SkyTube is an alternative, free, open-source YouTube application for Android. It allows you to use YouTube comfortably without the need for Google/YouTube account and hence this app only offers read-only access to YouTube.
Innovative Features
Video blocker which includes the following features:
Channel blacklisting
Channel whitelisting
Block videos if their language is not the same as the user’s preferred one(s)
Low views video blocking
High dislikes video blocking
Icon in the toolbar displaying how many videos were blocked
Videos watched or partially watched are marked accordingly. Resume playing feature also implemented.
Video swipe controls, including volume, brightness, comments and video description controls.
Bookmark videos
Import subscriptions from YouTube
Play channels’ playlists
Download videos
Ability to play the video faster – or slower than live. [New!]
View and download video thumbnails
Doesn’t display any adverts when browsing or playing videos
Backup and restore bookmarks and subscriptions (all stored locally on your device)
Traditional Features
Explore Featured and Most Popular videos
Browse YouTube channels
Play YouTube videos
View video comments
Search videos, music and channels
Channel subscription & non-intrusive notifications
Subscriptions feed
More features will be added in the near future.
Why SkyTube?
Free and Open-Source
Innovative design
No intrusive ads
Multilingual
Not dependent on GAPPS/Google Apps (i.e. YouTube official app)
No need for Google/YouTube account to operate
My code does not spy on your behaviour!
