Today, thousands of former fans of the once-free YouTube video platform are looking to replace it. The status of an alternative to YouTube, according to experts, can be claimed by sites that can offer the user at least half of the opportunities similar to those of YouTube. There is an alternative, as it turned out.
On the Web, to the delight of experienced and novice video content developers, there are many free services that are in no way inferior to YouTube. They allow the video maker to perform frame-by-frame adjustments, color gamut adjustments, color brightness and saturation adjustments, and image resolution changes.
Owners of personal pages on the YouTube site, among other things, could turn off unnecessary elements, as well as shorten advertising plots. They can find the same options in free analogues of the popular video platform.
An alternative to YouTube for Android. Advantages and disadvantages
To register on SkyTube, the user does not need to log inGoogle account. SkyTube works as a stand-alone platform, with video viewing and commenting capabilities.
You can read user reviews both in full screen and in normal mode. There is an opportunity to view lists of videos recognized as the best in the last day. An exclusive feature of SkyTube is the ability to keep track of positive and negative ratings for content and quality.
Already familiar video apps as an alternative to YouTube
The Magic Actions free extension is now used by more than two million users. If we compare it with other video apps, after YouTube Options, the possibilities offered by Magic Actions make the extension one of the most popular and functional additions to the well-known video platform.
The AutoHD optical engine allows the user to adjust the quality of video content and adjust the volume with a single movement of the mouse wheel. If desired, the application can be switched to cinema mode, and if necessary, take screenshots of individual frames in PNG, JPEG and WEBP formats.
Also, AutoHD provides the ability to delete the history of watched videos.
Not the worst alternative to YouTube is the Enhancer app. To date, it is used by more than one hundred thousand users. This application has long been appreciated by owners of low-power machines - the service is unpretentious in terms of system requirements and does not affect the performance of the processor. Video content is played in any convenientfor user format.
The ImprovedTube application has united about two hundred thousand people. ImprovedTube allows you to enjoy all the well-known "charms" of YouTube, as well as several new ones.
This alternative to YouTube has great benefits. One of them is to keep browsing private. By the way, if desired, the user of ImprovedTube can refuse some of the features of YouTube. Such as creating blocks for the title and comments and adding a summary of the video.
Service that does not require installation
Clipchamp is the world's first and only service that allows you to convert videos for free right in your browser. Downloading the application to your computer is not required.
This YouTube alternative was originally developed as a video compression tool. During development, the creators of Clipchamp stuffed it with utilities that allow you to edit video content before uploading it to a video platform like YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo or Facebook.
To use this service to edit a video file that already exists on YouTube, you need to log in to Clipchamp and simply drag and drop a YouTube clip here. Editing refers to cropping and correcting (including "rotation" and "mirror" functions) of each individual frame, adjusting the color gamut, adjusting the brightness and saturation of colors, and changing the resolution of images.
Big plus Clipchamp experienced usersconsider the following feature. If desired, the video file can be reformatted, and before uploading to YouTube, reduce its size without losing quality.
For iOS owners
Created specifically for iOS owners, YouTube's alternative is called ProTube. One of the inconveniences of this application, users call some "thoughtfulness". When the device is rotated 90 degrees, the image orientation is adjusted automatically, and at this time the Internet "slows down".
ProTube has a speed up / slow down function, as well as the ability to adjust the resolution of video files. If necessary, the user can minimize the video (make the image miniature) and move it to any part of the monitor.
