# Text Browser — user reviews > 64 indexed App Store user reviews of Text Browser by MochaSoft, rated 3.90/5 from 36 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-browser/id550431757/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-browser/id550431757.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (11 of 64) ### 3/5 — Need updates! *2025-06-24* 5 yrs. **Developer response:** some html pages includes images raw in the html code. In such cases the software will display the image. ### 2/5 — Bad *2025-01-18* It doesn’t even hide the image areas, it just prevents them from loading. Also the font is horrible. ### 4/5 — とにかく速い。軽い。 *2024-06-06* 電波が悪いところでも爆速でテキスト情報を検索出来ます。 通信量を抑えられます。 どれだけ通信したかを数字で表示してくれるので分かりやすい。 普段なにげなく開いているサイトが実はかなり通信量を圧迫しているというのが可視化されます。 タップして最上段に移動する機能がなかったり、タブがなかったり、細かいところでの不便さはありますが、必要な情報に瞬時にアクセス出来るという利便さがあるので、Wi-Fiがないところや電波が悪い山間部等で結構使ってます。 ### 4/5 — Good *2021-07-29* It is good and doesn't have any pictures on the sites I've seen and been to. It's pretty basic though and I wish there was some extra features like dark background at the very least. ### 5/5 — Almost perfect text browser *2020-02-16* I have used many text browsers. Although this is not the best, or the perfect one, it very near the mark. Only two issues I encountered in last year. First: there is no reading mode, the text placement becomes different with every website. Second: the browser leaves blank space where some image/ad or visible widget is (in the original webpage). Other text browsers dont leave blank space. But these are negligible issues, and I have been happily using the browser since more than an year now. ### 3/5 — Gute App, aber... *2020-01-16* Gute App, aber ich wünsche mir, dass ich zwischen Scripten und CSS nochmal entscheiden kann. ### 5/5 — Sehr Schneller Browser *2020-01-12* Die Seiten bauen sich sehr schnell auf, man kann aber auch scripte usw einschalten wenn nötig ### 5/5 — My recommendation *2019-09-19* Please add battery indicator. ### 3/5 — Slow and still loads a few images. *2019-08-26* I was expecting faster speed and no images in my iPhone 4S (iOS v9.3.6). 😒 **Developer response:** some html pages includes images raw in the html code. In such cases the software will display the image. ### 5/5 — Super browser! *2019-08-07* Thank you for this browser. Is there possible to add html code view? ### 3/5 — 普通に使いやすいかなと *2018-11-22* テキストのみ、画像なし、全部ありと変えることができるので通信量を抑える事が出来ます。そつなくこなしてくれると思います。 改善点を挙げるとすると、タブ表示、履歴機能は欲しいところではあるかなぁと。あとwebページなどにログインする事が出来ません。それぐらいでしょうか。 使いにくいという事は僕は感じなかったです。上記の事が改善されれば星をもっと上げようと思います。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken by last update *2026-06-02* Cannot reach settings. Any attempt to do so, exits the app. No bookmarks are retained anymore. Used to be the go-to app for simple text browsing. ### 1/5 — 改悪 *2026-05-19* 最近アップデートされたようで、今までこのアプリでまとめサイトとかを見ていたが、見れるサイトが激減してしまった。探すのも大変なので乗り換え検討中 ### 1/5 — 改悪 *2026-05-11* 今まで通り写真、動画は表示されないが、広告を読み込むようになった。普通に閲覧出来てたサイトに繋がらなくなった。もう使う意味はないかな。 ### 1/5 — Outdated *2026-01-05* I cant even open google.com to search the internet with this. The page always break after google asked consent ### 1/5 — Cell data works great *2025-01-26* Iphone settings confused me. But app works with cell and wifi ### 1/5 — Nope. *2023-10-05* It sometimes shows pictures, even when you put it in text mode. If you’re hoping to do research on something disgusting without having to look at it, this will *not* work. Really too bad because a text-only web browser could be great when doing research about phobias, sexual health, or recent atrocities in the news. Too bad it shows you the pictures anyway. ### 1/5 — セキュリティがダメ *2022-05-29* このブラウザでヤフーニュースのページを閲覧してると、急にフィッシングサイトに飛ばされるんですよね。これまで2回も。愛用してましたが消しました。 ### 1/5 — you cannot prevent script execution permanently *2020-05-18* Not a pure text only browser ### 1/5 — It does not work *2018-12-02* It blocks around half of pictures what makes it completely useless. **Developer response:** some html pages includes images raw in the html code. In such cases the software will display the image. ### 1/5 — 最後に開いていたページが残らない *2018-08-04* テキストだけでブラウジングできる機能は素晴らしいが、履歴機能がなく、最後に見ていたページも残らないため、いちいちブックマークに保存する必要があるため、実用性が低いのが残念です。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Only say…. *2026-04-17* Good!!!Simple!!! ### 5/5 — Saved me in the wilderness *2026-02-10* While backpacking I wanted a browser that could work with even the most unreliable of connections. At the top of a mountain I found 1 bar of lte from a town far down the valley below. This browser let me avoid downloading images so I could navigate to read the news without it taking forever because of ads and images trying to load. The only app of its kind. Some search engines no longer work with it (google), but that’s ok. ### 5/5 — 検索エンジン変更 *2025-10-28* httpの通信方式が変わりGoogleでの使用は不可能となった。他の検索エンジンを使うとまだ使える。 ### 5/5 — Perfect for recipes *2025-01-15* Online recipes are full of so many useless ads and other nonsense. This wasn’t my original reason for downloading but it’s been so helpful in those situations when I’m just trying to follow a recipe. Highly recommend it ### 5/5 — Très utile *2024-11-03* Si vous ne voulez pas épuiser la batterie de votre téléphone, si vous ne voulez pas avoir de publicités gênantes, si vous voulez juste lire les articles, cette application est l’idéal : rapide, légère, et durable. En plus c’est gratuit. Merci aux développeurs ! ### 5/5 — Goated *2024-08-11* awesome app ### 5/5 — So close! *2021-05-20* This is the closest to a clean browser you can get on IOS that you don’t need to share your entire life to use (check the data collection section) I use Linux and this is as close to Lynx I could get on IOS But it sure lacks a couple of features honestly. I know there are no tabs and that is fine. But would have been great to have been able to “close” a tab. Took me a while to figure out how to close or exit out of a page 😀 Image placeholders can be removed in text mode - that will give it a cleaner interface as well For people looking to get a clean web experience, please try this one out. For the developer who made this, keep going! I think you are on the right track! Some more polish, and this should be a great app for people concerned about privacy and a cleaner distraction free browsing experience ### 5/5 — Great *2021-03-24* The best browser to avoid annoying ads. Please add the option to change to font, and add a dark mode. Those options will make this browser absolutely perfect. ### 5/5 — Отлично *2020-11-18* Хороший браузер для тех кто не любит перегруженные рекламой и визуальной информацией сайтов. Если б еще закладки можно было бы импортировать из сафари было бы шикарно. ### 5/5 — Perfekt schlanker Browser *2020-04-15* Bin absolut zufrieden. Dieser Browser ist genau das, wonach ich gesucht hatte. Kein Schnickschnack, lädt die Seiten rasend schnell und stellt diese auch angemessen gut lesbar das - perfekt, wenn man mal eine schlechte Vergiftung hat und nur mal schnell etwas nachlesen muss. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*