Notes · Tasks · Spending · PDFs

Everything you write down. Only you can read it.

Penline keeps everything you'd otherwise scatter across four apps — written down, organised and end-to-end encrypted. Not even we can read it.

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End-to-end encrypted Free plan, no caps on writing Export any time
Penline Tasks list grouped by day
Penline Expenses with October total
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Every device you own

One app on your phone and tablet.
The same notes everywhere.

On a tablet it opens out into three panes — your folders, your list, and the note you're working on, side by side. On a phone it folds back to one. Write on one device, pick it up on another.

Penline on iPad: sidebar, notes list and the open note side by side
The same note open on iPhoneiPhone · one pane
iPad · three panes
iPhone & iPad
iOS 18+Apple Pencil
Android phone & tablet
Android 14+Stylus
One app

Four things you already do,
stitched together.

Most people keep notes in one app, tasks in another, receipts in a folder and PDFs wherever they land. Penline holds all four, and they know about each other.

Notes

Write it any way you think.

Rich text, photos, tables, checklists and drawings, organised in nested folders and tags.

  • Full-text search across everything
  • Templates for meetings, journals, briefs and more
  • Apple Pencil and stylus drawing
A note with text and a photo
Note templates
Start from a template, or a blank page
Tasks

Today, upcoming, and the big picture.

A clear list for today, a calendar for the month, and boards for bigger projects. Reminders arrive when you asked.

  • Priorities, subtasks and due times
  • Calendar and board views
  • Ready-made boards for launches, audits and more
Tasks list grouped by day
Tasks calendar view
High, medium and low priority at a glance
Expenses

Know where the month went.

Multi-currency, with the rate locked at the moment you spent. Scan a receipt and it fills itself in.

  • Groups that work out who owes whom
  • Receipt scanning
  • Insights by month and category PRO
Expenses list for October
Spending insights by category
Split a trip with friends — Penline does the maths
PDFs

Read, highlight and write on any PDF.

Ink, highlight, underline, strike and arrows. Your markup syncs to your other devices, encrypted like everything else.

  • Open and read on every plan
  • Annotate with pen or finger PRO
A PDF with handwritten annotations
Private by design

We built it so we couldn't
read your notes.

Most apps promise not to look. Penline is arranged so that looking isn't possible. What reaches our servers is unreadable — to us, to anyone who compelled us, and to anyone who stole the database.

Your iPhone

Weekly Grocery ListOat milk, spinach, cherry tomatoes, sourdough…
Encrypted here

Penline servers

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All we ever see

Your iPad

Weekly Grocery ListOat milk, spinach, cherry tomatoes, sourdough…
Decrypted here
Penline security and recovery settings
End-to-end encrypted

Notes, tasks, expenses, attachments and PDF markup. Encrypted before upload, decrypted only on your devices.

Recovery that's really yours

A recovery key you keep, or approval from a device you already trust. No backdoor, because there isn't one to have.

You approve every device

New phones and tablets join only when one of yours says yes. Nobody can quietly add a device to your account.

Yours to take away

Export everything you've written, any time, on every plan. Data ownership isn't a paid feature.

Pricing

Free to use properly.
Pro when you want more.

The free plan isn't a trial — it's the whole app for one person, with no caps on how much you write.

Standard

Free
for as long as you like
  • Notes, tasks and expenses, uncapped
  • Encrypted sync across your devices
  • Reminders, widgets and search
  • Open and read any PDF
  • 1 GB of storage
Download free
Best value

Pro PRO

$34.99 / year
Just $2.92 a month, billed yearly · 7-day free trial
  • Everything in Standard, plus:
  • Every note and board template
  • Budgets, charts and spending trends
  • Annotate PDFs
  • Unlimited receipt scanning & expense groups
  • 100 GB of storage
Start 7-day free trial

Encryption, sync and recovery are never paid features.

Questions

Good to know

Can Penline really not read my notes?

Right. Everything is encrypted on your device before it's uploaded, using keys only your devices hold. Our servers store ciphertext, so there's nothing readable to look at, hand over, or leak.

What happens if I lose my phone?

Use your recovery key, or approve the new device from another device you already trust. Because there's no backdoor, keep your recovery key somewhere safe.

Is the free plan a trial?

No. Standard is the whole app for one person, with no caps on how much you write. Pro adds templates, budgets and insights, PDF annotation, unlimited scanning and 100 GB of storage.

Can I take my data with me?

Yes. You can export everything you've written, any time, on every plan.

Which devices are supported?

iPhone and iPad on iOS 18 and later, and Android phones and tablets on Android 14 and later. Apple Pencil and stylus are supported.

Start writing.
We'll never read it.

Free on iPhone and iPad. Android is on the way.

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