Moving from Better YouTube Controls
Better YouTube Controls fixes what the arrow keys do on YouTube. Here you give the keys the jobs you want, on YouTube and elsewhere.
Last checked 2026-11-07. A tiny YouTube-only fix: up and down always change volume, left and right always seek. Check Better YouTube Controls yourself.
Move across
- Install Video Controls Plus for your browser: Install Video Controls Plus.
- See what runs on YouTube and turn extras on or off: Video Controls Plus on YouTube.
- Give the arrow-key jobs to the keys you want: Change a keyboard shortcut.
- Turn Better YouTube Controls off on your browser's Extensions page, so two extensions don't answer the same keys. Remove it once your own sites work.
Each browser keeps an extension's settings to itself, so nothing carries over. You set them once here.
Who is better off with which
- Choose Better YouTube Controls if that one arrow-key fix on YouTube is all you want.
- Choose Video Controls Plus if you want keys you can rebind on YouTube and every other site, plus loops, notes and watch later.
What Better YouTube Controls costs
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Store listing | Not stated on the pages we checked | Source |
Our prices are on the website's plans page.
Side by side
If their pages don't say, the row reads "Not stated on the pages we checked". That doesn't mean they can't do it.
| What | Video Controls Plus | Better YouTube Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Speed control | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| A-B loop | Yes (needs a connected account) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Video filters | Yes (needs a connected account) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Notes | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Transcripts | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Flashcards | Yes (on the website, opened from the extension) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Watch history | Yes (you switch it on, it's off by default) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Watch later | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Cross-device sync | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for YouTube | Yes | Yes Source |
| Special features for LinkedIn | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for Facebook | No (we only find the video there) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Special features for Netflix | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Chrome | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Firefox | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Edge | Yes | Yes Source |
Where we fall short today
- We are not on Google Play today.
- On Facebook we only find the video. There are no special features for Facebook today.
- Our store listings name Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Brave is not named in them.
The website has the full comparison with Better YouTube Controls.