Mobile app · Office & notes

Veil

Veil is a note-taking mobile app, available on Android: offline use, data encryption and Markdown support.

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
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: Veil contributors
Latest version: 1.0.0-beta.9 (15 October 2026)
Latest activity: 15 October 2026
Source code: github.com/veil-notes/app

Overview

Veil is a note-taking mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: offline use, data encryption and Markdown support.

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

“Private, local-first encrypted notes” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Private, local-first encrypted notes” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Private, local-first encrypted notes” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Markdown editor” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Password changes and encrypted note import and export” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Veil 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) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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