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Tubester

Pascal Koenig

Scan Hitster cards and play their songs on YouTube

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About Tubester

Tubester lets you play the Hitster music board game using YouTube instead of a

Spotify subscription. Point it at the QR code on a card and it opens the matching

song in an external player of your choice, such as NewPipe or the YouTube app.

A Hitster QR code contains only the card's identity, not the song. Tubester reads

the language and card number, looks the card up in the community

"songseeker-hitster-playlists" dataset to find the exact track, and hands the

YouTube link to your external player.

To keep the round fair, Tubester shows a "turn the phone upside down" hint and a

short countdown before playback starts, because the external player displays the

video title. The answer (year, title and artist) stays hidden behind a Reveal

button. For a fully spoiler-free experience, set NewPipe to open links in the

background so no title is ever shown.

Features:

* Scans Hitster QR cards with a fast, on-device, fully open-source scanner.

* Plays songs through an external player (NewPipe recommended, or YouTube).

* Spoiler-safe game flow with a flip-the-phone hint and hidden answer.

* Supports many sets and expansions via the community mapping dataset.

* Caches mapping data on device.

Privacy: no accounts, no ads, and no analytics or tracking. Tubester needs only

the Camera permission (to scan) and Internet (to fetch mappings and open links).

Note: Tubester is not affiliated with Hitster or its publishers, Spotify, Google

or YouTube. It relies on YouTube, a non-free network service.

What's new in 1.0.0

Initial release. * Scan the QR code on a Hitster card to instantly find its song. * Play it in your external player of choice (NewPipe or the YouTube app). * Spoiler-safe flow: a flip-the-phone countdown, with the year, title and artist hidden until you choose to reveal them. * Works with many sets and expansions; mapping data is cached for offline use.

How to install Tubester

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Tubester from your app drawer.

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