Morphe
Hacker ApprovedApp patcher in Phones & tablets
Free Android patcher that removes ads and skips sponsored segments in the official YouTube app, and can patch other apps too.
Free Android patcher that removes ads and skips sponsored segments in the official YouTube app, and can patch other apps too.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 21
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 21 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 21 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Removes ads from official YouTube app
“It makes the official YouTube app nice by removing ads, skipping over sponsored segments”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy” “Morphe can rip ads out of the native YouTube client”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy” “gives you no ads at all and improves the app a lot”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier” Skips sponsored segments
“It makes the official YouTube app nice by removing ads, skipping over sponsored segments”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy” “it'll skip sponsorship segments too as they all use yt-dlp underneath”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock” Seen as leading option
“tools like uBlock and YouTube morphe are the only answer”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update” “seems to be the one carrying the torch”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock” Works well with good configuration
“with good configuration makes the official app super nice”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock” “I also have Morphe which works fine for most videos.”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MorpheThis page | 21 | 1 | 95% | 8 | — | Approved |
| ReVanced Manager | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“gives you no ads at all and improves the app a lot”
“Morphe can patch a lot more apps than just YouTube.”
“with good configuration makes the official app super nice”
“directly gives you the link to the correct apkmirror page”
“seems to be the one carrying the torch”
“it'll skip sponsorship segments too as they all use yt-dlp underneath”
“I also have Morphe which works fine for most videos.”
“For alternatives, see: Morphe”
“Morphe can rip ads out of the native YouTube client”
“It makes the official YouTube app nice by removing ads, skipping over sponsored segments”
“tools like uBlock and YouTube morphe are the only answer”
“stuff like Morphe exists on Android”
“If you're on Android and don't like mobile ads”
“Thank you for name dropping Morphe btw, I'll use that for as long as it still works.”
“I find it better to use and it can draw on the same patches”
“If you're not using Morphe”
“Hacking existing apps is super weird to me.”
“I have them disabled via morphe.”
“I can recommend checking out morphe too perhaps”
“This might be a good plug for Morphie or Revanced patches to automate the patch process.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.