Penjo for iPhone
Journal and plan on the go with Penjo for iPhone.
Penjo: Pencil-first Journal & Planner
Your days, in your own handwriting.
Penjo is a handwritten journal and planner for Apple Pencil, one day per page. Open today’s page on your iPad, iPhone, Mac, or Vision Pro to write, sketch, plan tomorrow, and drop in photos. Your Apple Calendar events are already on the right day, and iCloud keeps every page in sync.
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Penjo for iPad
The full Penjo experience with Apple Pencil.
Penjo for Mac
Type entries, plan your day, and search across journals on Mac.
Penjo for visionOS
Immersive journaling and planning in your space with Apple Vision Pro.
Penjo App
Tailored for you
Journalers
Write your day by hand on a fresh page. Pull in photos, locations, and reflections from Apple Journaling Suggestions, and drop them into the entry alongside map cards and image effects.
Professionals
Sync your Apple Calendar, take handwritten meeting notes, and keep everything filed by date. Export a day or a whole journal to PDF, or use .penjo files to back up and move notebooks between devices.
Students
Take lecture notes by date, set deadline reminders, and search your handwriting later. Import notes from classmates, export a whole semester as a PDF, and lock private journals with Face ID.
Creatives
Sketch ideas with Apple Pencil and build mood boards from your photos. Remove backgrounds, clip images into shapes, add Polaroid frames, and switch to dark mode with paper textures. Set up a custom tool picker with the pens you actually use.
Penjo Features
Plan your days, track habits, sync your calendar, all with Apple Pencil.
Expressive Note-taking
Draw with Apple Pencil or your finger, add typed or Scribble text, import photos, drag in content from other apps, and customize shapes. Scribble to erase and two-finger tap to undo keep editing fast.
Apple Calendar & Reminders Integration
View Apple, Google, and Exchange calendar events and reminders in Week and Month views, add or edit them, open details, or place them on a day sheet.
iCloud Sync
Access your Penjo notes across multiple devices.
Text Recognition
All text in your handwritten notes is indexed and copyable as text. Text in images is also indexed.
Advanced Search
Find your notes easily by time range, or by text in text boxes, handwriting, or images.
Protected Journals
Keep your thoughts and notes private with Face ID or Touch ID at either the journal level or app level.
Personalized Tool Picker
Build a custom tool picker with your favorite pens, colors, widths, and opacity.
Creative Image Editing
Remove backgrounds, add Polaroid-style photo frames, clip with shapes, flip, and make creative stickers.
Apple Image Playground Integration
Generate images from your drawings, photos, or text with Apple Image Playground.
Map Cards
Add Map Cards to pin locations and annotate them.
Customization
Personalize journals with paper textures, page colors, and cover colors.
Timely Reminders
Set reminders to plan your day, reflect on achievements, or update your diary.
Habit Tracking
In Month View, you can mark each day or interval to track your habits or important dates.
Dark Mode
Softer, eye-friendly experience for journaling at night or in low-light settings.
Penjo App
Penjo is a handwritten journal and planner for Apple Pencil. Each day gets its own page for your notes, plans, sketches, and the things you want to remember about today.
Frequently Asked Questions
For more questions and feature requests, use the form on this page.
Can I use Penjo as a notebook or for undated entries?
Yes. Penjo’s “List Mode” turns any journal into a notebook-style experience: navigation skips empty days, so you see one continuous flow of entries instead of calendar gaps. The dates still exist as a chronological index, but they stay out of your way. See “How does List Mode work and how do I enable it?” below for setup.
Can I use Penjo without Apple Pencil on my iPad?
Sure, all functionality is available without Apple Pencil too. When Apple Pencil is unavailable and “Draw with Finger” is enabled on the Tool Picker, all tap actions are performed with a two-finger tap (e.g. two-finger tap to insert text, an image, a shape or a map card, or to select and move items) while single-finger actions are used to draw. If “Draw with Finger” is disabled, you cannot draw but can still add or edit boxes (text, image, shape and map card).
Why can’t I add drawings in the Mac app?
Drawing on Mac is on the roadmap. Meanwhile you can use the rectangular selection tool to move, copy or delete drawings.
What do 14 day sheets mean for the free plan?
On the free plan, you can have up to 14 non-empty day sheets. In other words, you can have items on 14 different days. Once you reach the limit, you will be asked to switch to a paid plan. If you delete the contents of one of those days, that day sheet frees up and you can use another.
Do I lose my data if I cancel my subscription?
No. Your data stays on your device. Paid features may become unavailable until you renew, but renewing restores access to everything you had.
Is Family Sharing available?
Family Sharing is available on the monthly subscription plan. The lifetime plan does not support Family Sharing.
Does the monthly subscription automatically cancel if I choose the lifetime option?
No. You need to cancel your subscription after you purchase the Penjo Unlimited Lifetime option.
Pricing Plans
Start free. Upgrade when you need more.
| Penjo Features | FREE | UNLIMITED |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Journaling Suggestions | ||
| Apple Pencil & Finger Drawing | ||
| Advanced Search | ||
| Handwriting Recognition | ||
| Widgets* | ||
| Image Effects | ||
| Personalized Pencil Tool Picker | ||
| Dark Mode | ||
| Map Cards | ||
| Insert Text | ||
| Insert Image | ||
| Insert Shapes | ||
| Adjustable Canvas Space | ||
| Penjo App for iPhone | ||
| Penjo App for Mac | ||
| Penjo App for Apple Vision Pro | ||
| Image Generation (Apple Image Playground)* | ||
| Journals | Up to 3 | Unlimited |
| Daily Entries | Up to 14 | Unlimited |
| Pages per Entry | Up to 5 | Unlimited |
| iCloud Sync | No | |
| Calendar Events Integration | No | |
| Apple Reminders Integration | No | |
| Password-Protected Journals* | No | |
| Import / Export Penjo Notes | No | |
| Export to PDF* | No |
* Not available in visionOS: Widgets, Image Generation (Apple Image Playground), Password-Protected Journals, and Export to PDF.
Monthly $2.99/mo Yearly $19.99/yr (7-day free trial) Lifetime $39.99 one-time
Prices shown in USD. Local pricing may vary by App Store region. The monthly plan supports Family Sharing.
