No YouTube App in iOS6 - Alternatives!

[Lone Crusader]

One thing that iOS6 did was it removed the YouTube app. Apple and there attempt to shy away from anything Google and become solely independent on itself. It's cool but if you've been used to using it for a while you might not be prepared to be without it as I was. I set out to find a suitable replacement and wound up spending $16 in the process. Here's some screen captures of the ones that I've been playing around with.

This is ShowYou and it looks to be my favorite as of now. Free at the iStore.

This is Squrt and follows in at a very close second and is also free at the iStore.

This is NowBox and allows you to search for channels on YouTube rather than individual videos. It's pretty good but will take some getting use to in order to use it more. It's also free in the iStore.

This is Video Hunters and it's OK, it keeps wanting to open in portrait orientation so I have to turn to portrait and then back to landscape to enjoy it in landscape orientation. It's pretty basic but it does it's job well. It's .99$ in the iStore.

Lastly is Tube Video Player and looks like it is a full fledged YouTube app and rich with features. The only thing is that it's too crowded in my opinion, it has too much stuff. Also this costs $9.99 in the iStore and then in order to rid it of ads you pay an In-App fee of $4.99 for the full version which I thought I was doing by paying for it in the iStore. Kind of a let down if you know what I mean.

 

[cooey]

Or just download the free YouTube app?

 

[jefXfree]

Or just download the free YouTube app?

Yeah... I was going to say a pretty good alternative would be to just download the app.

 

[Lone Crusader]

Or just download the free YouTube app?

Yeah... I was going to say a pretty good alternative would be to just download the app.

I did but it's only made for the iPhone, not the iPad. Plus the first two alternatives are way better than the YouTube app put out by Google. You should try them and see for yourselves. They buffer videos too a whole lot faster as well.

 

[Colombianlove41]

There is an iPad YouTube app. Just noticed that it isn't native to the iPad, haha

 

[cooey]

Apologies mate, forgot the iPad app isn't out yet

 

[Lone Crusader]

I'm sure now with no YouTube app on the iPad that a whole lot of developers will be making some. It's strange because I updated my mothers iPad 2 and it put an app on it called iYTube or something along those lines and it's for YouTube but my iPad 3 didn't get it. I also read somewhere that Google is going to make a native YouTube app for the iPad, so can't wait.

 

[Colombianlove41]

Try the free app Jasmine. Smooth interface and loads crazy fast.

 

[Lone Crusader]

Try the free app Jasmine. Smooth interface and loads crazy fast.

I use that and ShowYou but I like Jasmine the best. The interface is the smoothest.

 

[MANNEQUINSKYWALKER]

ipad youtube app now available

 

[Pieter V]

Thanks finally.

 

[Lone Crusader]

Thanks finally.

No kidding, it's been long overdue. I was using Jasmine but you can't sort with it and I like to sort my YouTube video searches by date added. This official YouTube app is nice.

Now if Google can make an official Google Maps app for both iPad and iPhone because the Apple version of Maps blows. Apple's attempt to steer away from Google.

 

[Colombianlove41]

No kidding, it's been long overdue. I was using Jasmine but you can't sort with it and I like to sort my YouTube video searches by date added. This official YouTube app is nice.

Now if Google can make an official Google Maps app for both iPad and iPhone because the Apple version of Maps blows. Apple's attempt to steer away from Google.

I've done a few test runs and I'm finding the Jasmine app buffers faster than the YouTube app. I'm sure they'll fix some of the limitations but I definitely see a difference, just my opinion...