ReVanced Manager
App patcher in Phones & tablets
People recommend it for patching the official Android YouTube app to add controls such as hiding Shorts and comments, and it works with other app patches too.
People recommend it for patching the official Android YouTube app to add controls such as hiding Shorts and comments, and it works with other app patches too.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Patches the official YouTube Android app
“allows you to patch the official Android YouTube apk to enable this feature”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other Browsers” “You can mod the APK and remove those detections using ReVanced Manager”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Self-Updating Screenshots”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morphe | 21 | 1 | 95% | 8 | — | Approved |
| ReVanced ManagerThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use some other app patches that Revanced Manager supports like ProtonVPN.”
“all kinds of controls that include the ability to hide shorts and the comments section”
“You can mod the APK and remove those detections using ReVanced Manager”
“I am currently happy with revanced so I am gonna stick to that”
“allows you to patch the official Android YouTube apk to enable this feature”
“Never had to toggle, as far I remember.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.