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Penbook

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Penbook

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4.6
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User Reviews for Penbook

4
engineering student

i came to your app as an engineering student looking for a good digital engineering paper option. I like the paper options that you put out and the page options that you offer. Your pen support is flawless and my page exports look amazing. i have a few suggestions that would make this app top notch. 1. ability to save favorite notebook styles for the book creation and delete defaults(i only want one type of engineering paper and your pre made books are just clutter. i also don’t want a whole paper package just one. it is irritating to find the engineering paper i want and then have to delete 5 or 6 pages every time i create a notebook. 2. notebook folders or library management, or the ability to select individual pages of a book for pdf export. i need one book per homework assignment with the current setup. 3. Basic shape drawing capability 4. ability to re-size selections 5. in app ability to crop imported pictures 6. ability to edit text or date or page number on engineering header pages and have header carry to additional pages (option at new page creation) 7. 8.5x11 sizing for pages so i can create the same size page if i’m on my phone or on my ipad in any orientation.

amberslove11, Jun 18, 2022
5
Very useful

This is my first time doing digital notes for school so I was on the look for a note taking app. I tried the free version before committing and I am obsessed with taking notes on it. I like that variety on pens types you can use and the ability to select specific shades of color. I bought the yearly subscription since unlimited notebooks and pdf downloading was a must to me. I also love that besides note taking I can do my journaling here using the different washi tapes, already made pages and fonts. The pre made notebooks are also very handy and I like the selection of pages depending on the purpose of the notebook; notes, journal, calendar (weekly, monthly and even yearly), diagrams and drawings. I like that I can create my own pages and favorite them so I can implement them later on other books. Overall great app and I’d recommend to anyone who rather have digital notes rather than a bunch of paperwork. 10/10

Chuchi712, Mar 12, 2022
5
I absolutely love this app!

I love this app so much! I really enjoy using it to study. I’m an engineering student and being able to access engineering paper on an iPad is amazing! I can’t wait to be able to upgrade to the full version so I can make multiple books and sort all my notes out. I appreciate that I can (as far as I can tell) have as many pages as I want, I can change individual pages for the individual need, and that I can place small graphs and stickers to help make my notes easily readable.(Update) I love the app has added stickers and other things (wash tape) for free. It makes everything really nice to use. I’m still waiting to upgrade to the premium version (gotta wait until I afford it). The premium version is decently cheap, however, only running about $15 per year, or $50 for lifetime access (which I think is pretty cool). Thank you so making such a good app! It would be kind of cool to be able to upload our own stickers or be able to access (maybe have people submit) relevant to different classes.

Deedster22, Feb 12, 2023
4
Amazingly versatile. Missing a key feature.

Penbook is amazing. I’ve been looking for a place where my ADD brain can explode. This app gives me that versatility with the variety of page templates. They have thought of just about everything. I would love if it had a password option. I’m starting to use it for more personal thoughts and for writing stories and screenplays. I would be uncomfortable leaving it in this app if I could not safeguard it. It would be awesome if there could be some variety in writing utensils to include art brushes and highlighters. Finally, it would be incredible if the app had an adaptive feature that would allow you to search and it could find information in your books for you. Obviously that would require it to have the ability to read hand writing. It might be nice if we could also convert our handwriting to text with a touch of a button. As a writer I would love that feature! Overall I am happy with this app for general use.

FrenchFryAddict, Mar 26, 2022
5
Great! Multipurpose

I have been using this app for quite awhile now. I love it! I have multiple notebooks and works perfectly for what I need. I love that you can custom every page differently and then duplicate that particular page and save as a favorite to use in other notebooks. This is my go to for personal and work and keep things separately nicely. One suggestion I would like to see, you have incorporated the calendar feature which I love and hate at the same time. Is it possible for a future update to incorporate specific calendars for specific notebooks? I don’t like if I add the calendar it goes on all my notebooks. I have multiple calendars for different reasons and would love to be able to specify which calendar I would like to see in certain notebooks. Other than that, the app is great and use it everyday and have recommended to quite a few people. Thank you.

Gina_624, Dec 16, 2021
5
Love it, have some feedback though

This app is wonderful - I use it for journaling, habit tracking, finances, personal inventory, and many other functions. I have some frustrations, though, so I’m hoping the app creators will see this review and consider the feedback.1) I have specific color, pen, and sticker sets that I would like to use for each notebook, but every time I switch between notebooks I have to go through and make sure I get the right color and size for each thing. This actually was *easier* to deal with before the update that added more colors. I love having all the color options! But I wish I could have a colorscape set to each notebook.2) It would be awesome to be able to just select a sticker that I’ve already placed and duplicate it without having to go back through the sticker library and fight with the one I want to *try* to get it to match the size of the others (I like to use stickers for to-do list boxes).3) A smoothing/flow slider would be great. I frequently *want* to use the pen setting but the jiggle/unevenness drives me up the wall and I end up re-writing the same thing ten times before I’m happy with it.Thanks for reading!- a customer with OCD and like an 85% satisfaction rating

lonely515151, Oct 14, 2022
5
Exactly What I was Looking For

I’ve been looking for a handwriting app for a long time, and finding something that matches my needs has been challenging. I always wanted to replace the need for carrying physical notebooks, but every app out there seems to love putting tons of UI all over the place. This was the first app I found that finally hides all the UI, and it truly feels like a replacement for a physical notebook. It’s also extremely full-featured and contains a fantastic selection of extras such as washi tape and even some special notebooks that make it seem like you’re getting a notebook from an actual store. This, combined with the fantastic price, makes this one of the best notebook replacement apps out there. There’s some UI that needs to be polished, especially around handling notebooks and organizing pages. Still, the fantastic note-taking experience makes it totally worth it.

ProJedi1234, Aug 04, 2023
5
Simple, beautiful app

I’ve tried so many notebook apps but found none that I liked until I found this one. I found the app to be very simple to use the more you explore. Other apps I tried, I would’ve liked and kept if it wasn’t for their ridiculous pricing options but this app, I feel, has a fair pricing system; to each their own🙂 I love this app. I love that when I open the app, I can see the book I’ve created and the page turning is similar to an actual book.I also love the little things like the stickers and the drawing sampler. I can tell whoever created this app was really thorough in their approach of how they wanted this notebook app to perform. Those little things in my opinion can make anything great. Keep it up👍🏻

Querieda, Jan 01, 2022
3
Update

I have generally cored the app. However, this new update allows you to switch drawings or signs to whatever the app thinks is the perfect version of what you were trying to do. This B great in theory, except it happens when your finger rests on the page, even if it's a really old page. So, I keep finding random rectangles on parabolic drawings in my notes, and because it got changed so much later than I wrote them originally, I no longer know what my math notes are trying to communicate. And, when I'm trying to actually use the feature, it misreads what Sam trying to draw it turns my ovals into weird lines and my lines into boxes or ovals, and my boxes into lines. And it's not predictable. It's driving me crazy! Otherwise, I like being able to export to a pad, and I like the way the pages and graphical interface look. I also like the shading attributes of the drawing tools.

smilinggirld, Jan 19, 2022
3
Really want to like the app.

The app has several sparks of brilliance and the vast array of notebook types far outstrip what I’ve seen in other notebook apps. Unfortunately, the app has several issues that make me switch to other apps to get actually work done. Issues: First, using the Apple Pencil to navigate the UI is frustrating. Several touch/tap zones(like when switching tools) are too tight are require multiple taps to activate. Second, I have to use my finger to activate UI elements because of the poor touch zones when using an Apple Pencil , but even some buttons are still are very hard to use when using a finger. Like the edit button when trying to delete pages. Annoyances: First, The text based “stickers” don’t account for background color, so if you use black notebook “paper” the sticker labels still have black text. Second, I want to disable both the swipe down gesture and swipe up gesture, I keep activating them on accident. Third, When adding a sticker, you have to manually press the layer button to leave “edit?“ mode. Tapping outside the sticker should just do that. Outside of those things I’ve listed. Notebook management is nonexistent . You can’t group notebooks nor and you can only view your list of notebooks in a 50/50 view with an open notebook. I want a dedicated view that shows notebooks. And on the very low list of things is a fountain pen option as a tool.

StayFrostE, Jan 25, 2022

Description

Write naturally with your Apple Pencil on Live Paper with Penbook. Build your perfect notebook from more than four hundred types of stationery. Then, use the best digital inking technology to pour your ideas, notes, plans, and dreams into it.

Penbook's Live Paper is way smarter than ordinary stationery. Schedule your life on a monthly planner that shows a real calendar, organize your day with a day planner that shows you what time it is, and record your nutrition on a food diary that knows what day it is. Or, bring your own stationery! Import your PDFs into Penbook for quick annotation and editing. Give your notebooks colorful covers with fun art, and share them so your notes are always where you need them. FEATURES • Live Paper, the dynamic stationery that uses the smarts of your iPad and iPhone • Over 400 of academic, scientific, and planning stationeries • Import PDFs and use them as notebooks • Write naturally with your Apple Pencil, stylus, or finger • Unlimited unique cover combinations for your notes • Search your handwritten notes for words or phrases • Snap your strokes to perfect shapes with shape recognition INCLUDED STATIONERIES Penbook has a huge selection of customizable stationery. Each page of your notebook can be different, turning your iPad or iPhone into a magic notebook: • Blank stationery, with an optional date and configurable margin • Ruled paper with variable density • Graph paper with four options for square sizes • Dot stationery, either squared or isometric (offset) • Cross stationery with configurable margins and density • To Do pages with four layout options • Monthly habit paper for tracking streaks, habits, and goals • Day planner paper with a live updating timeline and calendar, and three layouts • Weekly planner paper that highlights the current time and date • Monthly planner paper that keeps track of the current day and shows you what's coming next • Yearly stationery for getting a complete overview of your next 365 days • Cornell paper for taking perfect study notes • French ruled (Séyès) paper • Penmanship practice paper • Table stationery for hand-written spreadsheets • Polar graph paper for plotting radial data • Semi-log and loglog paper for data with exponential growth or decay • Isometric stationery with equilateral (60-60-60) or isosceles (75-75-30) triangles • Perspective paper, configurable with one, two, or three vanishing points • Developer stationery with device stencils and configurable note-taking areas • Storyboard paper with 3 frame aspect ratios • Engineering paper with variable density • Chemistry paper for easily sketching molecules • Staff and tablature (music) paper with optional linked staves GET THE MOST OUT OF PENBOOK Use all of Penbook's stationery and writing features in a single notebook for free for as long as you like. Upgrade to Penbook Premium to create and export unlimited notebooks, receive access to new stationery and covers as they're designed, and get regular app updates. Penbook Premium is available by purchasing a yearly subscription or a one-time (lifetime) in-app purchase. When you choose to upgrade with the yearly subscription, you can start using Penbook Premium for free with a 7-day free trial. During the trial, cancel any time until 24 hours before the trial expires, and you will not be charged. If you do not cancel, you will be automatically billed for the yearly subscription when your free trial ends. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Our customer-first privacy policy: https://penbook.app/privacy-policy Penbook's terms of use: https://penbook.app/terms-of-use

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