ScreenVeil

What is ScreenVeil?

ScreenVeil is a macOS productivity app by Egor Griva that helps you hide sensitive parts of your screen while using other apps. It also lets you place overlays on top of any app so you can add notes, emphasis, or reusable on-screen layouts during screen sharing, presentations, live streams, recordings, and everyday work.

The core idea is controlling what viewers can see: you can add floating panels, set their appearance and position, and save complete panel arrangements as presets for repeated workflows.

Key Features

• Hide sensitive information during screen sharing by overlaying cover elements on top of other apps.
• Add on-top content (text, images, GIFs, videos, and web content) to provide context without switching apps.
• Use static overlay styles—black, blur, glass, and color overlays—to suit different privacy and presentation needs.
• Create reusable panel setups with save/restore presets for recurring meetings, demos, or teaching sessions.
• Control panels from the menu bar, including moving overlays across displays and applying keyboard shortcuts to core actions.
• Assign keyboard shortcuts and move panels across multiple displays to support multi-monitor workflows.

How to Use ScreenVeil

1. Install and open ScreenVeil on macOS 14.0 or later.
2. Start the app you plan to present or share.
3. Use ScreenVeil to add the overlay panels you need (for example, a blur/black cover to hide sensitive areas, plus a text or media panel for notes).
4. Adjust panel size, position, and transparency to fit the content and viewing context.
5. When you have a layout you’ll reuse, save it as a preset so you can restore it quickly for future sessions.

Use Cases

• Screen sharing with privacy controls: Blur or cover sensitive fields (for example, parts of a window) while continuing to demonstrate other parts of the screen.
• Meeting and demo overlays: Keep notes or key points visible as floating text panels while you navigate between different apps.
• Presentations and teaching: Add presentation-style panels (such as static black/blur/glass overlays and supporting media) without disrupting the main app being presented.
• Live streams and recordings: Overlay images, GIFs, videos, or web content on top of the recording/screen share feed while controlling what remains visible.
• Reusable layouts for recurring workflows: Save a complete on-screen arrangement as a preset, then restore it for repeated demos, onboarding, or training sessions.

FAQ

• Does ScreenVeil work with apps other than macOS itself? Yes. The app is designed to place overlays on top of “any app” on macOS.

• What macOS version is required? ScreenVeil requires macOS 14.0 or later.

• Can I adjust overlay transparency and layout? Yes. You can adjust panel size, position, and transparency.

• Is preset support included? Yes. The app supports saving and restoring complete panel setups as presets.

• Is there in-app purchase pricing information available on the App Store page? Yes. The page lists in-app purchases for a 1-month option ($0.99) and a 12-month option ($6.99).

Alternatives

• Screen annotation and overlay tools (general category): Apps that focus on drawing/annotating over screen shares and recordings can cover many overlay needs, but may be less oriented toward hiding sensitive regions and managing reusable panel presets.
• Presentation software with on-top overlays: Tools built for slides and on-stage content can provide notes and emphasis, but they typically don’t offer the same approach of placing panels directly over arbitrary running apps.
• Privacy-focused screen masking/recording utilities (general category): Some tools emphasize privacy masking for screen content. Depending on the tool, the workflow may center more on censoring than on adding media-rich panels (text/images/GIFs/videos/web content).