Penjo: Pencil Journal, Planner

Name: Penjo: Pencil Journal, Planner
Rating: 4.7 (255 reviews)
Author: Zafer ARICAN

By: Zafer ARICAN App

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Overview

Version:

3.7.5

Last updated: 2026-07-09

Ranking

#104,231 ▼ 75

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Penjo is an Apple Pencil‑first digital planner, journal, and diary for iPad and iPhone. It combines a clean writing space with seamless Apple Calendar and Reminders integration, on‑device handwriting search, and private, cross‑device syncing via iCloud.

Plan and reflect with calendar views, private access via Face ID/Touch ID, and tools tailored for handwriting. Create with Apple Pencil, use journaling suggestions, edit on the page, reuse templates, and export notes as PDFs or .penjo files. Penjo keeps your journals, notes, and templates synchronized across iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro, with optional Family Sharing on plans.

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By:

Zafer ARICAN

Rating:

4.70

(255) 2 new ratings

Version:

3.7.5 Last updated: 2026-07-09

Version code:

887998261

Creation date:

2023-03-27

Compatible devices:

Size:

20.79MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-18

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Ranking

# 104,231 ▼ 75

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Developed by:

Zafer ARICAN

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/penjo-pencil-journal-planner/id6446053076

Website:

https://penjoapp.com

User Reviews

Users praise Penjo for its natural Apple Pencil writing, strong calendar integration, and a clean, fast interface, plus a one-time lifetime license and responsive support. Common concerns center on cross-device syncing and licensing hassles, occasional bugs or crashes, and occasional calendar access issues. Overall, it’s a highly valued journaling/planning tool for Apple devices, with ongoing improvement expected from an engaged developer team.

Pros

Excellent Apple Pencil handwriting experience; feels like writing on paper with minimal distortion.
Strong calendar integration with Apple Calendar and reminders, letting you see events alongside entries.
Clean, fast, distraction-free UI that stays out of the way while writing and organizing pages.
Lifetime license / no ongoing subscriptions; one-time purchase.
Responsive, proactive support and active user community with ongoing improvements.

Cons

Cross-device syncing issues across iPad, iPhone, and Mac; unreliable iCloud sync and some notebooks not opening.
Occasional bugs and crashes, especially after updates or when using certain features (e.g., crashes after updates or when using high-impact features).
Pricing/licensing confusion and paywalls: reports of being charged despite no subscription and limits like '5 free pages' or friction with multi-device usage.
Calendar/features bugs: some users report calendar integration issues or access problems after updates.

Recent reviews

I have gone through plenty of planners and given up after finding too many things I didn’t like about it. Hassles of changing from day to month to week to year, the ability to go from the screen to the next to add a grocery list or things to do list the ability to synchronize with Apple calendar. This one has it all. There are a few things I wish it would do, but those are not big enough to dissuade me from marrying this Penjo Journal/planner.

by Ru*****, 2026-07-09

I don’t understand how it has such high reviews when I use this app it makes my handwriting completely unreadable when I typically have great handwriting. Even the standard notes app isn’t this bad