Violoncello 17+

A text-based web browser‪!‬

Marcet Spahr

Designed for iPad

    • 3.9 • 11 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Browse the web without distractions! Violoncello is a web browser that only displays text on websites. This is very handy if you are tired of videos, ads, and other annoyances while browsing the web. It is also quite useful for reading news articles, blog posts, and other text-heavy pages.

Violoncello offers a simple and intuitive user interface that's easy to get the hang of. It also features many helpful tools to make browsing the text-only web easier. While Violoncello lets you tweak many aspects of the browser for free, you can upgrade to the premium version of the app to unlock even more customization options! (Like changing the browser's colors and font.)

If you are interested in a text-only web browser that offers many features and is a ton of fun to use, look no further than Violoncello for iOS!

What’s New

Version 1.6.0

Switched default search engine to DuckDuckGo following Google's requirement for JavaScript support.

Ratings and Reviews

3.9 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

fakesunshine ,

good text browser but please remove the pop-ups!

I love a text based browser. I spent the buck upgrade to allow light theming. This is the only text browser on the app store I can find. It would be perfection if the developer would remove the annoying pop-up links that happen anytime you navigate anywhere. It frustrates me to no end (difficult to always have to use a second hand to navigate). Easily would be a perfect app if that was fixed but developer does not appear to want to since it’s been over a year. If the developer loves it so much , at least add a checkbox to turn it off to the settings menu. PLEASE.

DGP-G ,

It technically works…

I got this because I’m looking for an alternative to “Text Browser” app, which hasn’t been working well lately. However, this doesn’t seem like a good alternative.

Just installed, and tried doing basic tasks like web search and browsing wikipedia. It seems to handle table formatting very badly, so what types of text actually scale with text size setting is pretty random. This can make some webpages dizzying to try to read. Similarly, some text areas wrap at different widths (corresponding with size), so zooming out to see the entire page width leaves some content tiny and unreadable.

Other people have already mentioned the pop-up annoyance with opening links. That’s not great.

Also, I find myself missing features from “Text Browser”, like the ability to use search boxes. If you want to use a different search engine than in the settings menu, or if you want to use the search function on a website, then this browser doesn’t work for you. I also miss being able to see the website as more than a dizzying page of text, and instead seeing it with some html formatting or style sheets.

I certainly wouldn’t call it a “powerful” text-based browser.

AlexanderRohrig ,

A good alternative for Lynx

I was looking for a iOS version of lynx and this is a good alternative. Please add an option to disable alert that pops up with every link, it gets annoying. Then it would be 5 stars.

App Privacy

The developer, Marcet Spahr, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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