A simple notebook made for Apple Pencil. Write naturally, annotate PDFs and images, and export your work — no subscription required.

Pencil Notes — Your Simple Apple Pencil Notebook

Turn your iPad into a simple, distraction-free notebook designed for Apple Pencil.

Write naturally, organize your ideas, annotate documents, and export your work — all without subscriptions or complicated setup.

WRITE NATURALLY

Pencil Notes is built around the feeling of writing on real paper.

• Write with Apple Pencil • Create unlimited notebooks and pages • Choose blank, lined, dotted, or grid paper • Use a pressure-sensitive pen • Highlight important ideas • Undo and redo with ease • Zoom and pan while writing

Whether you're taking notes, planning your day, journaling, brainstorming, or simply sketching, Pencil Notes keeps things simple.

WRITE ON PDFs

Import a PDF and write directly on it with Apple Pencil.

Highlight text, add handwritten notes, draw, underline, circle important information, and mark up documents naturally.

Perfect for:

• Study materials • Lecture notes • Work documents • Forms and worksheets • Research papers • Presentations • Personal documents

ANNOTATE IMAGES

Import an image and use your Apple Pencil to write, draw, mark up, or add notes directly on it.

EXPORT YOUR WORK

When you're finished, export your handwritten pages, PDF annotations, or marked-up images and share them wherever you need.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your notes stay on your iPad.

No account required. No subscription. No cloud storage. No ads.

Just open the app and start writing.

MADE FOR EVERYDAY USE

Use Pencil Notes for:

• Class and lecture notes • Meetings • To-do lists • Journaling • Planning • Brainstorming • Sketching • PDF annotation • Document markup • Personal notes

SIMPLE BY CHOICE

Pencil Notes isn't trying to replace every app on your iPad.

It's a simple place to write.

Open it. Pick a page. Grab your Apple Pencil. Start writing.

Pencil Notes is available for a one-time purchase — no recurring subscription.