Comparison

Control Panel for YouTube vs Harvest

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

Head to head
About

Control Panel for YouTube

Enhance your YouTube experience by blocking ads, customizing the player, and hiding unwanted elements. This tool offers extensive control over video lists, comments, and Shorts, providing a cleaner, more personalized viewing environment.

Highlights
  • Block ads and sponsored videos
  • Customize video player UI
  • Hide unwanted sections and elements
  • Control Shorts behavior
  • Restore YouTube features
  • Download video transcripts
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

About

Harvest

Instantly condense long articles, videos, and discussions into concise summaries with key takeaways. Choose from multiple AI models and sync your saved summaries across devices. Perfect for research, news catch-up, and managing your digital content overload.

Highlights
  • One-tap sharing from any app
  • Summarize articles, videos, and threads
  • Choice of AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini)
  • Save and search summaries
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, web)
  • Summarize content in multiple languages
Features
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One tap from Share — Safari, YouTube, Messages, anywhere. Long articles, podcasts, and 1-hour talks become a concise summary + key points. Pick your AI: Claude, GPT, or Gemini. Save, scrap, and search every summary across iPhone, iPad, and the web. How it works 1. Find a long article, video, or thread anywhere on iOS 2. Tap Share → choose Harvest 3. Get a concise summary, key points, and a quick "is this worth reading?" verdict — in seconds What you can summarize • Long-form articles — Medium, Substack, news sites, blogs • YouTube videos — including 1-hour talks, lectures, and podcasts • Reddit threads, X/Twitter discussions, forum posts • Newsletters and email links • Korean, Japanese, English content (input in most languages) • Anything with a Share button on iOS Why people switch to Harvest • One tap from the Share Sheet — no copy-paste, no new tab • Pick your AI — Claude, GPT, and Gemini all available • Save what matters — favorite summaries and save key sentences as scraps • Find it again, fast — search across every summary you've ever made • Read across languages — English content, Korean summary (or vice versa) • Cross-device sync — iPhone, iPad, web. Your library follows you Perfect for • Research and study — get a quick read on a paper before committing • Daily news catch-up — scan the day's headlines as concise summaries • YouTube backlog — clear your "watch later" without watching every minute • Newsletter overload — quickly get the gist of every issue • Team links — know what someone shared before you click • Long Reddit/forum threads — see the gist before scrolling Privacy and trust • Summaries are generated by your selected AI provider (Claude, GPT, or Gemini). Source content is sent to that provider strictly to produce the summary. • Your library is private by default. Public sharing is opt-in, scoped to a single summary, and revocable. • For full details, see harvest.pub/privacy-policy. FAQ Q. Which sites are supported? A. Anywhere with an iOS Share button — Safari, YouTube, news apps, Reddit, Medium, Substack, Slack/Discord links, RSS readers, and more. Q. How long can a video be? A. Most 1–2 hour talks, podcasts, and lectures work fine. Q. Can I switch AI models per summary? A. Yes. Pick the default model in Settings; switch any time without losing your library. Q. What if a page is paywalled or login-required? A. Harvest summarizes whatever it can fetch from the shared URL. Pages behind a login may return a partial result; sharing the rendered article view from Reader Mode usually works. Q. What about my data? A. Summaries are generated by your selected AI provider. For details on what we collect and how it's used, see our privacy policy at harvest.pub/privacy-policy. Q. Do I need an account? A. Sign in once with Apple or Google to sync across devices. That's it. Sign in with Apple supported.

Screenshots

Control Panel for YouTube4 screens
Harvest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Harvest at Free against Control Panel for YouTube's $3.99. Harvest also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Control Panel for YouTube's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Harvest is free to download; Control Panel for YouTube costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harvest holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Control Panel for YouTube's written reviews are positive against 100% of Harvest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control Panel for YouTube ships an update every 5 days, Harvest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Control Panel for YouTube versus Harvest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControl Panel for YouTubeHarvest
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (10 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB64 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJ BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANANTab0 Inc.

Customer experience

Control Panel for YouTube

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative18.2%

Harvest

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Control Panel for YouTube

No in-app purchases

None

Harvest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control Panel for YouTube free?
Control Panel for YouTube costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Harvest free?
Harvest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control Panel for YouTube or Harvest?
Harvest is rated higher. Control Panel for YouTube averages 3.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Harvest averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Control Panel for YouTube or Harvest have ads?
Neither Control Panel for YouTube nor Harvest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control Panel for YouTube or Harvest?
Control Panel for YouTube ships an update every 5 days, and Harvest every 3 weeks. Most recently, Control Panel for YouTube was updated on November 8, 2026 and Harvest on November 4, 2026.

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