Filter the apps you already watch.
CleanCut mutes the swearing in Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, YouTube, Plex, and more* — playing on your Apple TV, from your own subscriptions, in real time.
- Your apps, your subscriptions
- On-device & private
- YouTube & Plex free
Filtering you can watch happen
CleanCut follows your Apple TV's playback and acts on the fly — mutes in red, skips in gold, right on the timeline.
- Mute spans — profanity, silenced the instant it starts.
- Skip spans — scenes and segments, jumped past automatically.
- Live playhead — the TV's own position, straight from the TV.
Three steps. That's the whole manual.
Pair once
Open CleanCut, pick your Apple TV, and enter the code that appears on your screen. Same Wi-Fi, no extra hardware.
Press play
Start the movie in Disney+, Hulu, or whichever app you'd have opened anyway — same app, same subscription, same remote. CleanCut follows along from your phone.
Watch clean
Profanity is muted or skipped the moment it arrives, according to the rules you set. On YouTube, sponsor segments are skipped too.
What CleanCut does
Filtering that keeps up with live playback, in the apps and on the devices you already use.
Filter the apps you already watch
Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, YouTube, Plex, and more — playing on your Apple TV, from the subscriptions you already pay for.
Mutes and skips as it plays
Profanity goes silent the moment it starts, or the line is skipped past — your choice. CleanCut stays in step with the TV through pauses, scrubs, and next-episode jumps.
You set the rules
Decide what gets muted and what gets skipped, and switch off individual words you don't mind hearing. Changes take effect mid-movie.
YouTube and Plex are free
Full filtering on both, with no subscription — including skipping sponsor segments on YouTube. Plex covers movies and shows; live TV channels are coming soon.
Private by design
No CleanCut account, no tracking, no analytics. What you watch stays between you and your TV.
Built for Apple
A native app for iPhone and iPad that pairs with your Apple TV over your own Wi-Fi. No extra hardware, no other box in the chain.
CleanCut works with any app that uses the Apple TV's built-in player, which is most of them. The two exceptions are Netflix and Max: they use their own players and report nothing about what's playing, so CleanCut can't filter them. Every supported app, and how each is identified, how the filter works, and why Netflix and Max are the exceptions. Coming from ClearPlay or VidAngel? See the side-by-side comparison.
Free on YouTube and Plex. Everything else from $2.99 a month.
No CleanCut account to create, and nothing to enter but your Apple ID. Cancel any time from your App Store subscriptions. Full details on the pricing page.
YouTube and Plex.
- Real-time muting and skipping on YouTube
- Skip sponsor segments on YouTube
- Plex movies and shows
- Every rule and word-list control
- Supported by non-tracking ads
Everything above, plus your streaming apps.
- Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, and more
- Everything in Free, with no ads
- Monthly lookup allowance included
The same apps, for a household that watches a lot.
- Everything in Plus
- Mic Sync — a few seconds of listening puts the filter back in step
- Higher monthly allowance
Subscriptions run through the App Store and renew until cancelled. The free week applies to Pro yearly, once per Apple ID, and only when Apple offers it at checkout. Plus and Pro allowances reset monthly; titles you have already filtered keep working after a cap.
What is CleanCut?
An app for iPhone and iPad that filters what plays on your Apple TV — muting or skipping profanity on your rules, in real time. You keep watching in Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, YouTube, Plex, and the other apps you already have.
What do I need to use it?
An Apple TV and an iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi network. You pair once with a code shown on your TV.
Which apps does it filter?
Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, Crunchyroll, Tubi, and most other streaming apps, plus YouTube and Plex. The two exceptions are Netflix and Max — see below. CleanCut is not affiliated with or endorsed by any streaming service.
Does CleanCut work with Netflix or Max?
No, and it never will. Netflix and Max both use their own video players on Apple TV instead of the system one, so they report nothing about what's playing — no title, no playback position. That leaves CleanCut nothing to act on. It's an app-side decision on their end. If Netflix is most of your watching, CleanCut isn't the right buy.
Start with the apps you already have.
Pair an Apple TV and start filtering in minutes.