Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes
authentic ratingA beautiful app for handwritten journals with pen pressure that beats most competitors. Stability lets it down: pages disappear when working with stickers and photos, and iCloud sync is unreliable.
44real score
4.55store star
44,415ratings
About the rating
Reviews are specific: artists and math teachers describe specific tools, scenarios, and bugs. High storeAvg=4.14 vs pct5=69 and textAvg=1.96: a worrying gap. Many reviews were written right after install before the user could do anything. No signs of inflation. Just a very negative real base.
Strengths
What users love
- The pen reproduces pressure more accurately than most competitors
- Creating the feel of real paper. Templates for engineering tasks
- Bullet journaling
- And habit trackers are all in one place. Navigation between journals is intuitive after a short learning period.
Weak spots
What users hate
- ICloud sync is unpredictable: entries appear and disappear after switching devices. The app freezes when working with stickers and photos
- Sometimes erasing entire pages. After updates
- Some users lost all data with no way to recover it.
Who it is for
People who want a beautiful digital journal for personal writing and are not storing critically important data there.
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