Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to On the Sofa for YouTube
Control YouTube with just your mouse wheel
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Control YouTube with your mouse wheel.
Aug 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Instant YouTube speed control with a single click
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Unlock up to 16x speed with native-style controls
Jan 2026 · youtube-playback.space · its alternatives →
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Control YouTube video playback speed with custom buttons
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control YouTube from anywhere in your browser.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control your YouTube with your fingers!
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Fast YouTube controls with shortcuts
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Adjust video speed on YouTube for each individual channel
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control the speed of videos on any website with hotkeys 🎬
2018 · videospeedcontroller.com · its alternatives →
- 11
A simple and ready to use remote controller to youtube
2017 · augustnmonteiro.github.io · its alternatives →
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Say Play▲65Play, pause, forward and rewind any video with your voice.
2020 · thanesh.dev · its alternatives →
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Take back the controls while watching YouTube Shorts
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turn video element into control surface, and 40+ more tweaks
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension to control the speed of Youtube playback
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Search any YouTube video like a document.
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 18CP
Hi HN, I recently released a new browser extension for YouTube, which in addition to the table stakes of hiding the existence of Shorts, hiding promoted content, automatically skipping ads, hiding useless/unused UI elements, hiding unwanted channels YouTube keeps recommending to you, letting you hide algorithmic suggestions etc. etc., makes other changes I've always wanted as a user, in the same vein as one of my other extensions, Control Panel for Twitter. The most significant of those is attempting to make your Subscriptions page more like an Inbox, by hiding videos you've already…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Control YouTube your way — speed, focus, memory.
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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hyde▲72Press Ctrl+M to hide/show the YouTube video player controls.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Beyond 2x: Long-press & slide to speed up YouTube
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Your video speed, remembered
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control Netflix and YouTube videos through speech commands
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Organize & manage YouTube playLists
2023 · pockettube.io · its alternatives →
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