# Skipper

> The Skipper app helps you spend your time on the videos you want to watch.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.byskipper.skipper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.byskipper.skipper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.byskipper.skipper`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** by Skipper
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 97
- **Version:** 1.0.45
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-04
- **First published:** 2025-10-28
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.byskipper.skipper)
- **Website:** [https://byskipper.com/](https://byskipper.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://byskipper.com/privacy/](https://byskipper.com/privacy/)

## Description

Skipper helps you with the skip button on YouTube content so your experience on the app is fast and convenient. We made it a lightweight assistant that you just turn on once. It then runs quietly in the background without you having to do anything, so you can do you more with YouTube.<br><br>---Privacy Disclosure/Accessibility Service Usage---<br>Skipper uses Android’s AccessibilityService to read on‑screen text and view information from other apps and to perform taps on your behalf, even when the app is closed or not in use. Specifically, when you open the YouTube app, Skipper checks the visible UI to detect when the ‘Skip Ads’ button appears and then taps that button for you. This service may occur while the app is closed or in the background with YouTube open, so AccessibilityService is necessary for background access. This access can occur while Skipper is not open because the service runs in the background. The permission is required to access screen content and UI labels, view hierarchy information, app package name for YouTube, and window content change events and is required for the action event: perform accessibility gestures/taps on the ‘Skip Ads’ button. It is processed on-device only to detect and tap the button. No data acquired with AccessibilityService is collected, stored, transmitted off your device, sold, or shared with third parties. You can turn off the service any time in Settings &gt; Accessibility.

## Rankings

- #2,015,229 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.byskipper.skipper.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.byskipper.skipper)