Pencilpage: Notes, Scan & AI

Pencilpage is a notebook that feels like paper. Write with Apple Pencil on lined, squared, dotted or blank pages, add real tables, import PDFs to write on, and turn photos of teacher notes, book pages or whiteboards into short study notes. WRITE • Pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser, lasso, colours and sizes in one floating toolbar you can move to any edge • Rough lines, circles and rectangles snap to clean shapes • Zoom box: write in a magnified strip, the ink lands on the page above • Undo and redo for ink and blocks; two-finger tap undoes • Light and dark paper, margin line, punched holes ORGANISE • Notebooks with coloured covers, sections and pages; favourites, tags and search that also finds typed text, scans and recognized handwriting • Real, editable tables: type or write in the cells, add rows and columns, colour cells • A hand-drawn grid can become a table with one tap • Import a PDF and write on top of it; export a page or notebook as PDF or image SCAN & EXPLAIN • Photograph a page, whiteboard or worksheet; text and handwriting are recognized on your device • Take notes: short, exam-focused notes with highlights, callouts, tables and formulas that fit your notebook's goal • Explain it: summary, key points, formulas and quiz questions • Ask AI: circle your own handwriting or a text block to explain it, simplify it, translate it, make flashcards or convert handwriting to typed text • Fill it in: turn a worksheet into a page you can answer with the Pencil PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account, no ads, no tracking, no third-party SDKs • Apple Intelligence, on your device, writes the notes where your device supports it (iOS 26 or later with Apple Intelligence turned on). The on-device model works in English and German • Optional: use Claude from Anthropic instead, with your own Anthropic API key. Only then the photos you add and the text you ask about are sent to Anthropic, after you agree in Settings. Your drawings are never sent. The key stays in your device's Keychain • Your notebooks sync through your own private iCloud MADE FOR BIG SCREENS Works on iPad and iPhone. On foldable screens such as the iPhone Duo, the unfolded screen works like an iPad: a big page, familiar navigation, and in laptop posture a writing strip on the flat half. REQUIREMENTS iOS 18 or later. AI notes on the device need iOS 26 or later and a device with Apple Intelligence; without it you can still write, scan, import PDFs and use tables. Apple Pencil is recommended, fingers work too.