Mobile app · Photo & graphics

Sketching (PFA)

(SECUSO) Create sketches without advertisement or unnecessary permissions.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Publisher: SECUSO - Security Usability Society
Latest version: 1.1.3 (8 September 2025)
Latest activity: 8 September 2025
Source code: github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-sketching

Overview

Sketching (PFA) is a drawing and painting mobile app, available on Android.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Privacy Friendly Sketching App” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Sketching (PFA) is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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