Your YouTube watch later queue, done right. Play is your hub for saving and bookmarking videos, following favorite channels, and watching with powerful customizations. Critically acclaimed by The Verge, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, MacStories, Mac Power Users, iMore, AppAdvice, and more.
The Verge: “This is so much better than trying to manage a library in the YouTube app”
Daring Fireball: “I queue videos from my Mac and iPhone, then watch them later on my TV”
MacStories: “Play is an excellent example of how purpose-built apps often outshine more general solutions”
AppAdvice: “Play is easy to use and synced across all of your Apple devices”
iMore: “You’ll never want to use YouTube’s 'Watch Later' function again”
■ MacStories Selects 2024: Readers’ Choice Award
■ MacStories Selects 2024: Best New Feature
Save videos from any app or website to your personal watchlist. Follow YouTube channels and get a chronological subscription feed — free from the algorithm. iCloud keeps your entire video library in sync across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro.
SAVE & BOOKMARK VIDEOS
- Add videos to your watchlist from any app using the Share Sheet, drag and drop, or by importing from playlists.
- Play automatically fetches metadata — title, channel, duration, and thumbnail — so your queue stays organized.
- Supports YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram Reels, social posts with embedded video, and more.
- Use App Shortcuts to automate adding videos and integrate Play into your workflows.
FOLLOW CHANNELS & SUBSCRIBE TO FEEDS *
- Follow YouTube channels and playlists and get new videos as they’re released.
- Your subscription feed in true chronological order — no algorithm, no recommendations, no noise.
- Swipe to save videos to your queue or dismiss them from your inbox.
- Organize channels into folders, configure per-channel filters, and hide YouTube Shorts.
- Supports channels and creators from YouTube, Vimeo, and Nebula.
WATCH WITH POWERFUL CUSTOMIZATIONS
- Disable AI auto-dubbing.
- Browse, search, and jump through full video transcripts. *
- Read AI-generated video summaries. *
- Bookmark and annotate key moments in any video. *
- Resume playback exactly where you left off.
- Watch on Apple TV: save videos throughout the day and watch them on the big screen later.
ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION
- Add notes and a star rating to any video.
- Tag videos for better organization, or let Auto-Tagging apply tags automatically based on rules you set.
- Use Smart Search to create custom video lists tailored to your preferences.
- Use Focus Filters to limit which videos and tags are shown in the app.
- Perform bulk actions to manage multiple videos at once.
- All features and data are available in the Shortcuts app for custom automations.
HOME SCREEN WIDGETS
- Add interactive widgets to your Home Screen to view and open saved videos at a glance.
- Available in multiple sizes with customizable filters, sorting, and accent colors.
Play is a modern app with support for the latest system features. It is also available on the Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro as a universal app, so you can enjoy it across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS with a single purchase.
* This feature requires a Play Premium subscription.
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I no longer ignore my playlists or watch later list on YT as I can easily organise and select what I need watch.
Developer Response
Thanks for the review! Glad to hear you're enjoying the app!
Subscribing to use Apple Intelligence feels… not great
RedRobin001
Like, it feels like paying to open my camera. You get what I mean?This is a feature that apple designed, is a selling point for their phones, runs completely on-device or via apple’s servers, uses their models, and is free. So why am I being charged to summarise a video :|
Developer Response
Because the data needed to summarize the video comes from a paid API. Other features that rely solely on Apple Intelligence, such as tags and icon suggestions, are free.
Ready Play One
Mariana Trench
Just an oasis in a complicated world of online video and social media!
Works way better than the YouTube app
IanM236
The YouTube app fails miserably as a library of your videos. You can't search for a video without searching the whole of YouTube. The Play app fixes that and is super clean and easy to use. No ads.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review!
Performance improvements when scrolling the list of videos.
Version 2.7.4
The developer, Loop Apps LTDA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Purchases
Identifiers
Usage Data
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