Hail
Hail is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Disable / Hide / Suspend / Uninstall Android apps without root. It has 6,845 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Kotlin
- Utilities
- Actively maintained
About Hail
Hail is a free-as-in-freedom software to freeze Android apps. Enjoy all features freely! Freeze is a word to describe the action of forbid apps when they are unnecessary to use device in a better way, cut down the usage of ram and save power. User can unfreeze it to revert.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Hail from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Hail?
Hail is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Disable / Hide / Suspend / Uninstall Android apps without root. It has 6,845 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Hail free and open source?
Yes. Hail's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Hail?
You can install Hail from F-Droid (package com.aistra.hail); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.11.0).
Is Hail still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.