# DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

> Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `dearrow`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ajay (SponsorBlock)
- **Category:** appearance,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 33,747
- **Weekly downloads:** 607
- **Rating:** 3.96 / 5 (390 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.10
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-17
- **First published:** 2023-06-08
- **Size:** 3.25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dearrow/)
- **Website:** [https://ajay.app](https://ajay.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dearrow/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dearrow/privacy/)

## Description

DeArrow is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube viewing by crowdsourcing more accurate and descriptive titles and thumbnails, eliminating sensational clickbait. Users can submit and vote on better video titles and screenshots, ensuring content is presented truthfully and engagingly without misleading arrows or exaggerated expressions.

Unlike other tools, DeArrow offers sophisticated title formatting options such as Title Case and Sentence case to preserve proper capitalization. For thumbnails, it selects truly random video screenshots, avoiding overstimulating or sponsor-related segments with integration from databases like SponsorBlock. The extension is free with an optional $1 unlimited use license, supports safe data access only on requested sites, and is open source for transparency.

## Rankings

- #398 — Overall
- #32 — Games & Entertainment
- #67 — Appearance
- #4 — arrow
- #66 — submit
- #84 — algorithm

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `alarms`
- `https://sponsor.ajay.app/*`
- `https://dearrow-thumb.ajay.app/*`
- `https://*.googlevideo.com/*`
- `https://*.youtube.com/*`
- `https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/*`
- `scripting`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`
- `www.youtube-nocookie.com`
- `dearrow.ajay.app`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: ajay.app, googlevideo.com, youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com
- This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise DeArrow for calming YouTube by replacing cluttered thumbnails with video-frame previews and by using clearer, descriptive titles, aiding discovery. They also like community contributions and non-mandatory usage. However, recurring reliability problems, onboarding/payment friction, crowd-sourced content unreliability, limited customization, and occasional platform/support issues are frequently cited drawbacks.

### Pros

- Calmer, less clickbait-y YouTube experience thanks to descriptive titles and frame-based thumbnails.
- Descriptive titles help you understand video content better and aid discovery of new creators.
- Community-driven contributions: users can submit and refine titles/thumbnails, with an apparent sync/compatibility flow (Firefox Sync).
- Easy to revert or adjust changes (re-arrow titles with a single click).
- Non-mandatory usage: you can use it for free (with a brief wait) without being forced into payments, plus license sync is a bonus.

### Cons

- Reliability issues: extension frequently breaks YouTube, with images and features failing to load and some reports of “currently doesn’t work.”
- Onboarding/payments friction: gating free access, long free-trial steps, and perceived deceptive payment/donation prompts.
- Crowdsourcing unreliability: user-submitted replacements can be subjective and inconsistent, reducing reliability.
- Limited customization: settings are not granular enough and the replacement language can be verbose rather than descriptive; lack of a blacklist mode.
- Platform/support issues: inconsistent or weak developer support and compatibility problems on mobile/Firefox versions.

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