Reviews of Sidesy: Your Comments Sidebar For YouTube

By: Abin John

List of user reviews and ratings for Sidesy: Your Comments Sidebar For YouTube

Total ratings

4.10 (Rating count: 29)

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Review summary

Sidesy generally delivers on moving YouTube comments to a right-hand sidebar, improving viewing and engagement while being easy to use. However, reliability concerns are recurring after updates, with several users reporting it stops working and sometimes requiring a refresh or toggle to fix. Users also want more customization (width/splitter, auto-on by default, and hiding the move button). Overall, strong positive sentiment but with notable polish needed on reliability and features.

Pros

Relocates YouTube comments to the video page's right sidebar, eliminating the need to scroll back and forth.
Very easy to use with no configuration required; a simple toggle controls it.
Improves the viewing and engagement experience, with reviewers calling it a savior and elevating YouTube.
Simple and neat; it just works and looks great for many users.

Cons

Reliability issues: several reviews report the addon stops functioning after updates or on some pages.
Intermittent failures requiring page refresh or toggling to restore functionality.
Limited customization: users want adjustable sidebar width/split line, an auto-on by default option, and the ability to hide the movement button.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.20

All time rating average: 4.10

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18% (6)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-01-09	Ja*****

2025-08-17	vi*****	For the people leaving a bad rating or review: the extension DOES still work. You need to click on the toggle button at the top right of the comment section (below the video) to make the comments move to the sidebar. This is pointed out in the third screenshot on the Firefox extension page and an earlier review. To the developer: Consider making the toggle "on" by default when the extension is installed, as users clearly expect the sidebar to be on the right when they installed and enabled the extension. Adding instructions of use to the Firefox extension page and extension "manage" section in the settings page would also be helpful. Other than that, the extension is working good so far.
For the people leaving a bad rating or review: the extension DOES still work. You need to click on the toggle button at the top right of the comment section (below the video) to make the comments move to the sidebar. This is pointed out in the third screenshot on the Firefox extension page and an earlier review. To the developer: Consider making the toggle "on" by default when the extension is installed, as users clearly expect the sidebar to be on the right when they installed and enabled the extension. Adding instructions of use to the Firefox extension page and extension "manage" section in the settings page would also be helpful. Other than that, the extension is working good so far.
2025-08-16	jo*****	Tried it today 16/08/2025 and works fine!
Tried it today 16/08/2025 and works fine!
2025-08-07	*****	Does exactly what it says. No more annoying scrolling back and forth between the video and the comment section.
Does exactly what it says. No more annoying scrolling back and forth between the video and the comment section.
2025-07-29	ra*****	I love this add-on but with the recent update it has stopped functioning :(
I love this add-on but with the recent update it has stopped functioning :(
2025-07-28	Sh*****	No longer works unfortunately
No longer works unfortunately
2025-07-14	Ha*****	It works. And for anybody, who says it doenst work: Scrol down to the comments, and in this section you will find a arrow button in the top right corner (rigt over the bar, where you could write a comment)
It works. And for anybody, who says it doenst work: Scrol down to the comments, and in this section you will find a arrow button in the top right corner (rigt over the bar, where you could write a comment)
2025-04-13	12*****	Loving it, not sure why it's not working for other people, I have like 10 other YT extensions and its working flawlessly. The only time it doesn't (which is my one and only complaint with it) is when I open a YouTube link to load in the background which makes it just not appear for some reason, but I'm not sure if that's on the extension or on the way firefox works. 5 stars regardless tho, exactly what I was looking for!
Loving it, not sure why it's not working for other people, I have like 10 other YT extensions and its working flawlessly. The only time it doesn't (which is my one and only complaint with it) is when I open a YouTube link to load in the background which makes it just not appear for some reason, but I'm not sure if that's on the extension or on the way firefox works. 5 stars regardless tho, exactly what I was looking for!
2025-03-31	远离*****

2025-03-01	远离*****