ProTube for YouTube app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
9888 ratings )
Music
Entertainment
Developer:
Jonas Gessner
4.99 USD
Current version:
2.5.9, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 17 Nov 2014
App size: 26.16 Mb
• Video playback in any quality, including 1080p and 4k.
• Full 60fps playback support.
• High quality audio-only playback.
• Background playback.
• No ads, sleek, modern and intuitive design.
ProTube is the ultimate, fully featured YouTube app. With its highly polished design, ProTube offers ad-free video with selectable playback quality, audio-only playback, background playback and adjustable playback speed. You can even manage videos in playlists without signing in with a YouTube account!
1080p 60fps, 4k video playback and the ability to show new uploads from your subscriptions are exclusive feature that no other 3rd party app on the App Store offers!
Main Features:
• Video playback in any quality, from 144p up to 4k Ultra HD.
• 60fps video playback.
• No advertisements or annoying pop ups!
• Audio-only playback in high quality with low bandwidth usage.
• You can sign in with your YouTube account to view and manage your uploads, playlists and subscriptions.
• Watch videos that are blocked on mobile devices.
• Background playback allows audio to keep playing while using other apps or while the screen is locked.
• Discover videos, playlists and channels with the powerful search engine.
• Rate and share videos and add them to playlists even without a YouTube account.
• Play entire playlists with shuffle and repeat options.
• Adjust the playback speed, to view certain moments in slow motion or fast forward.
• View top comments, recent comments, ratings and post your own comments & replies.
• Mirror videos to your TV with Apple TV or Chromecast.
• Customize your experience by choosing your preferred homepage, default playback quality, autoplay setting and more.
• Share videos, playlists and channels with your friends.
• Video and audio playback can be minimized, allowing to browse inside the app while playback continues.
• Split screen and picture in picture support.
• 3D touch integration.
• Full Voice Over support.
• Much more!
60fps, 1440p and 4k playback is only supported on iOS 10 on iPhone 5s or newer and iPad Air or newer.
Following the success of version 1 of ProTube, version 2 of ProTube is now available on the App Store and it is better than ever. ProTube is developed by a frequent YouTube user and is made to deliver the best YouTube experience you can have.
ProTube is a high quality app, made in Germany!
Pros and cons of ProTube for YouTube app for iPhone and iPad
ProTube for YouTube app good for
This is a fantastic app. It offers many great features that Googles YouTube player lacks, such as continuing to play audio when you jump out of the app, great picture-in-picture support, and 4K video.
I would love to see a version of Protube for the Apple TV (totally willing to purchase it as well).
Edit: Not the apps fault, but 4K no longer seems to be available. I am seeing 1440p max.
Incorrect format error is so annoying. Dont waste your money till they fix it.
Edit. Fixed the issue. I wish it has repeat feature.
Need feature like Double Tap to fast-forward and small video thumbnail in home screen
Really cool UI and 4k is awesome as well. Thank you for a great app.
Love this App worth 6.99 that I paid to get it. No ads, Pop out Videos. Mini video Player dont even need the app open to watch YouTube now thanks a lot for making this App its awesome??
Ad blocking, background playing/screen-off playback, and allowable altering of the video quality are major wins for me. It was well worth the money for this app.
Some bad moments
I got this purely for no ads but now in one fell swoop my subscriptions are being pulled off the device because of youtube. I wish I could have my $5 back.
This app is great in most aspects, the only two things I dont like are the design (layout is too dense, with big thumbnails and no easy way to make out text on them) and the 3D Touch implementation to play/pause a video (doesnt work well, or reliably and ends up degrading the experience on iPhone).
I bought this app due to the good reviews, but it was broken. And stayed broken for about 30 full days due to a YouTube API change and no update from this app author. I emailed a question to the official email address listed for support questions and still am waiting three weeks now for a response. I dont think itll come. Downgrading my rating further for now.
The app is fixed now, but I still use the official YouTube app 75% of the time or more.
And sadly, there isnt any "double tap" gesture to scroll forward or backwards in tiny increments in a video unlike the official YouTube app. You have to use the misclick-prone duration slider instead.
Really like the layout and design but this app takes so freaking long to load and play videos on any connection speed. I barely use it anymore unless I want something in the background because it sometimes takes minutes to load videos that the native YouTube app loads instantly.
Subscriptions tab needs to show all videos from all channels, not all videos from one channel! Otherwise seems to work great.
Chromecasting is terminated when phone screen turns off and back on.
Subscriptions and "what to watch" dont load. "No results" error. Fix it please