Unwatched for YouTube

Player & Watch Later Queue

Pentland Firth Software GmbH

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Description

Follow YouTube channels or add Videos to watch them later KEY FEATURES • The Queue No autoplay, no algorithmic bottomless feed. Just the Videos queued up in the order you want to. • Follow Channels or Playlist Automatically add new videos • Triage Choose where new videos of each channel should end up. Directly on top of the queue, or in your inbox to sort through them. Pick the best, leave the rest. • Sick of #shorts? Hide them all if you want. • Custom Playback Speed Per Channel Set custom speeds for any channel. Want to watch trailers in 1x and podcasts in 2x? You can. • Chapter Support Jump to any chapter or pick and choose a few to watch while skipping the rest. MORE • Picture-in-Picture (+ Background Audio) • Drag and drop videos & channel urls • Shortcut support • Continuous play • Notifications • Sleep Timer • Custom Themes • Directly Import YouTube Subscriptions • iCloud Sync

Release Notes

# Audio Podcast Support - Add regular audio-only podcasts, continuous play can seamlessly switch between YouTube videos and RSS podcasts - Generate transcript - Auto-align podcast-provided transcripts with audio if needed - Trim silence (Premium) - Automatically download podcasts - OPML import # Tag Support (Premium) - Group videos, channels or podcasts into tags - Options to include/exclude channels, untagged channels, podcasts, or individual videos - Filter Queue based on tags - Quickly switch between tags by swiping left/right on the title bar (or enabling quick switch and simply tap it) - Custom tag settings: seek duration, playback speed & continuous play # Unified Search - Search YouTube, Podcasts, play/add videos or subscribe to channels without visiting the YouTube website - Filter search based on category or time - Choose to show or hide recommended videos # Apple Watch App - Playback controls for iPhone - Supports full sync & standalone playback # Native player (Experimental) - Enables reliable background playback & controls, at the cost of a lower video quality & no YouTube history sync - Option to use minimized "custom overlays" full quality player - "Prefer player type" setting to quickly switch between native player & previous selection - Auto-enable PiP when leaving the app, or keep it audio only (long press the PiP button to enable/disable) - Allows starting playback without opening the app first # Inbox Cards - Alternative layout to quickly triage inbox, one video at a time - Quickly switch between card view and list view - Sort inbox ascending or descending # More Filters - Skip intro/outro - Auto skip chapters: re-applies unchecked chapters to future chapters (Premium) # Native Share Sheet - Redesigned native share sheet, no setup required - Pick the video action manually or set one to trigger automatically - Directly subscribe to channel URLs # Player Controls - iOS 27: easy to reach play button at the bottom - Compact speed control (scroll up/down to quickly change speed) - Prominent player seek buttons - Re-arrange chapters to play in any order - Per-channel override for sponsor & self promotion chapters - Edge swipe inwards in landscape fullscreen to view description/chapters # Shortcuts - Generate chapters via Cloud AI & iOS 27 notification automation (Premium) - "Get list" - "Get current" expanded - "Play Next" - "Play": start background playback, or play a specific tag - "Set Chapters": merge into existing ones and set categories - "Set Playback Speed" - "Get transcript": generate transcript locally for Podcasts - Playback: Shift+C to clear - Menu command: View → Back # Smaller Stuff - iPhone Duo support - Global and per subscription setting to hide livestreams (Premium) - Video detail view no longer shows up as a dedicated sheet - Option to "show more" videos directly on the subscription page without opening YouTube - iPad layout tweaks - Onboarding: quickly add subscriptions/Podcasts - Buttons to add YouTube links directly from the description - Hide "AI" overlay for custom & minimal UI - Smooth fade transition between videos - Snap scrubber to chapter marks - Url scheme: add to inbox (unwatched://inbox?url=...) - Fallback relaid when YouTube RSS feeds are down # Improvements - Fetch channel images more reliable - macOS UI & interaction improvements - visionOS improvements & fixes - Improved current playback position sync between devices - Pasting an URL opens the added content - Allow adding subscriptions with RSS feeds unreachable - Arrow keys follow custom seek duration - Show warning if logged out of YouTube - Improved reliability of YouTube refresh failure check - Persist player tab macOS: remove outline of selected entry - Improved video chapter detection - Bug fixes & performance improvements

October 22, 2026 • v2.0.0All release notes

App Details

Size	128.8 MB
Initial release	July 19, 2024
Price	Free
Platforms	Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPhone, Apple Vision, and iPad
Languages	English, French, German, Polish, and Spanish
Category	Entertainment
Website	github.com/fer0n/Unwatched

Compatibility
iPhone	Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad	Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac	Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
Apple Vision	Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Apple TV	Requires tvOS 26.0 or later.
Apple Watch	Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.