A powerful text-based browser with lots of features.
4.00·349 reviews·10,000+ downloads
Pros & Cons
Distraction-free reading with ads and videos removed
Easy sharing and bookmarking workflow
Premium customization for fonts, colors, and background
Simple, focused user interface with minimal clutter
Not ranked in any top lists (limited visibility in rankings)
Premium features unlocks more customization (free tier may have basic options)
Focused on text-based browsing, which may lack some features of full browsers
About Violoncello - Text Browser
Violoncello - Text Browser is a tools app developed by Tectra Systems.
How many times has Violoncello - Text Browser been downloaded?
Violoncello - Text Browser has been downloaded 31 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 780 times.
What is the rating of Violoncello - Text Browser?
Violoncello - Text Browser is rated 4.00 out of 5 stars, based on 350 ratings.
Is Violoncello - Text Browser free?
Violoncello - Text Browser is free to download. The APK download size is 6.51 MB. The latest version available is 3.1.0. The last update was on July 28, 2026.
What are the requirements for Violoncello - Text Browser?
Violoncello - Text Browser requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2020.
Description
Meet Violoncello, a powerful text-only web browser for Android! This app is great for reading text-heavy webpages such as articles and blog posts, as it removes annoyances such as ads and videos. It's easy to share websites in your main browser to Violoncello, and you can bookmark websites for easy access within the app.
Violoncello offers several settings and tweaks, and you can upgrade to the premium version to change the font and the text, background, navigation bar, and loading spinner colors. With a wide variety of features, customization options, and a simple user interface, Violoncello is a great way to read content on the web without distractions!
Recent changes: This update squashes more bugs and improves tabbed browsing!
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Comments on Violoncello - Text Browser for Android
★★★★☆Teri· Oct 15, 2024
Just got it: looks promising! What about making text boxes & pop-down menus usable, like Lynx had 30 yrs ago? (albeit not on touchscreen) Looking forward to mega data savings, since most of my browsing is just reading, & I'm poor, so ads are wasted on me anyway. Humorous to see all the extras in today's websites reduced to useless words, like in the 1990s Lynx: "[IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]." Some them were clickable, but who knew what you were clicking on, right?
★★★★☆Rob the Quiet· Dec 25, 2022
Nice! Just a bit of obscure how to add bookmarks, also being able to set the background color of the search and title bars would be nice. Content can be tricky to sift through, but we can't expect web developers to optimize their sites for text browsers, so it is what it is.
★★★★★Kailasa Nathan K· Jul 25, 2025
A Great browser which I can use it when I have low internet as it removes unnecessary elements and give me the articles text.
★☆☆☆☆Nate Morrison· Mar 18, 2026
Barely functioning browser, the back button function doesn't work, and nav bar is buried under home buttons. -Using Pixel 9
★★☆☆☆felix hallqvist· Oct 21, 2022
Looked promising, and succeeds where all other browsers failed me (a site displaying only a "no script" tag, with the rest being hidden). But has no dark-theme, and with its white bg is thus unusable to me. There was a note about a premium version having theme feature (but nothing whether any are dark), but this is the free version, so it is what I'm reviewing here. It also failed at a site all other browsers succeeds (even with JS disabled), with a cloud fare error regarding JS disabled.
★☆☆☆☆Samuel Wilkinson· Jan 4, 2026
Address bar is literally under navigation buttons
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