Control Panel for YouTube vs There's a Cat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Block ads and sponsored videos
- Customize video player UI
- Hide unwanted sections and elements
- Control Shorts behavior
- Restore YouTube features
- Download video transcripts
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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
There's a Cat
This app offers a minimalist clock and Pomodoro timer featuring a serene, monochrome room with a cat. It's designed to provide a calming background presence for your workspace or bedside, with dynamic lighting and ambient sounds that change with the real time of day.
- Monochrome room with cat animation
- Dynamic lighting shifts with time of day
- Ambient soundscape and rain effects
- Pomodoro timer for focus sessions
- Calming desk clock
- Silhouette cat movements
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"There's a Cat" is a clock and Pomodoro timer set inside a quiet, monochrome room — with a cat living in it. Keep it on the corner of your desk while you work. Every time you glance over, the cat is there. It's designed to sit quietly in the background, never getting in the way of your focus. ■ The cat's quiet day A silhouette cat lives freely inside the room. It yawns, grooms itself, gazes out the window, and curls up to sleep again. We've focused on the small details — twitching ears, a swaying tail — that bring a cat to life through shadow alone. ■ A clock you can watch The screen shows a large clock and a monochrome room. The lighting shifts through morning, noon, evening, and night, in sync with the real time of day. Rain comes and goes outside the window, and the ambient sounds of the room change with it. ■ Pomodoro timer A simple Pomodoro timer is built in to mark your focus and break sessions. The cat and the room stay center stage the whole time. Only a soft bell marks each interval. ■ Made for ・A calm clock to sit on your work desk ・A short cat-watching break between focus sessions ・A quiet view by your bed before sleep ・To gently add a cat's quiet presence to your day ■ Features ・A colorless world built from light and shadow alone ・Lighting that shifts naturally with the time of day ・Occasional rain and a gentle ambient soundscape ・Natural cat motion expressed entirely through silhouette ・Clock view and Pomodoro timer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: There's a Cat at $0.99 against Control Panel for YouTube's $3.99. On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Control Panel for YouTube costs $3.99 and There's a Cat $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Control Panel for YouTube | There's a Cat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | J BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN | Yohei Igarashi |
In-app purchases
Control Panel for YouTube
No in-app purchases
There's a Cat
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Control Panel for YouTube free?
Is There's a Cat free?
Do Control Panel for YouTube or There's a Cat have ads?
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