# Penara: Notes & Journal — Write, draw, record, reflect

> Write, draw, record, reflect (iPhone/iPad app by Lukens Holdings LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/penara-notes-and-journal/id6829077961 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Lukens Holdings LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896767512)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 41 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-06
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Penara?

One notebook for writing, drawing, recording and remembering.

Penara is a notebook that feels like paper and works like your best software. Write with Apple Pencil, type anywhere, speak notes, mark up PDFs and Word files, and keep a daily journal that turns like a real book. Your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud. There is no Penara account and nothing to sign up for.

DESIGNED FOR IPAD, IPHONE AND IPHONE DUO
• Open it flat on a Duo and it becomes a two-page book. Fold it like a laptop and you get a page overview above the hinge and your writing below.
• A small map appears when you zoom, so you never lose your place.

PAPER FOR EVERYTHING
• 29 kinds of paper: ruled, legal, French and penmanship lines, Cornell, grid, dot, isometric, engineering, polar, music, guitar tab, storyboard, developer and more.
• Planner pages that follow the real calendar: day, week, month, year, habit and food.
• Six page sizes. Page by page or continuous scroll. Any paper colour.

WRITE, TYPE, DRAW
• Pens, fountain, marker, pencil, watercolor and crayon, with colour, thickness and presets.
• Hold the pen still at the end of a stroke and a rough circle, rectangle, triangle or line snaps clean.
• Tap anywhere and type, in 13 handwriting fonts, or write each letter once and type in your own handwriting.
• 27 shapes, connector lines that stay attached, and mind maps that tidy themselves.
• Photos anywhere on the page: move, resize, crop.

DOCUMENTS AND SHARING
• Import PDFs, Word, Pages, RTF, HTML, Markdown and images, then mark them up with Apple Pencil.
• Export PDF, PNG or Markdown. Back up everything as a single file you own.

A JOURNAL WORTH KEEPING
• A daily page with a timeline, your calendar events, photos, mood and place.
• Make to-dos and Reminders right on the page.
• Start notes from a meeting in your calendar.
• Lock the journal or any notebook with Face ID.

RECORD AND REPLAY
• Record audio while you write, then tap a stroke to hear what was being said when you wrote it.

MAKE IT YOURS
• Design your notebook covers: colour, pattern, emoji, band and ribbon.
• Packs, bought once and yours to keep: seasonal covers, business and clinical page templates, day planners, writing and wellness pages, and art, pen and coloring packs, each with ready-made notebook starters.

FREE TO START
Try Penara free with one notebook and up to 10 pages across your notebook, quick notes and the Journal, with every pen, paper and tool and a selection of templates. Exporting is always free, and nothing you write is ever locked away.

UNLIMITED, YOUR WAY
• Penara 1 Unlock: pay once for unlimited notebooks and pages, importing PDFs and documents, and every free template in this version of Penara.
• Packs are separate one-time purchases. No subscription.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://penara.app/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coloring Studio | $2.99 | one-time |
| Sketch Starter | $1.99 | one-time |
| Artist Pens | $2.99 | one-time |
| Perspective & Form | $3.99 | one-time |
| Product Design | $4.99 | one-time |
| Figure & Face | $3.99 | one-time |
| Engineer's Notebook | $4.99 | one-time |
| Architect's Sketchbook | $4.99 | one-time |
| UI & UX Wireframes | $3.99 | one-time |
| Comic & Storyboard | $2.99 | one-time |


## Is Penara safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Penara.

## Is Penara legit?

Penara: Notes & Journal appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Penara is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-11-11

Packs are here, with new art tools and four redone coloring books.

• Four illustrated adult coloring books (Botanical & Nature, Landscapes & Our World, Patterns, Animals & Wildlife) plus a free sampler, with a coloring outline color you choose in Settings.
• Pencils and pens: graphite grades 9H to 9B, mechanical pencils, fine-liners, a very fine line option, and new oil, gouache, pastel and ink sets.
• Sketch notebooks now have illustrated drawing guides.
• A start bar on new empty pages for ruled, grid or dot paper, import and scan.
• Fixes: the toolbar clears the iPad window buttons, notes stay open when you rotate iPhone, and pages fill the full width in landscape.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-06

No release notes.

## More apps by Lukens Holdings LLC

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