Penned: Private Notes
Edwing H Santos Mena Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Penned: Private Notes is a paid Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Edwing H Santos Mena. Rated 4.6/5 from 87 ratings. Requires iOS 16.6.
- Rating
- 4.6
- 87 ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jan 7
- 2026 · v2.4.0
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About Penned: Private Notes
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.
Ratings & reviews
4.6
87 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.4.0 · Updated January 7, 2026
Introducing Penned Notes 2.4.0 NEW: AI Handwriting Recognition - Search your handwritten notes instantly - Works 100% on-device for privacy - Supports multiple languages NEW: Modern Design - Clean, distraction-free interface - Updated icons & organization - Smoother Apple Pencil experience NEW: Export Options - Save notes as PDFs - Share as images - Quick text extraction Your thoughts, truly yours. No cloud required.
App privacy
The developer, Edwing H Santos Mena, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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