# Morphe

21 Hacker News commenters recommended Morphe and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free Android patcher that removes ads and skips sponsored segments in the official YouTube app, and can patch other apps too.

## Why people recommend it

- Removes ads from official YouTube app (3 comments): "It makes the official YouTube app nice by removing ads, skipping over sponsored segments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805964)) "Morphe can rip ads out of the native YouTube client" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806033)) "gives you no ads at all and improves the app a lot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209470))
- Skips sponsored segments (2 comments): "It makes the official YouTube app nice by removing ads, skipping over sponsored segments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49805964)) "it'll skip sponsorship segments too as they all use yt-dlp underneath" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858422))
- Seen as leading option (2 comments): "tools like uBlock and YouTube morphe are the only answer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49670531)) "seems to be the one carrying the torch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859820))
- Works well with good configuration (2 comments): "with good configuration makes the official app super nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49860556)) "I also have Morphe which works fine for most videos." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858371))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ReVanced Manager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revanced-manager.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Morphe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/morphe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).