# Turn Off the Lights for Mobile — The most darkest web browser

> Darkest mobile web browser that dims web pages for distraction-free viewing. (iPhone/iPad app by Stefan Van Damme.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-off-the-lights-for-mobile/id1044081431 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Stefan Van Damme](https://appshunter.io/developer/1043724055)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 216 App Store ratings · 79 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 169 MB
- Languages: American English, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Indonesian and 15 more
- Released: 2015-10-28
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-off-the-lights-for-mobile/id1044081431/reviews.md

## What is Turn Off the Lights for Mobile?

The most popular Turn Off the Lights browser extension that dims everything in the background, so you can enjoy the video you’re watching without any distractions. Is now available for iPhone and iPad! This app is the darkest mobile web browser where it loads pages super fast, with the power of the Apple WebKit rendering engine.
Optimized for Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google.
No more white screen when browsing the web on your mobile device. With one tap on the white lamp button, it dims the web page. For example, if there is a YouTube video on the page, it will automatically highlight the video player.

These days you see more and more students, teachers and also working people with their phone in their hands. And at night you see all that light is shining in their eyes. Thanks to Turn Off the Lights this problem is solved because with one tap on the white lamp button a black transparent layer is added on top of the web page.

Turn Off the Lights - Features:
● Turn the lights back on, by tapping on the black layer
● Customizable background color
● Customizable background opacity with a slider
● Supports multiple video sites: YouTube™, HTML5 video,... and more
● Option to choose your own homepage
● Have a bookmarks page
● Have a history page
● Option for search engines: Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Baidu or custom

Design
It's all in a simple and user-friendly design that uses the Google material design principle and tabs to open multiple webpages.

Privacy
An option to open your link in the incognito mode, that doesn't save your history. 

Speed
It has its speed of the Apple WebKit rendering engine.

Open Source
Turn Off the Lights is the most popular and favorite browser extension from everyone. The lamp button dims the web page and if a YouTube or HTML5 video player is found, the app highlights it and dims the rest.
Want to test this in your desktop web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Maxthon)? Go to https://www.turnoffthelights.com.

Free
And all of this for free! If you would like to donate to the Turn Off the Lights project, please go to https://www.turnoffthelights.com/donate.html.

We welcome any feedback/suggestion that you have regarding the app. Please contact us at https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

Learn more about Turn Off the Lights for iOS:
● Have questions or need help? Visit https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support
● Like Turn Off the Lights on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/turnoffthelight
● Follow Turn Off the Lights on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/turnoffthelight
● Subscribe Turn Off the Lights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/turnoffthelights
● Follow Turn Off the Lights on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/turnoffthelight
● Follow Turn Off the Lights on Instagram: https://instagram.com/turnoffthelights
● Follow Turn Off the Lights on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-off-the-lights

Don't forget to rate this app 5 stars and share it with your friends! This helps to support future development!

ABOUT TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. This is a browser extension that dims the web page and highlights the video player. For example, it works for all known video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Hulu, Metacafe, Youku, etc. It's a unique extension that you have never seen before. Not only this, but these extensions is compatible with Google Chrome™, Apple Safari™, Mozilla Firefox™, Opera™, Internet Explorer™, Microsoft Edge™, Yandex™, Maxthon™.

YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

Keywords
light off, black, dark mode, night mode, web, search, internet, private, secret browser, incognito browsing

## Key features

- Dims web pages with one tap
- Highlights video players
- Customizable background color and opacity
- Supports multiple video sites
- Incognito mode for privacy
- Fast browsing with Apple WebKit

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Homepage | $0.99 | one-time |
| Change keyboard | $1.99 | one-time |
| Remove Ads | $1.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Turn Off the Lights for Mobile?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- ✨ Effective dark mode
- 🚀 Fast browser
- 💡 Good workaround for iOS dark mode
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🌟 Works with Safari extension
- 💯 App is lit

**Cons**

- 🐛 Dark mode not persistent
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Settings are confusing
- 🐛 Ad blocker doesn't work
- 🐛 Inconsistent dark mode application
- 🐛 Not an extension, but a separate browser
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🐛 Images/videos are also darkened
- 🐛 Refund issues
- 🐛 Privacy concerns
- 🐛 Last update 6 years ago

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Dark mode switch disappeared
- Safari extension needs reapplication per page
- Restore purchase links crash browser
- URL bar redirects to search engine
- URL bar dark with black lettering
- Duckduckgo search doesn't work
- Dark mode doesn't work on all pages (e.g., Wikipedia)
- Dark mode doesn't survive scrolling
- Extension needs to be reapplied on every new page
- Adblocker doesn't work
- Messing up URL bar colors
- App crashes on pasting webpage
- Dark mode turns text unreadable
- URL bar redirects to search engine
- URL bar dark with black lettering
- Duckduckgo search doesn't work
- Dark mode switches off when loading a page
- Dark mode only half the screen darkened
- Images are darkened inconsistently
- Dark mode doesn't work
- Extension doesn't work
- App is a separate browser, not an extension
- Dark mode doesn't switch off every time
- Dark mode doesn't persist on reload
- Dark mode dims page, brightens with a tap
- Dark mode darkens images/videos
- App crashes
- Settings confusing
- Refund issues
- Privacy concerns
- Last update 6 years ago
- No iPhone X support
- Doesn't change screen brightness
- Dimming makes items hard to find
- Browser feels slow
- Search engine doesn't delete recent searches
- Can't change default playback quality
- Not what's advertised

**Most requested features**

- Update for privacy & options
- More color options for text/background
- Add web addresses to automatic night mode
- Dedicated 'done' button for entries
- Easier access to settings
- Automatic dark mode
- More creativity for standing out

## Recent user reviews (10 of 79)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-off-the-lights-for-mobile/id1044081431/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 无聊

*2026-08-21*

听说要写评论才能用

### 2/5 — Trash extension. Doesn’t work well.

*2026-01-01*

Tried it with a bunch of websites. No good. Also, too many app settings arranged in a confusing manner.

### 1/5 — Last update 6yrs ago and no privacy practice provided!!!!

*2025-07-26*

Forget it! Last update 6 yrs ago and no privacy policy or practice provided! This app would have access to every page I visit, would be able to read all my data!! And creator of the app provides no information on how this access and data are handled….. who in their right mind would even download an app like that?!? How is Apple not monitoring this??

### 5/5 — YOUNG MULAH

*2025-04-23, version 1.2.8*

YOUNG MONEY

### 5/5 — 關燈

*2024-12-13, version 1.2.8*

非常棒的一個app

### 1/5 — Refund

*2024-11-18*

This reported it was free of cost! After this I had  $1.99!
I want a full refund.
Thank you

### 4/5 — Shining Lights

*2024-09-10*

Amazing app if you want to stay away from the background

### 2/5 — Dark mode switch missing (??)

*2023-08-29*

Our Dark mode switch disappeared after 3 days never to return...very unstable app to be fixed asap 👎

### 5/5 — Apple

*2022-07-23, version 1.2.8*

iPhone

### 5/5 — Gooood

*2022-04-20, version 1.2.8*

Thanks again

## Frequently asked questions about Turn Off the Lights for Mobile

### What does Turn Off the Lights for Mobile do?

This mobile browser dims the background of web pages, allowing you to focus on content like videos without distractions. It uses the Apple WebKit rendering engine for fast page loading and offers features like video player highlighting.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include dimming web pages with a single tap, highlighting video players, customizable background colors and opacity, support for various video sites, and an incognito mode for private browsing. It also allows for custom homepages and search engines.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. While the core functionality is free, there is an option to donate to support the project if you wish.

### What devices is Turn Off the Lights for Mobile compatible with?

The app is available for iPhone and iPad devices, leveraging the speed of the Apple WebKit rendering engine for optimal performance on iOS.

### How does this app help with watching videos?

When a video is detected on a web page, the app automatically highlights the video player and dims the rest of the page. This significantly reduces distractions, allowing for a more immersive video-watching experience.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.8 — 2019-04-26

+ Support for iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR
+ Add iMessenger Stickers
+ Add the Night Mode Safari extension
+ Translation update

If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOfftheLight, or on twitter at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

### 1.2.7 — 2016-06-20

+ Fixed Share action with Print inside and 1Password
+ Translation update

If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOffLights, or on twitter at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

### 1.2.6 — 2016-06-18

+ Added Find in Page
+ Fixed bug 'share panel' transparent
+ Fixed bug click on menu item close not setting menu
+ Share action with Print inside and 1Password
+ Translation update

If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOffLights, or on twitter at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

### 1.2.5 — 2016-06-01

+ Translation update
+ Add favicon for Tabs and Bookmarks slide

If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOffLights, or on twitter at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

### 1.2.4 — 2016-03-11

+ Translation update

If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOffLights, or on twitter at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

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