# Shortless: Less Scroll & Slop — Block short videos and AI slop

> Block short videos and AI slop (iPhone/iPad app by Alessandro Pogliaghi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shortless-less-scroll-and-slop/id6790830293 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alessandro Pogliaghi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6790830295)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-09-25
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shortless-less-scroll-and-slop/id6790830293/reviews.md

## What is Shortless?

Less scrolling. Less filler. More of the videos you actually came for.

Shortless hides YouTube Shorts in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Version 2.0 adds Slop patrol: an optional AI-powered bouncer that checks video metadata for strong signs of repetitive, low-value content.

SHORT VIDEOS, OUT OF THE WAY
Hide Shorts across the home feed, search results, channel pages, related videos and the Shorts tab. Hide Playables too, and optionally tidy away community posts. Choose which surfaces to clean up or pause everything with one tap.

MEET SLOP PATROL
Turn on Patrol to assess visible video titles, channels and description snippets using Jev. Enable Auto-hide to bounce strong low-value matches. Uncertain videos stay visible, and Always show lets you overrule the bouncer.

Patrol evaluates metadata, not the video itself. It does not analyze pictures or audio, prove that a video was AI-generated, or hide useful content merely because it involves AI. Assessments can be wrong; you stay in control.

SEE WHAT GOT BOUNCED
Review recent assessments, inspect the signals behind a decision, and restore a video with Always show. Local performance details show how quickly checks are handled.

A LITTLE LESS DOOMSCROLL
Keep track of the Shorts you dodge with daily totals, lifetime counts and a streak. A calm, compact home screen keeps the essentials in view on iPhone and iPad.

YOUR CHOICE, YOUR DATA
Shorts hiding works on-device. Slop patrol is off by default and needs an internet connection when enabled. It sends visible video IDs and metadata to Shortless's hosted service and Jev for assessment. No account, API key or setup token is needed. Recent assessments, review choices and Always show overrides stay on your device. See the privacy policy for caching and provider processing details.

GET STARTED
Install Shortless, enable the extension in Safari and allow it on youtube.com. The app walks you through setup. Shortless works on the website in Safari, not inside the YouTube app.

One purchase. No subscription. No ads in the app.

YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Shortless is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-09-24

Shortless 2.0 gives the robot a job.

• Meet Slop patrol: optional Jev-powered checks for strong signs of low-value filler in video metadata.
• Turn on Auto-hide to bounce strong matches. Uncertain videos stay, and Always show puts you in charge.
• Review recent checks and see what got bounced, with a cleaner layout on iPhone and iPad.
• Faster checks, smarter caching and local handling when there is not enough metadata.
• No account, API key or private-pilot setup. Enable Patrol when you want it.

Shorts hiding still works on-device. Patrol is off by default and sends video metadata to the hosted service only when enabled.

### 1.2 — 2026-08-25

Playables section is now hidden by default.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-05

Onboarding got a proper rewrite. Instead of gesturing vaguely at Safari settings and wishing you luck, there is now a step by step guide with a looping demo, and it checks itself as you go. You will know it worked because the app says so, not because you scrolled for two minutes without hitting a Short.

New in Extra credit: hiding community posts. Those are the ones that look like a video right up until you realize it is a poll asking which thumbnail you prefer. Opt-in, because apparently some people like them.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-24

No release notes.

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