Custom ad blocking, everywhere
Universal ad & tracker blocking on every site. Native iOS content rules, fast, no proxy, no VPN.
All the content.
None of the noise.
Block ads. Hide Shorts. Silence comments.
A free iOS browser for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that keeps the videos and strips the addictive machinery. Every feature unlocked. No account. No subscription.
10×+ cheaper than the average ad-free subscription
No account
iPhone · iPad · Mac
20 features unlocked
12,000+ already browsing without ads
20
features, all unlocked
2.1M
ads blocked / day
0
trackers we ship
$0
every feature, free
0
accounts required
0
in-app ads while browsing
100%
native Swift
18 MB
tiny on-device footprint
Inside talavo
Five frames you'll use daily.
Zen Mode
Live Activity
Right drawer
Tabs as chips
Mini-player & PiP
Deep dive
Every control,
one swipe away.
Swipe in from the right and the whole control surface lives there, speed, sleep timer, Zen toggle, tabs, history, shortcuts, settings. Change anything, swipe back out. Your video never stops playing underneath.
- ·Speed slider, 0.5× to 2×
- ·Sleep timer, 15m, 30m, 1h, custom
- ·Zen mode toggle right at your thumb
- ·Now Playing widget, current track, scrubbable
- ·One-tap Picture-in-Picture
- ·Home, history, tabs, settings, one tap each
Every control sits inside your thumb's natural arc, no stretching to the top.
Deep dive
Mini-player.
Keep listening while you scroll.
Pull a video down and it docks into a slim pill at the bottom of the tab. Audio keeps playing while you scroll the page, read comments, or hop into Picture-in-Picture. Tap the thumbnail to bring it back full-screen.
- ·Pull down on any video to dock it
- ·Audio keeps playing while you scroll
- ·One tap: pause, PiP, or close
- ·Tap the thumbnail to expand again
Built for podcasts, lofi playlists, and the 40-minute video you only half-need to see.
Deep dive
Tabs are chips.
Always one tap away.
Your open tabs live as named, scrollable chips right above the URL bar. The current one is highlighted in aquamarine. One tap to switch, no digging through an overview grid every time.
- ·Named chips for every open tab
- ·Active tab highlighted in accent
- ·Scroll horizontally if you have many
- ·Swipe a chip up to close the tab
Built for tab hoarders, research sessions, and anyone juggling YouTube, Reddit, and a wiki at the same time.
Deep dive
Long-press a link.
Get a floating tab.
Tap-and-hold any link to peek at it in a floating preview. Scroll, interact, dismiss with a swipe, or promote it to a real tab. The page you came from stays exactly where you left it.
- 1Long-press any link
- 2Floating tab opens over the current page
- 3Scroll, click, dismiss, or "Open as Tab"
Built for Reddit, 4chan, forums, anywhere you want to sample without committing.
Wellness · 4 min read
How to win back the 47 minutes you lose every day.
Most of us lose twenty to fifty minutes a day to ad rolls, autoplay queues, and short-form scrollers we never opened on purpose.
The fix isn't willpower, it's removing the entry point. One browser strips the noise without asking you to give up YouTube entirely .
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A browser that respects your attention
talavo · free
for iPhone, iPad, Mac
for iPhone, iPad, Mac
Block YouTube ads, hide Shorts, silence comments. Twenty features, all free.
- ✓Universal ad & tracker blocker
- ✓Zen Mode toggles
- ✓Floating tabs · sleep timer
Open as Tab
One-handed by design
Built for the
bottom half of your phone.
Phones got bigger. Reaching the top got harder. talavo puts every primary control, the drawer, URL bar, tab chips, mini-player, inside your thumb's natural arc. No stretching, no two-handed yoga, no pinky gymnastics.
Side drawer
Speed, sleep, Zen, tabs, one swipe from the edge.
URL bar at the bottom
Where your thumb already lives, not at the top of the screen.
Mini-player & chips
Switch tabs, scrub video, never reach past the middle.
Every feature
Twenty reasons to install.
All free. Every single one.
From users
"Worth ten bucks. Free."
"deleted youtube off my phone and just use this app instead now. screen time down 40% in a week not even joking 😭 best free thing i've downloaded in years"
jenna_m
United States · ★★★★★ App Store
"finally an iOS blocker that doesnt need a VPN to route all your traffic through god knows where. native, fast, doesnt kill my battery. been using 8 months."
k_devmtl
Canada · ★★★★★ App Store
"the shorts blocker alone is worth it ngl. didnt realize how much they were rotting my brain until they were just.. gone. also the sleep timer is so clutch at night"
tomas.b
Germany · ★★★★★ App Store
Pricing
Free. Every feature.
talavo is free. Ad blocking, Shorts blocker, sleep timer, all of it, no card, no account. We show one brief ad when you launch the app. Tip us $0.99/mo to remove it.
Free
$0
forever
- ✓ Every feature unlocked
- ✓ Ad & tracker blocking
- ✓ No account, no login
- · Brief ad on app launch
What you need
Premium
$0.99/mo
or $9.99/yr · save 17%
- ✓ Removes our launch ad
- ✓ Supports development
- ✓ Cancel from iOS Settings any time
Average ad-free
subscription
subscription
$10–14/mo
talavo
$0→$0.99/mo
free, or Premium to remove our ad
Save $120+ a year.
Even talavo's Premium tier is 10×+ cheaper than the typical ad-free subscription.
FAQ
Honest answers.
Twenty features, one app, all honest.
Does talavo work on iPad and Mac?
Yes. talavo runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, one App Store download covers all three.
Does talavo work on Android or Windows?
Not yet. talavo is built on Apple's native content-blocker APIs which don't exist on Android or Windows. A simpler Android port is on the long-term roadmap but not committed.
Do I have to pay for anything?
No. All eleven features are free, forever, that includes ad blocking, Zen Mode, the floating tab, Live Activity, all of it. We show one brief ad when you launch the app. Tip $0.99/mo to remove it if it bothers you. Otherwise just keep using the free version.
How is this different from Brave or AdGuard?
Brave is a generic browser. AdGuard is a Safari plugin. talavo is opinionated, it blocks Shorts, comments, community posts, and ad-spawning redirects in addition to ads, and ships with a sleep timer, floating preview tabs, and Live Activity. Narrower scope, deeper integration.
What data does talavo collect?
A device ID so we know whether you've bought Premium. Your settings, shortcuts, and history live on your phone only. Zero analytics on what you watch, what you visit, or who you are. Full breakdown in the privacy policy.
How do I cancel Premium?
iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions → talavo → Cancel. The app keeps every feature, just the launch ad comes back.
You've already lost 12 minutes
to Shorts today.
Get them back. It's free.
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