Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the standard YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag, providing a cleaner and more efficient viewing experience. This patched version removes all ads, restores the picture-in-picture functionality, and enables videos to continue playing in the background when set to audio-only quality. Additionally, users can set a default video quality for convenience.

Key Features

Ad-free YouTube playback within Safari using a simplified video interface.
Picture-in-picture support restored to multitask while watching videos.
Background audio playback available when videos are set to audio-only quality.
Option to set a default video quality to suit your preferences.

Vinegar swaps Safari's stock YouTube player for a lightweight, ad-free one. Download the Vinegar IPA for iPhone and get picture-in-picture, background audio and a cleaner watching experience the official YouTube site won't give you in Safari.

This Safari extension detects YouTube pages and quietly replaces the player with a minimal HTML5 version, cutting pre-roll and mid-roll ads while restoring playback features Apple and YouTube usually block on iOS.

What the tweak unlocks

Ad-free YouTube playback through a simplified video player
Picture-in-picture support restored for multitasking
Background audio playback when video quality is set to audio-only
Option to set a default video quality

Get the Vinegar tweak on builds.io — download the IPA and install it on your iPhone in one tap, no PC.