Violoncello - Text Browser has 32 thousand installs. Users are divided: 3.9 stars from 355 ratings.
Violoncello - Text Browser is made and published by
John Spahr.
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About Violoncello - Text Browser
Violoncello - Text Browser is a tools app developed by John Spahr.
Install Statistics
Violoncello - Text Browser has been installed 32 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 410 times.
User Ratings
Violoncello - Text Browser is rated 3.95 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 360 ratings.
App Information
Violoncello - Text Browser is freely available from Google Play. The app size is 6.51 MB. The latest version available is 3.1.0. The last update was on July 28, 2026.
Technical Requirements
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 since December 2020.
Description by John Spahr(from Google Play)
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.
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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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