Bitmask is a communication app developed by LEAP Encryption Access Project.
How many times has Bitmask been downloaded?
Bitmask has been downloaded 210 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.7 thousand times.
What is the rating of Bitmask?
Bitmask is rated 4.09 out of 5 stars, based on 1.4 thousand ratings.
Is Bitmask free?
Bitmask is free to download. The APK download size is 23.10 MB. The latest version available is 1.5.3. The last update was on April 14, 2025.
What are the requirements for Bitmask?
Bitmask requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2014.
Description
Bitmask is a 100% open source censorship-bypassing VPN from LEAP Encryption Access Project. It is one app that allows you to connect to multiple trusted VPN providers. Bitmask is third-party audited, fast, secure, super easy to use, and free! You just install it and run it—zero configuration, zero registration. Bitmask and our partner providers do not require user accounts, keep logs, or track you in any way.
OUR TRUSTED VPN PROVIDERS
VPNs help protect your privacy and secure your online activity, but it’s super important to use a trusted VPN provider. With Bitmask you can select from our trusted service providers riseup.net and The Calyx Institute. Riseup.net is a longtime provider of online communication tools. Their email and mailing lists are used by hundreds of thousands of users around the world. The Calyx Institute has a long track record of educating users about the threat of online surveillance and providing tools to protect their privacy.
OPEN SOURCE AND THIRD PARTY AUDITED
Like any good VPN, Bitmask helps you to protect your internet traffic against mass surveillance, enhances your online privacy, and can help bypass censorship. Specifically, Bitmask – is third party audited and uses only open source technology – encrypts and protects your traffic from the spying eyes of your internet service provider – secures your browsing traffic on public and private Wi-Fi networks – hides your IP and your real location from websites and online services – circumvents censorship and allows you access to blocked content
THIS IS A FREE, DONATION-FUNDED SERVICE
Bitmask is free to use and funded by donations from users like you. We believe everyone should have access to secure communication tools. Your donations keep Bitmask operational. Thank you!
DEVELOPED BY LEAP ENCRYPTION ACCESS PROJECT
Founded in 2012, LEAP is dedicated to giving all internet users access to secure communication. There are many fronts in the fight against the enclosure of the internet and the relentless efforts to surveil and monetize our lives. LEAP is part of the growing effort to expand the use of circumvention technology to protect us from government and corporate incursion into our online lives. LEAP builds and brands RiseupVPN, CalyxVPN, and Bitmask. https://leap.se
MORE TRANSLATIONS!
We want to continue to expand the use of VPNs, and translations are critical to this effort. Contributions to this effort are greatly appreciated and can be done here: Transifex project https://app.transifex.com/otf/bitmask/dashboard/
SOME TECH SPECS
– Built on Android's VPNService – Uses OpenVPN with WireGuard coming soon – UDP for fast connections, and TCP for more stability – Censorship bypassing technology like Obfs4, Snowflake, KCP + Obfs4 and more – No IPv6 Leaks: Bitmask will not leak IPv6 traffic – No DNS Leaks: Bitmask is configured on both the client and the server to prevent any leaking of DNS
Recent changes: features: - provide support for QUIC as obfuscation protocol - improve bridge hopping mode bugfixes: - reduce obfuscated connection failure rates after changing settings - fix updating expired VPN certificate via new API v5 - improve invite code validation - fix minor UI bugs in location selection and censorship circumvention settings
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Love bit mask. I used it years ago on Windows before Android.
★★★★☆Muhammad Assar· Oct 29, 2020
Very good vpn Giving 4 stars coz sometimes once in week didn't connect or reconnect again and again
★★★★☆error mcphee· Feb 7, 2022
THE ONLY FREE VPN I TRUST. Don't expect super speed here, respect the institutes whom offer their servers and time: Rise Up!, Calyx. If you want to give back, set your Amazon Smile account to give to Rise Up Seattle!!!
★★★★★Walid Bendaou· Nov 21, 2022
I love it !! It is fast stables and secure. The only problem that when the bridges are on, it prevents me from connecting to the servers (snowflake works perfect, so the problem is specifically only in the bridges)
★★★★★Keith Miller· Nov 3, 2023
Hands down, Best VPN on the market! I've donated to Calyx in the past please continue your great work.
★☆☆☆☆druewzer· Jul 10, 2025
I have mixed feelings regarding this app. Initially, it worked as it should. Over the past two weeks it has begun to stop functioning. Currently, the VPN will not connect at all. I get a message "Try Obfuscated Connection" so I select that, then another message appears "Try Standard Connection". Regardless the option I select, the VPN will not connect. One thing I have not tried is to remove the app then reinstall.
★★☆☆☆Diwanshu Tiwari· Apr 16, 2025
It is an average productive app but after some major updates when bridges tech and censorship tech are integrating with each other vpn is stop functioning, and it is become impossible to use censorship tech, and kindly please provide free server service on Singapore for high speed surfing
★★☆☆☆Jason Brooker· Sep 6, 2025
The Rise Up provider works great but the Calyx Institute refuses to get past 50% on the initial setup.
★★☆☆☆Murad “Gness Erquint” Beybalaev· Aug 13, 2025
Not a VPN. It's just a TOR client with private branding slapped on it. If you live in a country that censors Internet access — TOR bridges are most likely blocked for you, rendering this app useless. Same for RiseupVPN app by the same publisher.
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Technologies used by Bitmask
Bitmask is requesting 15 permissions and is using 28 libraries.
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