CueTube vs VideoVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CueTube
Bookmark specific moments in YouTube videos for quick recall. Revisit tutorials, lectures, or songs with precise timestamps. Offers playback controls like speed adjustment and looping for focused learning.
- Bookmark YouTube video moments
- Jump to bookmarked timestamps
- Fine-grained playback speed control
- Loop specific video sections
- Organize bookmarks into folders
- Paste YouTube links directly
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Bookmark any moment in a YouTube video and jump back with one tap. Watching a tutorial, lecture, or song? Drop a marker at the exact second you need. Come back to it anytime — no scrubbing, no searching. Perfect for students, musicians, and anyone who rewatches the same moments. PLAYBACK CONTROL • Fine-grained speed control — slow down or speed up any video • Custom speed settings — enable only the speeds you use • Loop any video with one tap — repeat until it clicks • AB repeat — set a start and end point to loop a specific section • Song markers and saved loops — name a section and jump back to it with one tap • Adjustable rewind and fast-forward step BOOKMARKS & FOLDERS • Save any YouTube video as a bookmark instantly • Organise bookmarks into folders • Drag and drop bookmarks between folders • Quick access bookmark panel — your most used videos one tap away SIMPLE VIDEO LOADING • Paste any YouTube link directly from clipboard • No searching, no distractions — straight to the video CLEAN DESIGN • Collapsible controls — hide the bar and focus on the content • Adapts to iPhone and iPad • Landscape and portrait support SUBSCRIPTION CueTube offers a subscription to unlock the full feature set. A free trial is available. Perfect for: • Music students learning by ear • Language learners shadowing native speakers • Students reviewing lecture recordings • Anyone who learns better by watching — slowly, repeatedly, precisely.
VideoVault
This app transforms YouTube into a safe, curated video library for children. Parents approve all content, ensuring kids only see what's selected, without recommendations or distractions. It offers a controlled viewing experience focused on educational and timeless videos.
- Parental approval for all content
- Blocks YouTube recommendations and autoplay
- Organize videos with tags and playlists
- Offline library export and import
- PIN-protected parent mode
- Search YouTube within the app
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VideoVault turns YouTube into a parent-curated library for your kid. You decide what gets in. The kid sees only what you approved — nothing else. How it works • In parent mode, paste a YouTube URL — a video, a playlist, or a whole channel — and pick how many videos to import. • Imports go to a review queue. Tap to preview, then approve or reject. Tag, sort, and organize however helps you. • Switch to kid mode (the default on launch) and your child sees a clean, friendly home with the videos you approved. No suggestions. No autoplay into unrelated videos. No way out of the player to YouTube proper. What makes VideoVault different • Approval-only. Nothing reaches your kid until you've explicitly OK'd it. • No algorithm. YouTube's "up next" recommendations are hidden during playback. Your kid watches what you chose, in the order you chose, then comes back to your home screen. • One device, one kid. No accounts. No cloud. No multi-profile system to navigate. Each iPad gets its own library, curated for the kid using it. • You own your data. Everything lives on the device. Nothing is sent to our servers (we don't have any). Export your library as a JSON file at any time and import it onto another iPad. • Bring your own API key. Each install uses your personal YouTube Data API key, so usage is isolated to your family and effectively free. We walk you through the 5-minute setup. Built for the kinds of content that don't expire Educational videos, music, classic shows, how-to channels, nature footage — the kind of YouTube content that's just as good a year from now as it was the day it was published. There's no "fresh content" pressure, no notification spam about new uploads, no sync system. Curate once, watch forever. Parent mode includes: • A 5-tab control panel (Library, Review Queue, Sources, Tags, Settings) • Search YouTube directly from inside the app and add results in one tap • Default tags per source — automatically tag every imported video from a channel • Promoted tags that appear as their own row on your kid's home • PIN-protected mode switch with escalating-timeout protection against guessing • Export and import your whole library as JSON • Demo mode that lets you try the app before setting up an API key What we will not do: • Sell ads • Track your child • Recommend content • Sync your library to a server • Show "new uploads" notifications • Require any account, login, or subscription A tip jar in Settings supports continued development if you find the app valuable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: VideoVault at free against CueTube's freemium. VideoVault also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. CueTube sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and VideoVault sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CueTube ships an update monthly, VideoVault every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CueTube | VideoVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gerard Grundy | PETER ANTHONY SCHUSTER |
Customer experience
CueTube
VideoVault
In-app purchases
CueTube
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- 6 Month Subscription$19.996 Months
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- Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
VideoVault
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99









