FreeTube Android
by MarmadileManteater · AGPL-3.0-or-later · open source
The Android version of FreeTube: watch YouTube without an account, keep subscriptions, playlists and history on your phone, and organise channels into profiles.
Needs:No root · Android 10+
2113 Apps is independent, not affiliated with or endorsed by MarmadileManteater. Official sources: freetubeapp.io · source code on GitHub.
- Version
- 0.25.3.1
- Size
- 5.1 MB
- Requires
- Android 10+
- Updated
- 2026-09-13
Screenshots
Introduction
FreeTube is a well-known YouTube player for Windows, Mac and Linux built around privacy. FreeTube Android is a fork of it that runs on phones, developed as its own project on GitHub. It keeps the desktop app’s idea: you don’t sign in, your subscriptions and history stay on your device, and Google’s cookies and scripts never run.
It describes itself as beta. The developer says it works well for most people, but there are still bugs and missing features.
How it gets videos
The APK has a built-in extractor that reads YouTube directly. It doesn’t use the official YouTube API. You can switch it to use an Invidious instance instead, an alternative YouTube front end that fetches videos on your behalf. The project also offers a web app version, which only works through Invidious.
What it does
From the project’s feature list:
- Subscriptions without an account, with export and import.
- Profiles that split your subscriptions into separate, focused feeds.
- Local playlists and history, and search within them.
- SponsorBlock, to skip sponsored segments.
- Trending and chapter support.
- A setting to use a proxy, such as Tor.
- Distraction-free settings to hide parts of the interface, and a family-friendly-only mode.
- Full theme support.
Good to know
- Small and simple to install. At 5.1 MB with no native code, it runs on any CPU. It needs Android 10 or later.
- If you use FreeTube on a computer: both versions can export and import subscriptions, and since this is a fork of the desktop app, moving them across that way should presumably work.
- IzzyOnDroid flags it NonFreeNet, because it relies on YouTube.
What’s inside the APK
Trackers
No code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures.
Native code
Pure Java/Kotlin, so it runs on any CPU.
Android versions
Built for Android 14 (target API 34).
Permissions
1 of them need your approval first.
Flagged by IzzyOnDroid:
- NonFreeNet: Relies on or promotes a proprietary network service.
Asks you first (1)
Android shows a prompt before the app can use these.
- Show notifications (Android 13+) · POST_NOTIFICATIONS
Granted at install (4)
Low-risk permissions Android grants automatically, plus any we have not classified.
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
- INTERNET
Defined by other apps (1)
Permissions that belong to another app or to this app itself.
- io.freetubeapp.freetube.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
More Information
- Package name
- io.freetubeapp.freetube
- Version
- 0.25.3.1 (build 250003001)
- File size
- 5.1 MB (5,145,861 bytes)
- Requires
- Android 10 or later
- Category
- Media
- License
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Developer
- MarmadileManteater
- Source code
- github.com/MarmadileManteater/FreeTubeAndroid
- Released
- Sep 13, 2026
- Signer SHA-256
- 4d9664daae8a83532756adc8777e96a6de9f8497bb60ad1c782adb71fae80fc1
- File SHA-256
- a52dd1307ac5847393fe7e1a0803a8013f4001b9d202eb1f7bf0bf7774deb7f7
- Checked
- , against the IzzyOnDroid index · how we check · verify it yourself
Common questions
Is this APK the official FreeTube Android release?
Yes. It is the developer’s own release of FreeTube Android 0.25.3.1, byte for byte as IzzyOnDroid distributes it. Its SHA-256 matches IzzyOnDroid’s signed index, and it is signed with the certificate IzzyOnDroid records for the app (SHA-256 4d9664daae8a83532756adc8777e96a6de9f8497bb60ad1c782adb71fae80fc1).
What Android version does FreeTube Android need?
Android 10 or later (API level 29). Version 0.25.3.1 is built for Android 14 (target API 34). Pure Java/Kotlin, so it runs on any CPU.
Can FreeTube Android access the internet?
Yes. The APK requests Android’s internet permission. In total it declares 6 permissions, and 1 of them needs your approval first.
Does FreeTube Android contain trackers?
No known trackers: our scan of version 0.25.3.1 found no code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures. The scan covers known tracker libraries; it doesn’t show what data the app itself sends.
Is FreeTube Android open source?
Yes. FreeTube Android is released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later licence, and its source code is published at https://github.com/MarmadileManteater/FreeTubeAndroid.
Recent releases
| Version | Released | Size | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.25.3.1 · this download | Sep 13, 2026 | 5.1 MB | Android 10+ |
| v0.25.1.1 | Jul 29, 2026 | 5.1 MB | Android 10+ |
| v0.24.1.1 | Jun 19, 2026 | 5.2 MB | Android 10+ |
Versions currently kept in the IzzyOnDroid repository. We host and check only the newest one. Full changelog.
