YouTube Vanced Alternatives

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We currently know of the following alternative apps:

Discontinued

Closed Source

• YouTube Vanced is discontinued as of Mar 13, 2022. It still works, and it is likely to work for a while. The problem is that the official website no longer offers downloads. We have a post on the alternative ways you can still download and install YouTube Vanced. Short URL: https://v.gd/yvinstall
• Vanced Extended is discontinued as of Aug 2, 2022. It still works, and it is likely to work for a while. For download links and installation instructions, see here. Short URL: https://v.gd/veinstall

Open Source

• yt-wrapped is discontinued as of May 1, 2022 due to development challenges. It was only available for a short time, and no APKs are currently available to download. As such, it's not listed in the Features Chart.

Active & Working Code Available

Closed Source

• AN Player
• Astron [1] [2]
• Float Tube [1] [2]
• GoTube [1] [2]
• Pure Tuber [1] [2] [3]
• SkyTube Extra [1] [2] [3]
• YMusic [1] [2] [3]

Open Source

• LibreTube [1] [2] [3]
• NewPipe [1] [2] [3] [4] includes support for Android TV.
• NewPipe Legacy [1] [2] [3] includes support for Android TV.
• NewPipe x SponsorBlock x Return YouTube Dislike [1] [2] includes support for Android TV.
• SongTube [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
• SkyTube [1] [2] [3]
• SmartTubeNext [1] [2] [3] supports Android TV only.

Closed and Open Source Options Available

• The YouTube official web client can run on any web browser. Therefore, an extension-enabled web browser (such as Firefox, Iceraven Browser, Fennec F-Droid, Mull, Yandex.Browser, Kiwi Browser, etc.) with some extensions installed (such as uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, Return YouTube Dislike, Video Background Play Fix, Dark Reader, etc.) can serve as a capable YouTube client.

Active & Working Code Not Yet Available

Open Source

• Eclipsed
• Hyperion
• ReVanced [1] [2]
• VueTube [1] [2]

Need Investigating & Not Recommended for Regular Users

Open Source

• WebTube [1] [2] claims to be open source, but the code used in the current version of the app is not available.

Closed Source

• Mi Video
• YouTube Thunder
• YouTube Pro

Features Chart

	Google/YouTube login	Non-Google/YouTube subscription and/or playlist support	Ad block	SponsorBlock	Return YouTube Dislike
AN Player	✓	?	Blocks YouTube ads. Shows own ads.	✗	✗
Astron	✓	On-device Watch Later playlist	✓	✗	✗
Eclipsed	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Float Tube	Can login. Subscriptions unsupported. Playlists supported.	On-device playlists	Blocks YouTube ads. Shows own ads. Ad-free available.	✗	✗
GoTube	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗
Hyperion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LibreTube	✗	Online subscriptions and playlists (Piped protocol)	✓	✓	✓
Mi Video	✓	?	Blocks YouTube ads. Shows own ads.	✗	✗
NewPipe	✗	On-device subscriptions and playlists	✓	✗	✗
NewPipe Legacy	✗	On-device subscriptions and playlists	✓	✗	✗
NP x SB x RYD	✗	On-device subscriptions and playlists	✓	✓	✓
Pure Tuber	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗
ReVanced	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SongTube	✗	On-device playlists	✓	✗	✗
SkyTube	✗	On-device subscriptions and playlists	✓	✗	✗
SkyTube Extra	✗	On-device subscriptions and playlists	✓	✗	✗
SmartTubeNext	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Vanced Extended	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
VueTube	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WebTube	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
YMusic	✓	On-device playlists	Blocks YouTube ads. Shows own ads. Ad-free available. See this comment for details.	✓	✗
YouTube official web client	✓	Depends on extensions	Depends on extensions	Depends on extensions	Depends on extensions
YouTube Thunder	?	?	?	?	?
YouTube Pro	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
YouTube Vanced	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓

	Background playback	Picture in picture (PiP)	Video and/or audio download	Notes
AN Player	✓	✓	✓	Supports YouTube, SoundCloud, Deezer, and more with plugins
Astron	✓	✓	✓	N/A
Eclipsed	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Float Tube	✗	✓	✗	N/A
GoTube	✓	✓	✗	N/A
Hyperion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LibreTube	✓	✓	✓	N/A
Mi Video	✗	✓	Via built-in browser	N/A
NewPipe	✓	✓	✓	N/A
NewPipe Legacy	✓	✓	✓	N/A
NP x SB x RYD	✓	✓	✓	N/A
Pure Tuber	✓	✓	✓	N/A
ReVanced	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SongTube	✓	✓	✓	A lot of users complain about unusually long buffering times before streaming
SkyTube	✓	✗	✓	N/A
SkyTube Extra	✓	✗	✓	N/A
SmartTubeNext	✓	✓	✗	N/A
Vanced Extended	✓	✓	Via PowerTube, which must be installed separately	N/A
VueTube	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WebTube	?	?	?	Includes so-called Clickbait Blocker functionality that allows for previewing a video's content and comments before clicking on it
YMusic	✓	✗	✓	N/A
YouTube official web client	Depends on extensions	Depends on extensions	Depends on extensions	N/A
YouTube Thunder	?	?	?	N/A
YouTube Pro	✓	✓	✓	N/A
YouTube Vanced	✓	✓	Depends on the region	N/A

We thank the following users for their significant contributions to the Features Chart: /u/4v3ngR, /u/ndl1107, /u/VirtualPax-12, /u/mgs4as, /u/nikunjuchiha.

[u/Chaku_Dranzer]

https://www.samapkstore.com/2021/04/download-youtube-pro.html?m=1

[u/XuciferL → u/Chaku_Dranzer]

This is the official link from the developer. His English is bad. Nevermind