Youlag doesn’t come with the core FreshRSS, it’s an extension you need to manually install. You can follow the install instructions here to learn how to install Youlag. It’s the same method that you use to install any other third-party extension for FreshRSS.

Once installed, the extensions page should look like this:

Just to double check, is the Youlag extension enabled in “Settings -> Extensions”?

The view you described sounds like what FreshRSS would look like if Youlag isn’t enabled.

If you’re thinking of SponsorBlock, Youlag doesn’t support that feature. In this recent comment, I’ve shared why that is the case.

For traditional adblocking, I would suggest using uBlock Origin, which is also available on Android for firefox-based browsers.

Edit: To clarify, there are no adblocking features built-in to Youlag.

I don’t use Grayjay myself, but I tried it a long time ago, so this what I recall.

Grayjay uses a web scraper to feed the stream into its own video player, which lets them add features such as timestamp, SponsorBlock, and background playback.

Youlag is less sophisticated as it’s solely a client‑side approach that embeds the official YouTube player. If you however add your own Invidious instance via the Youlag settings, you can play it through Invidious instead.

With Youlag in FreshRSS, everything runs in the browser, so there’s no device syncing needed. That also means it even works on iOS devices, and essentially anything that can run a modern browser.