Reviews of DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

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List of user reviews and ratings for DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

Total ratings

3.97 (Rating count: 386)

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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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User Reviews

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All time rating average: 3.97

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20% (78)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-24	Fi*****	No activation button available, only trial for 6 hours. So every 6 hours i have to reactivate it, essentially replacing one annoyance with another. Yea, I'm never paying for this, would've considered it if it just flat out said it's a paid extension, which it is.
No activation button available, only trial for 6 hours. So every 6 hours i have to reactivate it, essentially replacing one annoyance with another. Yea, I'm never paying for this, would've considered it if it just flat out said it's a paid extension, which it is.
2026-07-20	Fi*****

2026-07-18	yo*****

2026-07-10	Sl*****	Open source and community driven but give me money. Intresting concept, so the money you make, do you give it to people who actually keep this garabge running? Oh no you dont, because you totally did all of the work! Like no one else on this planet was willing to do it for free, just another cancer
Open source and community driven but give me money. Intresting concept, so the money you make, do you give it to people who actually keep this garabge running? Oh no you dont, because you totally did all of the work! Like no one else on this planet was willing to do it for free, just another cancer
2026-06-30	dy*****	apparently wants to force me to activate it before it'll work at all, except the activation button is just flat out missing. waste of time.
apparently wants to force me to activate it before it'll work at all, except the activation button is just flat out missing. waste of time.
2026-06-20	ch*****

2026-06-16	*****

2026-06-08	Fi*****

2026-06-07	Al*****

2026-06-04	ma*****	One of the best YouTube extensions out there. It's up there with Sponsor block and UBlock Origin. It's very time saving, especially when browsing through your recommendations page (it makes your digest more productive.) Most of these big tech channel videos are frequently summarized into a small sentence. I've found it most useful for tech videos (as most custom titles lie here) The feature where it shows a random screenshot of the video in the thumbnail is amazing, it helps me preview videos that are obviously AI generated. I love this extension, and I suggest others to contribute to the project by: buying the product - it's only $1 !!! donating to the developer. source thumbnails and titles yourself to help expand the project! share it with your friends. the only problem I have with it, is that it isn't popular enough, making custom titles quite rare in normal feeds.
One of the best YouTube extensions out there. It's up there with Sponsor block and UBlock Origin. It's very time saving, especially when browsing through your recommendations page (it makes your digest more productive.) Most of these big tech channel videos are frequently summarized into a small sentence. I've found it most useful for tech videos (as most custom titles lie here) The feature where it shows a random screenshot of the video in the thumbnail is amazing, it helps me preview videos that are obviously AI generated. I love this extension, and I suggest others to contribute to the project by: buying the product - it's only $1 !!! donating to the developer. source thumbnails and titles yourself to help expand the project! share it with your friends. the only problem I have with it, is that it isn't popular enough, making custom titles quite rare in normal feeds.