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SkyTube

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SkyTube is an app that lets you watch YouTube videos on your Android device without ads, sign-in, or Google services. It has some features that the official YouTube app does not have.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • International

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • YouTube
  • F-Droid
  • Android TV
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3.5 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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3comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  YouTube background listening
  3.  Content Filtering
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Works Offline
  6.  Picture in Picture
  7.  Cloud Sync
  8.  Windows to Apple TV

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SkyTube information

  • Developed by

    SkyTubeTeam

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5

  • Alternatives

    80 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Albanian
    • Arabic
    • Basque
    • Chinese
    • French
    • Galician
    • German
    • Hindi
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Lithuanian
    • Polish
    • Panjabi, Punjabi
    • Russian
    • Spanish
    • Turkmen
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese

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GitHub repository

  •  2,530 Stars
  •  336 Forks
  •  242 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 14, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about SkyTube, and it has gotten 55 likes

SkyTube was added to AlternativeTo by David on Nov 30, 2016 and this page was last updated Oct 27, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Cora
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Dec 6, 2018
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I use SkyTube on my LineageOS phone, and it works perfectly for people who don't want to have a Google account, but still wish to keep up with their video subscriptions. It allows 'subscribing to' or 'bookmarking' channels for later viewing, shows when new videos have been added to those channels, allows you to download videos for offline viewing, etc. Even better, it's free and open-source, and available on F-Droid!

Top Negative Comment
Salvador
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Aug 14, 2020
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Not as useful as NewPiped where you can reproduce the similar videos automatically. At least, I did not see the option here. I like that you can hide tabs as popular or trending, though. Not using that one.

Unk42 Roman M
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Apr 16, 2019
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He has aggressive updates. Versions 2.28 and older have stopped playing videos.

What is SkyTube?

SkyTube is an app that lets you watch YouTube videos on your Android device without ads, sign-in, or Google services. It has some features that the official YouTube app does not have.

Such as:

  • Video blocker: You can block videos or channels based on various criteria, such as language, views, or dislikes.
  • Video downloader: You can download videos for offline viewing or background playback.
  • Video bookmarks: You can bookmark videos for later watching or resume from where you left off.
  • Video swipe controls: You can adjust the volume, brightness, comments, or description by swiping on the screen.
  • Channel subscriptions: You can subscribe to channels and get notifications without a YouTube account.
  • SponsorBlock: You can skip sponsored segments in videos.

SkyTube is a copylefted libre / open source software licensed under GPL-3.0. You can download it from its website or from F-Droid. You can also contribute to its development or translation on GitHub or Weblate.

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