# Pen and Paper — user reviews > 122 indexed App Store user reviews of Pen and Paper by Vivid Apps, rated 4.40/5 from 41 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pen-and-paper/id425893570/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pen-and-paper/id425893570.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 30 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (17 of 122) ### 4/5 — suggestions *2025-04-29* o il manque la possibilité de quantifié des longueurs **Developer response:** Hi Garches. Sorry, my French isn’t good enough. Are you missing the ability to specify lengths of items? Are you missing the ability to specify units? Or do you want to see a ruler? Hope you can clarify. ### 3/5 — Great product *2024-12-01* I’ve been using this product for sketch taking and note for over four years on an everyday basis up to 14 appointments a day for my business and it’s been great yes it has some limitations but there is no other product that I found that allows flexibility of not with photos moving it around anywhere on the page then placing notes and moving those anywhere around on the page like this program I hope the developers keep up with their updates and this product continues in the marketplace thanks heaps ### 3/5 — Mediocre, average *2024-11-08* Nothing remarkable or different, no special features or anything unique that makes it stand out or shine amongst the dozen of other similar apps. I did find this a little complicated and confusing on how to navigate and figure out what was what, so it wouldn't be ideal for someone who isn't tech savvy. ### 3/5 — pen improvement *2023-09-19, version 2.0.8* pen thinkness 2.0 would be good. not so smooth with pen, but okay. dark background for pdf? there is a lot to go here. Waiting for the updates. ### 4/5 — ADOPTÉE *2018-07-04* L'application est bien sûr perfectible mais en l'état il est devenu devenu mon carnet de notre quotidien. Ce qui me manque le plus est le drag-and-drop pour y glisser texte, dessins et photos à la volée. ### 4/5 — Great app....but *2017-01-10, version 1.8.6* This my go to app for writing with my Apple Pencil. Love how the app performs. Just one complaint. Maybe I overlooked it but their is no way to create a password for Books like my personal journal. Seems like an obvious feature. I'd like to rate this app with 4.5 stars but can't so I gave it 4 stars. ### 4/5 — Good, but more colors *2016-11-19, version 1.8.6* I want a better variety of colors! That's literally it! Just make like a more colors option, plz! But other than that, it's a great app ### 3/5 — left-handers? *2016-11-14, version 1.8.6* Great app----except please allow for notes to switch sides for page notes. When it's updated for us left-handers, this will be a 5 star app. ### 3/5 — Good but can be better *2016-09-26* Good application for taking notes. Works correctly with the Apple Pencil ( fluidity can be improved). The application is closing when wanted to insert a picture. A report has been sent normally. That is for the fourth star. Recognizing the hand writing and transform it to typing writing will bring the fifth star. I really recommend it. ### 4/5 — Nice, but... *2016-07-28, version 1.8.4* Battery hog on iOS 10 beta. I looked at it for 5 minutes, and it used 5% of my battery usage for the 24 hour period. Not good! May be just the beta, but still... ### 4/5 — Pen and paper app *2016-07-19, version 1.8.2* This is a great app. Works flawlessly with iPad and pen. I highly recommend it. The best and easiest writing and simple app our there. ### 5/5 — Great drawing/writing app. *2016-07-19, version 1.8.2* Has a lot of templates, great drawing options, and can export. Everything I need. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Ist ja eigentlich nicht dafür gemacht..😕 *2016-05-03* Eigentlich nur 0 Sterne da ich gerne mit einem Touch Stift dieses Programm benutzen würde. Es wäre schön wenn man für das Geld auch ohne Bluetooth Verbindung einfach mit einem Touch Penn das IPhone 6s oder das IPad benutzen könnte... Egal ob der Stift von Apple oder nicht ist.. Dafür müsste man in den Einstellungen dieser App die Option haben, auch Stifte verwenden zu können und so z.B die Berührungsempfindlichkeit nicht auf 8mm sondern auf 1 zu beschränken, so dass eine dünne Bewegung überhaupt erkannt wird. Das wäre sehr super und ich hoffe dass man das bei dem Geld zum Zeichen auch erwarten kann da die Apple Notizen fast die gleiche Möglichkeit bieten. ### 5/5 — Auf dem iPad Pro der Hammer *2016-02-03* Ich bin durch Zufall auf diese Notiz App gestoßen, da sie nicht in den Top Listen auftaucht. Ich kann von mir behaupten alle gängigen Notiz app's zu kennen. Von dieser bin ich in Verbindung mit dem Pencil total geflasht. Der Leistungsumfang ist eher als Standart zu bezeichnen, aber das ist für mich nicht das Ausschlaggebende. Diese App punktet bei mir mit einer durchdachten Menüführung, die keine Wünsche offen lässt. Sie ist sehr schnell und hat ein sehr schönes natürliches Schriftbild, dank druckempfindlichen Pencil natürlich. Man kann zum Beispiel einstellen, dass nur noch mit dem Pencil bedient wird, Blattverschiebungen oder Fehlstriche, Ade. Man kann die App auch in Quervormat nutzen, was ich sehr schätze. Das Schreibblatt ist in dem Fall komplett auf dem Bildschirm zu sehen, also kein Scrollen beim schreiben mehr. Usw. Ich könnte noch viel mehr schreiben. FAZIT: jeden Cent wert. Wenn ich mir was wünschen könnte, würde ich gerne noch einen Bleistift zur Auswahl haben. Dann wäre die App Göttlich. 😀 ### 4/5 — Always an amazing apo *2016-01-16* No more to say ### 5/5 — A lot to like here! *2015-11-05* I like this app because it strikes a balance between the apps designed for quick note taking and the ones designed for complicated work. Many of the apps designed for quick work have some limitation -- notes cannot exceed one page, there is no zoom feature, the notes cannot be stored in collections, etc. Many of the apps designed for more detailed work have so many features, or features so complex or requiring so much set up, that you might not be inclined to grab one of them just to make a simple note on the fly. Pen and Paper has just enough features for both simpler and more complicated work. With it, you can use your handwriting, type, insert, pan and zoom, import, share, and store. There is no "zoom box" at the bottom of the page, but the pan and zoom feature is very good and includes an autoscrolling capability, so, your handwriting can be clear and readable (even on the iPhone). Because the app can be set for autoscrolling, the pages don't pick up stray marks from your fingers when the pages moves along as you write. Typed notes can be centered or either left or right aligned, and inserted shapes can easily be made into text boxes. The app works on both the iPad and the iPhone, and you can sync data between devices via the cloud. Cloud sharing can be selective, which means that you can keep more private documents off the cloud at the same time that you can share other ones. ### 5/5 — Macht was es soll *2015-03-23* Ich nutze diese App nun schon recht lange und bin sehr zufrieden. Übersichtlich und gut zu handhaben. Wenn irgendwann einmal ein Stift auf dem iPad besser funktioniert, kann das Papier vollständig ersetzt werden. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No option to resize thickness of pen *2019-10-13* This is a totally useless app.there is no option to resize the thickness of pen.moreover there is no option to turnoff the pressure sensitivity.all my money got wasted.please don’t buy the app. ### 1/5 — Pen and Paper *2014-09-29* Pen and Paper is a terrible app because its options are difficult to understand. When you start writing in a text box the writing starts in a place that you can't see and it takes forever to get the right size because it takes you out of the page to change it. Do not buy this app unless you like wasting your money! ### 1/5 — No support for iOS 4.x *2011-11-24* (based on November 2011 version) This app started very promising, but the developers removed the support for iOS 4.x, leaving the users (who don't want to upgrade to iOS 5 yet) no choice but to delete the app. ### 1/5 — Vorsicht vor dem Update *2011-06-09* Nach dem letzten Update startet das Programm nicht mehr. ### 1/5 — 어찌하라고 *2011-05-15* 사진 믿지 마세요. 글쓸때마다 화면 확대시켜서 써야대고 다음줄 넘길라면 또 손가락으로 밀어주고 ㅡㅡ 아무튼 메모어플이지만 기능 상당히 부족하고 사용자 편의성 전혀 없는 ### 1/5 — I want my money back!!! *2011-05-11* I started hating this app in the first minute that I used it. It clearly does not do what it says it can in the description. Handwriting and Erasing are both painfully difficult. It certainly cannot draw accurately small details. The app crashed after 5 min of usuage and when i recovered it had lost some of the work done on it. HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT!!!! ### 2/5 — Die Bedienung… *2023-01-02* …der App wirkt nicht zeitgemäß. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Gefällt mir nicht. Schade. ### 2/5 — Below average note taking app *2018-07-25* Bought this to take notes at university. Really unhappy with the fact you can only write/draw with a fountain pen which personally makes my writing look scruffy. Also unhappy with the fact you cannot zoom in when writing meaning it’s quite difficult to write with the Apple Pencil. Would not have bought if I knew you could not change pen type or zoom in. ### 2/5 — Nichts für Linkshänder *2012-03-18* Für mich als Linkshänder leider (trotz vorhandener Einstellmöglichkeit) in dieser Version völlig nutzlos. echt schade, macht sonst einen guten Eindruck. ### 2/5 — Nice looking app with major design flaw *2011-12-10* So... Rather than jumping in and creating content... I'm managing tons of little objects that are all tripping over each other and hard to select. If this app was one simple text layer, one drawing layer, one background / layout layer, it would be a game changer. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — a amazing app with equally amazing monetisation model *2026-03-21* this is must try for anyone who takes notes on ipad to dev : fill bucket tool would be so nice , or ability of highlighter or any new brush to paint behind the pen stroke , this would be so amazing **Developer response:** Hi Exeecute. Thank you for the kind words and feedback. Those are good suggestions, and we will definitely look into both. Let us know if you have more suggestions! ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2025-05-08* I’ve been using this app for years now and still love the functionalities offered! ### 5/5 — Must have app for lectures *2023-02-24* Pen and Paper is the best app for PDF note-taking due to the slide notes feature. This adds extra lines to the side of the pdf pages for easier notes which can then be exported easily to other apps. The new import screen added in the latest update is great as well. Definitely worth the money spent and thanks to the developer for creating such a great feature which I could not find anywhere else on the App Store :) ### 5/5 — Klasse App! *2019-10-20* ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ‚Was mir fehlt ist ein kleines Vergrößerungsfenster für das Handschriftliche Schreiben...‘ - ist zwar nicht da.... aber der Sprung in die nächste Zeile geht trotzdem Automatisch. Auch das ‚weiterziehen‘ in der Zeile. Man muss nur kurz warten. Habe ich davor nicht gemerkt. Damit ist die App klasse! Denn....ich kann auf meine gewünschte Größe zoomen und losschreien. Die Möglichkeit die überdeckte Farbe transparent zu schalten ist auch klasse - vor allem wird die Schrift darunter nicht abgeschwächt .... ### 5/5 — Lovely *2018-10-28* Love the app, worth the money! ### 5/5 — A terrific writing app *2017-04-29, version 1.8.7* One of the best out there! ### 5/5 — Best all in one sketch/journal/photos app *2017-01-29* Had this app on my phone for quite a while thinking it was mainly a sketch app. After looking for a dream journal app, and not finding any that worked well and would allow you to mix text, scalable photos, objects and sketch all in one. I tried this app and wow, it is GREAT for that. So I had this dream about a beluga whale jumping out of the water into my arms and the two of us walking around a seaside town with him asking to go into a shop or hang out in a park. Within this app using its text feature I wrote down the dream. Then I went on the Internet and found some photos of beluga whales that I saved to camera roll and added them into this journal entry. I then sketched a stick figure holding a little whale. The whole funky looking journal entry is able to be emailed as a PDF plus it supports exports to Dropbox, iCloud and more. It rocks! ### 5/5 — Neat app *2016-09-26, version 1.8.5* This is a neat app. You can do so much with it. With the large expansion capability you can write hidden messages. I wrote a whole message inside one square on the graph paper. It does all it claims. The seller responded quickly to a question I had. Nice to have such good support! ### 5/5 — Wonderful! *2016-07-20, version 1.8.2* This tool has everything and is so easy to use. I'm not a friend of the developer, I'm just a very impressed user. ### 5/5 — Feature rich handwriting and text note taking *2016-07-20, version 1.8.2* Really like its interaction with iOS Pasteboard. Very nice UI, continuous pages and dual page mode. Almost infinite zoom in editing and freely mixing sketching, text and images makes it fun to use. Ability to rotate canvas would be a nice addition #when added in a future update. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-16.*