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About PaperPad - Handwritten Notes

PaperPad is a calm iPad notebook app for handwriting, paper templates, and PDF-ready notes. Create notebooks for study, planning, work, journaling, or personal ideas. Choose a paper style, write with Apple Pencil or finger drawing, organize pages, and export clean PDFs when you need to save or share your notes. Start with the right paper: Blank pages Graph paper Dot grid Lined paper Cornell Notes Handwriting practice Language and script practice Music staff and tablature Math, scientific, and specialty layouts Write naturally: Use Apple Pencil input Enable finger drawing when needed Zoom in for detail Change page template and paper color Work with real page sizes: US Letter, A4, A5, and US Legal Organize your notebooks: Create custom notebook covers Choose cover colors and title fonts Browse pages in grid or list view Reorder notebook pages Open notebooks quickly with Home Screen widgets Protect the app with Face ID app lock Export your notes: Export a single page as PDF Export selected pages with Pro Export full notebooks with Pro PaperPad is local-first and does not require an account. Optional iCloud saving is available with Pro. Free includes: Up to 3 notebooks Up to 30 total pages Blank, Dot Grid 5mm, and Graph 5mm templates Single-page PDF export System, Light, and Dark themes Selected cover colors and title fonts All page sizes PaperPad Pro unlocks: Unlimited notebooks Unlimited pages All paper templates Full notebook PDF export Selected pages PDF export All notebook cover colors All title fonts All paper colors iCloud saving Pro themes PaperPad Pro is available monthly, yearly, or as a lifetime purchase. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What’s new

Version 1.1.1 · Updated September 17, 2026

PaperPad 1.1.1 makes organizing notebooks and moving through pages feel cleaner and more consistent. • Refreshed notebook and page lists with better spacing, portrait notebook covers, clearer navigation, and Select All for pages. • New Draw with Apple Pencil Only option, while fingers still pan and zoom. • Library layout, sorting, and page-browser layout now stay the way you set them. • Handwriting search now shows indexing progress and offers Retry if something goes wrong. • Duplicate selected photos and shapes without rebuilding them. • PDF export now shows a clear message when an export cannot be completed. This update also includes stability and accessibility improvements.

App privacy

The developer, Adam Malewski, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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