This handy if you're currently using 4G and want to wait until you have Wi-Fi before downloading any large files.

You can also add YouTube videos to a queue to download later. The video will download in the background, so you can keep using your phone as normal – though downloading videos uses a lot of juice and might make your batter run down faster. When you're happy, tap the red 'Download' button again. If you have a high-end device then by all means download the highest possible quality versions, but remember that the higher the resolution the bigger the file: if your phone or tablet doesn’t have much free space, YouTube videos will soon fill it up. You’ll see video and audio formats and different quality and resolution options for each. The next thing you’ll see is a list of formats. Once the app is installed, you can send a YouTube link to the app using the share extension or the Notification Center widget.When you've chosen a video, tap the red button, choose your settings and you're ready to start (Image credit: Devian Studio) 3. This is a standalone application that solves just one problem – YouTube’s lack of Picture-in-Picture mode. So if you’re looking for a strictly third-party YouTube client for stuff like Picture-in-Picture mode, give YouPlayer a shot. Most of the features like PiP mode are there but I think YouPlayer has a much worse UI.īut it’s free (with ads). YouPlayer is like ProTube’s younger brother. But it took me some time to get used to it. Right now, you need to login twice to YouTube, the second time so ProTube can use a workaround to get your subscriptions. YouTube is constantly trying to squash features from third party apps (ProTube had to remove offline functionality in the past). Of course, not everything is perfect in ProTube world. One of my biggest problems with the YouTube app is that when I add a video to Watch Later, it appears at the end of the list.

ProTube’s built-in playlists feature is much better than YouTube’s.

You can listen to audio from YouTube videos in the background.

The app supports Picture in Picture mode in iOS 9 (YouTube app doesn’t).

So you can force videos to load in full HD, always.

The app lets you select a default resolution for every video.

You can use ProTube without ever logging into YouTube.

If you’re very particular about how you consume your media, ProTube will do you good. ProTube is the best third party YouTube app choice for pro YouTube watchers. If you don’t like the YouTube app’s UI or the fact that you can’t force a default resolution for all videos, check out the apps below. The chief of which being Picture in Picture mode. But there are new things in iOS that YouTube just doesn’t seem to want to adopt. Generally, I like the YouTube app on the iPhone and iPad.

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