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Utterly ꧁𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂!꧂
I am obsessed with notebooks. I am so much so that I sometimes write stuff down on a notes app like this one before I mess one up by accident! This app is perfect for an extreme notebookholic like me.
Now I have not tried a lot of notes apps on which you are intended to write with your finger, but all the ones I HAVE tried have been lame-o. Either I can't zoom in, my handwriting looks terrible, or it's just...blah. This one stands out. Not only is it all-purpose and relatively easy to use, but the stickers are free and mostly nice. I could hardly believe there was washi tape!
I would say the only downside is that, in the free version, one can only have a single notebook at a time. Yet you can do a lot with a single notebook sometimes. (You have no idea.) Do not be misled by some of the worse reviews. This app is a gem, and I would give it Editor's Choice if I were an editor. But I'm not downloading this app for you; you are. Don't take my or their word for it. Just try it.
(PS, how do you delete a notebook, devs? Thank you.)Show less🐺🐟 The Lupine Fish 🐟🐺
Utterly ꧁𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂!꧂
I am obsessed with notebooks. I am so much so that I sometimes write stuff down on a notes app like this one before I mess one up by accident! This app is perfect for an extreme notebookholic like me.
Now I have not tried a lot of notes apps on which you are intended to write with your finger,
but all the ones I HAVE tried have been lame-o. Either I can't zoom in, my handwriting looks terrible, or it's just...blah. This one stands out. Not only is it all-purpose and relatively easy to use, but the stickers are free and mostly nice. I could hardly believe there was washi tape!
I would say the only downside is that, in the free version, one can only have a single notebook at a time. Yet you can do a lot with a single notebook sometimes. (You have no idea.)
Do not be misled by some of the worse reviews. This app is a gem, and I would give it Editor's Choice if I were an editor. But I'm not downloading this app for you; you are. Don't take my or their word for it. Just try it.Show lessFantastic in many regards, lacks quality of life features
Hello penbook team and and others reading this review.
I really enjoy this app in many regards, and prefer it to the native iPadOS Notes app. However, there are a few quality of life features that I earnestly desire, and feel that lack of said features distracts from my overall usage and enjoyment of this app.
Here they are:
1) I use an iPad ninth generation. The performance of Penbook, relative to the iPadOS notes app, is noticeably more laggy. Scrolling through pages, and writing, does not feel as though it runs at the refresh rates my device is capable of (the notes app is “smoother”).
2) I wish this app responded to light and dark mode on my iPad. When I open up journals with a white background at night, I don’t want to look at them after a few minutes. The native notes app will toggle this for me automatically, and I wish there was a way for me to do the same in Penbook.
3) When you are on the last page of your journal, it would make sense for the forward arrow to just create a new page, rather than a different button for that.
3a) I feel like the date at the top should not appear until you write something down on the page. That way, with the create new Page mechanic currently, you could spam a bunch of new pages without feeling like they’re all dated on the day you made them.
Thanks for reading, and keep up the good work!Show lessBigOldeDoinks69