Control Panel for YouTube Downloads & RevenueControl Panel for YouTube · App Store
Control Panel for YouTube is #12 in Productivity Paid in Japan and charting in 3 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJ BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN
CategoryProductivity
Price3.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 3.8 (10)
Version1.38.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
Control Panel for YouTube update history & changes
Last change · 29 events since 25 Feb 2024Full timeline ↓📈New best rank in the overall chart: #103📦Updated to version 1.38.1📈Entered the top 100📦Now updating weekly🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 29 events
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube new best rank in the overall chart: #103Top Paid · All Apps · JP
- 📦Control Panel for YouTube updated to version 1.38.1• Hide suggested sections now also hides Watch & Play in Related on desktop
• Fixed hiding the new Experiencing interruptions? popup on desktop
• Fixed more Experiencing interruptions? artificial player delays on desktop - 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · GB
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · KR
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · TR
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · AU
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📦Control Panel for YouTube: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Control Panel for YouTube updated to version 1.38.0• Added an option to hide Ask YouTube and AI suggestions on desktop (default: enabled)
• Added an option to hide GIFs in comments (default: enabled)
• Reduced delay when hiding the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup on desktop
• Hiding Search with your voice now works in the Ask YouTube search input
• Fixed hiding watched videos on mobile
• Fixed disabling Autoplay on mobile
• Fixed hiding stream VODs on mobile
• Fixed blocking channels on mobile
• Fixed "Hide channel" menu item on mobile to match recent YouTube UI changes
• Fixed hidden channels controls in the options page not being styled as sub-options… more - 📦Control Panel for YouTube updated to version 1.37.2• Fixed conflicts with uBlock Origin (etc.) when Block ads is disabled
• Fixed redirecting Shorts to the normal player on desktop - 📦Control Panel for YouTube updated to version 1.37.1• Added an EXPERIMENTAL option to disable the new watch page layout on desktop
• Added an option to disable AI-generated video chapters (default: enabled)
• Added an option to restore showing views on a separate line in Home and Subscriptions on desktop
• Added an option to hide Notifications on desktop
• Improved performance of waiting for elements to appear
• Tweak CSS is now applied sooner
• Fixed disabling video previews on desktop
• Fixed disabling themed hover on related video menu buttons on desktop
• Fixed Grid items per row's Auto +1/+2/+3 options having incorrect text in Safari due to a Safari Web Extensions bug
• Fixed hiding Shorts metadata until hover
• Fixed hiding shorts related link from same channel
• Fixed hiding Shorts music links
• Removed the Always show Shorts progress bar option as YouTube no longer seems to hide it… more - 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · FR
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 10Top Paid · Productivity · JP
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · US
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · ES
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 100Top Paid · Productivity · JP
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube entered the top 10Top Paid · Productivity · CA
- 📈Control Panel for YouTube charting in a new countryCanada
- 📦Control Panel for YouTube updated to version 1.36.0• Added an option to hide the new views icon on desktop
• Added an option to hide thumbnail badges (New, 4K etc.)
• Added an option to open channels on the Videos tab by default instead of Home on desktop
• Added an option to disable the "Video paused. Continue watching?" popup on desktop
• Added an option to hide the new side menu being A/B tested on the watch page on desktop (default: enabled)
• Tweaked options page styling and made option group headers sticky
• Added a new option group for Channel page options
• Fixed hiding low view Related videos with the new play icon UI on desktop
• Fixed new variants of pink progress bars which weren't being reverted to red
• Fixed restoring list view headings with the new play icon views layout on desktop… more - 🆕Control Panel for YouTube first spotted by AppInsider#66 in Top Paid · Productivity · Germany
- 📦Control Panel for YouTube version 1.35.2• Fixed handling a channel's Videos tab on desktop when it don't have a Home/Featured tab
- 🆕Control Panel for YouTube released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.8 ★
10 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#12
Productivity PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
1
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
Control Panel for YouTube on the App Store
App details
App ID
6478456678
Publisher
J BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN
On the store since
Feb 2024
2 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
1 MB
Also listed in
Utilities
Control Panel for YouTube downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Control Panel for YouTube's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | ProductivityPaid | #12 |
| Japan | All AppsPaid | #103 |
| Germany | ProductivityPaid | #33 |
 United Kingdom | ProductivityPaid | #39 |
Apps near Control Panel for YouTube on the chart
Productivity Paid, around #12.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.8 ★
10 ratings
Measured
Ratings
10
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
56/100
faster than 60% of Productivity apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Control Panel for YouTube
From the 8 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the extension's ability to customize YouTube's interface and remove algorithmic distractions like Shorts. However, recent updates have caused functionality issues, including broken settings for video layout and comment hiding.
Mixed but leaning positive (63% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content. The main complaints are about missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “I am so sick and tired of algorithmic content in YT and twitter, and today I discovered and my mind is at ease”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Now, no option to sort by date at all”
About Control Panel for YouTube
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
• 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
Latest updates
1.38.1
• Hide suggested sections now also hides Watch & Play in Related on desktop
• Fixed hiding the new Experiencing interruptions? popup on desktop
• Fixed more Experiencing interruptions? artificial player delays on desktop
1.38.0
• Added an option to hide Ask YouTube and AI suggestions on desktop (default: enabled)
• Added an option to hide GIFs in comments (default: enabled)
• Reduced delay when hiding the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup on desktop
• Hiding Search with your voice now works in the Ask YouTube search input
• Fixed hiding watched videos on mobile
• Fixed disabling Autoplay on mobile
• Fixed hiding stream VODs on mobile
• Fixed blocking channels on mobile
• Fixed "Hide channel" menu item on mobile to match recent YouTube UI changes
• Fixed hidden channels controls in the options page not being styled as sub-options
1.37.2
• Fixed conflicts with uBlock Origin (etc.) when Block ads is disabled
• Fixed redirecting Shorts to the normal player on desktop
