# Penned: Private Notes

> AI Text Search, Local & Secure

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480653765](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480653765)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1480653765`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Edwing H Santos Mena
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (87 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-07
- **First published:** 2022-05-30
- **Size:** 1.10 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/penned-private-notes/id1480653765)
- **Website:** [https://madewithpython.com](https://madewithpython.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://digitalhole.github.io/DigitalNotes.html](https://digitalhole.github.io/DigitalNotes.html)

## Description

The anti-cloud notes app. Handwrite with Apple Pencil, search with local AI, export to PDF. Everything stays on your device. Your notes are penned, not surveilled.

Your thoughts deserve privacy. Penned Notes is a minimalist handwriting app that keeps everything on your device.

- Natural Apple Pencil writing
- AI text recognition (on-device)
- 100% private - zero cloud required
- Export beautiful PDFs
- Smart tagging & search
- Clean, distraction-free interface

Unlike other note apps, Penned Notes uses Apple's Neural Engine to recognize your handwriting locally and nothing leaves your device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions to complex features you don't need.

Perfect for:
- Daily journaling
- Class notes & studying  
- Meeting notes
- Sketches & brainstorming
- Sensitive work documents

Privacy-first architecture means your notes stay truly yours.

Download Penned Notes. 

Where your thoughts are penned, not surveilled.

## Rankings

- #142,702 — Overall

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