unlimited scheduling and storage.
- Draft posts for multiple microblogging platforms
- Schedule posts for automatic publishing
- Cloud saving and cross-device syncing
- Add images and polls to posts
- Link and publish to multiple accounts
- Automatic post numbering
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Write, beautify and publish your microblogs all from one place! Threaditor gives you the tools to craft impactful posts for Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon. - Draft threads for popular microblogging platforms all in one place - Schedule your posts so they're always published when you want - Save unlimited threads to the cloud - always pick up where you left off - Link your accounts to automatically publish, and group accounts to post to multiple places at once - Add images and polls to your posts WRITE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Write posts for Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon all from one place. Select your preferred platform to see character and image limits. Schedule up to 3 posts and receive up to 10 MB of image storage for free. BUILT FOR EVERYWHERE Threaditor allows you to write for multiple platforms at the same time, so you can customize the content of your posts to suit each platform's limits and audience. SCHEDULE AND PUBLISH Link your Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon accounts to quickly publish your posts, within Threaditor. Write your posts in advance and schedule them to be published at the perfect time! EVERYTHING, ALL IN ONE PLACE Everything you write is automatically synced to the cloud, no matter the device. ADD MAGIC POST NUMBERS When you add numbers to posts in a thread, Threaditor will keep track of them when you move content around. ADD IMAGES AND POLLS Add images and polls to your drafts on supported platforms, then publish them seamlessly with Threaditor. Images are uploaded to the cloud with your threads! UPGRADE TO PLUS FOR MORE Upgrade to Threaditor Plus to receive: - Unlimited scheduled posts - Unlimited linked accounts - 500 MB of cloud image storage - Account groups (post to multiple places at once!) - Customizable app colors!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Threaditor at Free against Control Panel for YouTube's $3.99. Threaditor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Control Panel for YouTube's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On review sentiment, ads 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
Threaditor is free to download; Control Panel for YouTube costs $3.99 up front. Threaditor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Control Panel for YouTube asks for nothing beyond the download.
Threaditor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Control Panel for YouTube has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Control Panel for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 67% of Threaditor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Control Panel for YouTube ships an update every 5 days, Threaditor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control Panel for YouTube | Threaditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | J BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN | Isaac Shea |
Customer experience
Control Panel for YouTube
Threaditor
In-app purchases
Control Panel for YouTube
No in-app purchases
Threaditor
- Threaditor Plus$9.99
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