Top 10 applications to replace Youtube Vanced

The popular YouTube Vanced app will be discontinued following a legal threat from Google. While YouTube Vanced will continue to work for anyone who currently has the app installed on their Android device, without any future updates, the app may stop working soon. at some point in time.

If you are trying to find an alternative to YouTube Vanced, read the following article to get yourself a suitable option!

1. NewPipe

NewPipe is a lightweight YouTube front-end for Android. It doesn't need YouTube-API or any Google Play Services, because NewPipe just parses YouTube website.

The main features of NewPipe include:

1. Play in the background
2. No ads
3. Convert YouTube videos to MP3/MP4
4. Download videos from Youtube
5. Download YouTube playlists
6. Reduce mobile data usage
7. Alexa integration
8. There is an incognito mode
9. Autoplay
10. Lightweight, uses less system resources
11. No registration required
12. Focus on privacy
13. Subtitle support
14. Text-to-speech

2. VidLii

Tired of all the problems YouTube has? Are you tired of bots reviewing your videos for offensive content instead of real people? Remember the old YouTube with its customization, community, and platform you could grow on? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll love VidLii. This site mimics the old YouTube interface. However, the site fixes many of the issues YouTube has, like lack of customizability and community issues.

VidLii provides a platform for users to freely upload videos, with principles of keeping the environment friendly while not sacrificing your free voice. You can upload anything from social commentary to satire. This site is awesome and has a lot of potential to take over YouTube in the future.

The main features of VidLii include:

1. Customizable
2. Support multiple languages
3. Community based
4. Video sharing support
5. Built-in commenting system
6. Support for SD video

3. TubeMate

TubeMate allows you to download videos to your device's SD card for offline viewing. Google controversially removed all YouTube downloaders from Google Play, but it is still available in other Android markets as SAM - SlideME Application Manager. This application is not open source and contains ads, but it is free.

The main features of TubeMate include:

1. Download videos from Youtube
2. Record audio
3. Download YouTube playlist
4. Record video
5. Video Converter
6. Listen in the background
7. Convert YouTube videos to MP3/MP4

4. SaveFrom

This is a service that allows downloading mp3 files from YouTube, downloading YouTube videos, as well as audio and video from many different websites and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

The main features of SaveFrom.net include:

1. There is an extension for Google Chrome
2. Apps that support Chromecast
3. Download videos from Facebook
4. Support finding duplicate files
5. Hardware monitoring
6. Instagram integration
7. Convert YouTube videos to MP4

5. Minitube

Minitube is a YouTube desktop application. With Minitube, you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: Just enter a keyword, Minitube will give you an endless video stream.

Minitube does not require Flash Player. Minitube does not copy YouTube's original web interface, but aims to create a new TV-like experience.

For Linux, the application is free and open source. For Windows and MacOS, there is a free version and a commercial version. The commercial version includes email support and free future updates.

6. FreeTubeApp

FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player, built with privacy in mind. With FreeTube, you get the same experience as using YouTube without ads and prevent Google from tracking you with cookies and JavaScript. FreeTube is available for Windows, Mac and Linux thanks to Electron.

The main features of FreeTube include:

1. Watch videos without ads
2. Use YouTube without letting Google track you with cookies and JavaScript
3. Making API calls through the Tor . network
4. Subscribe to the channel without an account
5. Keep subscriptions, history and saved videos locally
6. Export and import registration
7. Mini Player
8. Light/Dark Theme

7. SkyTube-app

SkyTube is a free, open source YouTube alternative for Android. It allows you to use YouTube comfortably without a Google/YouTube account and thus the app only provides read-only access to YouTube.

Key features of SkyTube include:

1. Unblock videos
2. Creative design
3. No ads
4. Play in the background

8. Hooktube

Hooktube allows sharing YouTube videos without views, bypassing country rules and age restrictions, downloading YouTube videos and music and keeping your data private.

9. YouPHP.Tube

YouPHPtube is a video sharing website. It is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. YouPHPtube is written in PHP and with this tool you can create your own video sharing site. YouPHPtube will help you to download and encode videos from many other sites like Youtube, Vimeo, etc. and you can share directly on your website. Alternatively, you can use Facebook or Google login to register users on your site.

The main features of YouPHPtube include:

1. Stream media content
2. Share videos
3. Video Archive
4. Video streaming
5. Convert YouTube videos to MP4

10. EchoesPlayer

Echoes Player is a YouTube media player that provides a great, simple user experience without trailer ads or other annoying elements like comments. Simply select a video to play and add it to a live playlist with the option to view it in full screen. Echoes Player makes it easy to interact with playlists and sign in via Google+ to access your playlists from YouTube.

Key features of Echoes Player include:

1. No ads
2. Built-in ad blocker
3. Provide information about local weather
4. Video streaming

Above are suggestions for some applications that can replace Youtube Vanced. Hope you will find a suitable option for yourself!