Yaroslav Mykhailov
For productivity-conscious Mac and iPhone users seeking to automate repetitive tasks, customize platform interfaces, or manage device storage.
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Snapshot
Who is Yaroslav Mykhailov?
Providing streamlined macOS and iOS utilities designed to optimize digital workflows and eliminate interface distractions.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 9Last updated
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vVARY
6mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Yaroslav Mykhailov?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
macOS and iOS productivity and system utilities
Scale
studio
Target audience
Productivity-conscious Mac and iPhone users seeking to automate repetitive tasks, customize platform interfaces, or manage device storage.
Signature Patterns
- •Heavy focus on '1-Click' or gesture-based simplicity to reduce user friction
- •Monetization mix of one-time paid extensions and freemium utility models
- •Rapid adoption of 'AI' branding for storage and media management tools
- •Emphasis on privacy-first, local-only processing for system utilities
Portfolio momentum
The publisher maintains an exceptionally high development cadence with 15 releases in the last 6 months and 100% of the 12-app portfolio currently active.
Portfolio
What does Yaroslav Mykhailov ship?
Apps
12 apps analysed
Check and track exchange rates and compare the cost to send globally.
Offline-first caching eliminates roaming-data dependency
- Native macOS menu bar integration provides persistent productivity access
Distributed across 20 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 3 of 12 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (4)
- Brazil3 / 3
- Mexico3 / 3
- United States3 / 3
- Canada1 / 3
Europe (9)
- France3 / 3
- Germany3 / 3
- Italy3 / 3
- Netherlands3 / 3
- Portugal3 / 3
›+4 more europe markets
- Spain3 / 3
- Sweden3 / 3
- Turkey1 / 3
- United Kingdom1 / 3
Asia-Pacific (7)
- Japan3 / 3
- South Korea3 / 3
- Australia1 / 3
- India1 / 3
- Indonesia1 / 3
›+2 more asia-pacific markets
- Singapore1 / 3
- Vietnam1 / 3
Core markets (3/3 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
0
Positive apps
1
Neutral / mixed
0
Negative apps
55/100
Avg sentiment score
Rivals
Who does Yaroslav Mykhailov compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(3)
Both apps target the same user base seeking to remove YouTube Shorts and share an identical $1.99 price point.
With over 229,000 reviews and consistent bi-annual updates, this app dominates the currency conversion niche through sheer scale and long-term market presence.
With over 765,000 ratings, this app dominates the specific niche of aesthetic time-tracking and flip-clock utilities.
Contenders(5)
This app serves as a direct niche competitor with a high rating and a focus on live, real-time data.
High-frequency update cadence (12 releases in 6 months) makes this a direct threat in the widget-based time utility space.
Operates in the Finance category with a significant review volume, positioning it as a strong alternative for professional users.
Both applications target users seeking to eliminate YouTube Shorts and clean up the interface, competing directly on the utility of distraction-free browsing.
Both apps target users seeking to eliminate algorithmic distractions on YouTube, but they diverge on platform strategy: Disable Shorts for YouTube focuses on native app utility, while Still targets browser-based consumption.
Same space(17)
An adjacent productivity tool that shares the same functional goal of converting values for the end user.
While broader in scope, this app competes for the same 'utility' screen real estate as the target app.
Block YT Shorts for Safari provides a similar browser-based utility for users seeking to eliminate distractions on Apple devices.
WhitelistVideo targets the parental control market by implementing a restrictive whitelist-only approach to YouTube content.
No Shorts for YouTube serves the same Safari-based audience by offering both blocklist and whitelist modes for granular control.
WatchSafe targets parents by offering a patent-pending, approval-first approach to YouTube viewing that replaces algorithms with manual control.
No Shorts targets the same Safari-based productivity audience, using a one-time purchase model to compete on value against subscription-based alternatives.
Shortsy shifts the focus from blocking content to bookmarking and organizing product finds within YouTube Shorts.
Detoxify attempts to serve the same Safari-based productivity audience but fails to maintain settings, creating a high-friction user experience.
A dominant utility app that shares the same 'essential tool' category and high-frequency widget usage patterns.
Control Panel for Twitter serves a similar power-user demographic but shifts the focus to chronological timeline restoration and algorithmic clutter removal.
ShortsKiller provides a free, privacy-focused alternative for Safari users that specifically targets the removal of short-form feeds.
This app broadens the distraction-reduction scope by applying surgical UI filtering to multiple social platforms beyond just YouTube.
This app expands the distraction-blocking scope to include Facebook and LinkedIn, serving users who want a unified privacy-centric experience.
A staple utility app that demonstrates how to maintain long-term relevance through consistent, high-quality feature updates.
This app addresses the parental control segment of the YouTube audience by replacing algorithmic discovery with a whitelist-only environment.
Shorts Blocker serves the same Safari-based audience as the source app, focusing exclusively on the browser-based YouTube experience.
New entrants(4)
High-velocity development (9 releases in 6 months) indicates a strong push to capture market share in the utility category.
SafeTube serves the parental control market by offering a whitelist-first environment that removes all algorithmic surprises.
Shorts Free serves the same Safari-based YouTube audience, using a freemium model to capture users looking for distraction-free browsing.
Rapidly growing utility with 7 releases in the last 6 months, showing high agility in the competitive utility space.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Yaroslav Mykhailov
Bottom line
Yaroslav Mykhailov is a prolific utility developer with a proven ability to scale niche browser extensions and system tools. The portfolio's aggressive transition toward AI-driven utilities indicates a disciplined attempt to modernize a traditional utility-heavy catalog.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 12
- With full intel:
- 1
- With overview:
- 12
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no
