Penned vs PromptCapy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penned
A minimalist handwriting app designed for privacy, keeping all your notes securely on your device. It features natural writing with Apple Pencil, on-device AI text recognition, and smart tagging for easy searching. Export your notes as PDFs in a clean, distraction-free interface.
- Natural Apple Pencil writing
- On-device AI text recognition
- 100% private, no cloud
- Export beautiful PDFs
- Smart tagging and search
- Distraction-free interface
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Your thoughts deserve privacy. Penned Notes is a minimalist handwriting app that keeps everything on your device. - Natural Apple Pencil writing - AI text recognition (on-device) - 100% private - zero cloud required - Export beautiful PDFs - Smart tagging & search - Clean, distraction-free interface Unlike other note apps, Penned Notes uses Apple's Neural Engine to recognize your handwriting locally and nothing leaves your device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions to complex features you don't need. Perfect for: - Daily journaling - Class notes & studying - Meeting notes - Sketches & brainstorming - Sensitive work documents Privacy-first architecture means your notes stay truly yours. Download Penned Notes. Where your thoughts are penned, not surveilled.
PromptCapy
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PromptCapy is a personal prompt library that helps you save, organize, and reuse your best prompts in seconds. Whether you use AI for writing, coding, planning, research, translation, or customer communication, PromptCapy keeps your most useful prompts ready whenever you need them. Instead of rewriting the same instructions over and over, you can quickly find the right prompt, fill in a few details, and copy it instantly. Use tags, groups, favorites, and pinned items to keep everything organized. With fast search, you can find prompts even when you only remember part of the wording. Template variables like {{name}} or {{topic}} make it easy to generate tailored prompts for repeated tasks without editing the full text every time. Features: Save, edit, duplicate, and delete prompts Organize with tags, groups, favorites, and pins Fast search for quick access Template variable support for reusable prompts JSON backup and import Korean, English, and Japanese language support Privacy: All data is stored locally on your device PromptCapy does not collect your prompt content
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PromptCapy at Free against Penned's $4.99. Penned's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.2). On in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
PromptCapy is free to download; Penned costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Penned | PromptCapy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (87 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edwing H Santos Mena | seungho choi |
In-app purchases
Penned
No in-app purchases
PromptCapy
No in-app purchases









