# POPTube: Music & Video Podcast

> Listen to Music without Ads

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443728728](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443728728)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6443728728`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TAPI GROUP CO.,LTD
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (1,843 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.8\_11.08.2026
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2022-11-10
- **Size:** 94 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/poptube-music-video-podcast/id6443728728)
- **Website:** [https://poptube.app](https://poptube.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://poptube.app/privacy\_policy\_ios.html](https://poptube.app/privacy_policy_ios.html)

## Description

POPTube offers an ad-free music and video experience with background playback, floating Picture-in-Picture, and high-quality streaming up to 8K. Enjoy seamless entertainment without interruptions.

AI-powered features generate concise video summaries and provide an AI chatbot to answer questions about content, helping you discover and understand what you watch. Manage your favorites, watch history, and playlists with ease in a privacy-conscious, plugin-free app.

## Rankings

- #42,159 — Overall
- #15 — video ads
- #24 — ads
- #34 — depop
- #35 — ad
- #40 — popup

## Review summary

Common threads across reviews are heavy ads, unreliable playback, and frustration with subscription features. While some note fewer ads than YouTube, reliability and monetization are major pain points, with frequent loading errors, slow performance, and background-play/paywall issues dominating the feedback. UI/usability and occasional legal concerns are also mentioned.

### Pros

- Fewer ads than the official YouTube app (as noted by some reviewers).

### Cons

- Frequent playback failures: errors loading media, songs/videos won’t play, and overall unreliable playback.
- Excessive and intrusive advertising, including long unskippable ads and ads appearing despite claims to remove them.
- Subscription/premium issues: paid options do not work, background play either removed or requires extra payment, and features behind a paywall.
- Performance and speed problems: app is slow and unresponsive, sometimes not usable on mobile data.
- Buggy, confusing user interface and navigation, with crashes or inconsistent behavior.
- Legal/policy concerns raised about purchases and app shutdowns.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443728728)