Moving from Magic Actions for YouTube
Magic Actions works on YouTube only. Here the YouTube extras have their own switches, and the same controls work on other sites too.
Last checked 2026-11-07. A YouTube-only theatre: cinema mode with colour presets, mouse-wheel volume, auto HD, repeat, frame grabs and hidden page elements. Check Magic Actions for YouTube yourself.
Move across
- Install Video Controls Plus for your browser: Install Video Controls Plus.
- See the YouTube extras and their switches, including Auto Wide: Video Controls Plus on YouTube.
- Loop with the A-B loop and change the picture with video filters; connect your account first for both.
- Turn Magic Actions for YouTube 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 Magic Actions if YouTube is the only site you watch and you want its cinema look and 40 colour presets.
- Choose Video Controls Plus if you want YouTube extras and the same controls on Netflix, LinkedIn and any other video site, with notes and an account.
What Magic Actions for YouTube costs
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever | 100% free for everyone, per the vendor 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 | Magic Actions for YouTube |
|---|---|---|
| Speed control | Yes | Yes Source |
| A-B loop | Yes (needs a connected account) | Yes Source |
| 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 | Partly Source |
| Firefox | Yes | Yes Source |
| Edge | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
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 Magic Actions for YouTube.