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Penned: Private Notes

Name: Penned: Private Notes
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.75 (100 reviews)

Experience the natural feel of handwriting with on-device AI that never leaves your hardware. No cloud, no tracking, and no subscriptions—just a secure, minimalist sanctuary for your ideas and sketches.

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Key Figures

Downloads

27K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

100

Publisher

Edwing H Santos Mena

Productivity Without the Privacy Trade-off

Penned combines the tactile feel of traditional journaling with cutting-edge, on-device AI to keep your most sensitive thoughts completely secure and organized.

Natural Pencil Precision

Experience a lag-free, distraction-free writing environment optimized for the Apple Pencil, perfect for deep work and creative brainstorming.

Private AI Recognition

Search your handwritten notes instantly with on-device AI. Your data never leaves your device and is never used for training models.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

App Store

Screenshots

Penned: Private Notes - Handwritten digital note showing a brainstorming session with sketches and various writing tools at the bottom — Handwritten digital note showing a brainstorming session with sketches and various writing tools at the bottom

Penned: Private Notes - Handwritten checklist in dark mode on the Penned Private Notes app — Handwritten checklist in dark mode on the Penned Private Notes app

Penned: Private Notes - A humorous handwritten mind map created with digital drawing tools in the Penned app — A humorous handwritten mind map created with digital drawing tools in the Penned app

Penned: Private Notes - Handwritten planner notes with sketches in Penned app dark mode — Handwritten planner notes with sketches in Penned app dark mode

Penned: Private Notes - Handwritten bullet journal on a dark background with drawing tools at the bottom — Handwritten bullet journal on a dark background with drawing tools at the bottom

Penned: Private Notes - Handwritten guide on the six fundamentals of visual notetaking including letters bullets and sketches in the Penned app interface — Handwritten guide on the six fundamentals of visual notetaking including letters bullets and sketches in the Penned app interface

Description

Your thoughts deserve privacy. Penned Notes is a minimalist handwriting app that keeps everything on your device. - Natural Apple Pencil writing - AI text recognition (on-device) - 100% private - zero cloud required - Export beautiful PDFs - Smart tagging & search - Clean, distraction-free interface Unlike other note apps, Penned Notes uses Apple's Neural Engine to recognize your handwriting locally and nothing leaves your device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions to complex features you don't need. Perfect for: - Daily journaling - Class notes & studying - Meeting notes - Sketches & brainstorming - Sensitive work documents Privacy-first architecture means your notes stay truly yours. Download Penned Notes. Where your thoughts are penned, not surveilled.