A SkipPlay alternative with your own subscriptions
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Short answer
SkipAds and SkipPlay are both free and work without signing up. SkipAds adds your own YouTube subscription feed, playlists, history and comments; SkipPlay is ahead on SponsorBlock, background audio with the screen locked, and a browser extension.
SkipPlay and SkipAds both play YouTube on a clean page, for free, without making you sign up. Where they part ways is what you see before you pick a video.
SkipAds vs SkipPlay at a glance
| Feature | SkipAds | SkipPlay |
|---|---|---|
| Account needed | No - sign-in is optional | No - sign-in is optional |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Your YouTube subscription feed | Yes | No - Trending, Featured and Live TV pages |
| Playlists | Yes | Yes |
| Comments | Shown | Not listed on its site |
| Background / picture-in-picture | Picture-in-picture | Background audio, including with the screen locked |
| SponsorBlock | No | Yes |
| Downloads | No | Links out to external download tools |
| Swap youtube.com for the site in a link | Yes, for /watch?v= links | Yes |
| Browser extension | No | Yes |
What they have in common
Both are websites, both are free, and neither asks for an account before you can watch. Both let you paste a link, and both let you swap youtube.com for their own domain in a video URL. If all you need is to open one video somewhere quieter, either does the job.
Where SkipAds is different
Your feed instead of a trending page
SkipPlay's starting points are its Trending, Featured and Live TV pages. Sign in to SkipAds with Google and you start from the channels you actually subscribe to instead. That is the main reason to pick one over the other: it is the difference between a player you land on and somewhere you start your session.
Comments and history
SkipAds shows a video's comments and replies in-page, and keeps a watch history in your own browser so you can pick up where you left off. Posting comments still happens on YouTube.
Where SkipPlay is ahead
Worth being straight about this. SkipPlay has SponsorBlock for skipping in-video sponsor segments, background audio that keeps playing with your phone locked, links to download tools, and a browser extension. SkipAds has picture-in-picture but none of the rest today.
Which one to pick
If you mostly listen on your phone with the screen off, or skipping sponsor segments matters most, SkipPlay. If you want to follow the channels you care about, with playlists, history and comments, SkipAds. Both are free, so trying both costs nothing.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good SkipPlay alternative?
SkipAds works the same way - paste a YouTube link and watch on a clean page, free and without an account - and adds your own subscription feed, playlists, history and comments.
Is SkipAds the same site as SkipPlay?
No. They are separate, unrelated sites with similar names. SkipAds is also not affiliated with YouTube or Google.
Can I swap youtube.com for skipads.site in a link?
Yes. Change youtube.com/watch?v=... to skipads.site/watch?v=... and the same video opens here.
Does SkipAds have SponsorBlock or background audio?
Not today. SkipAds has picture-in-picture, but not SponsorBlock or locked-screen audio. If those matter most to you, SkipPlay is the better fit.
Is SkipAds free?
Yes. It is free, has no paid tier, and carries no ads of its own.