Penso Notes
Penso Notes is a free micro-journaling app for Android and iOS.
What Penso Notes is
Penso Notes is a free micro-journaling app for Android and iOS. It combines Bullet Journal structure with a daily stream for rapidly recording tasks, events, notes, and custom bullets. Entries can be found later by tag, bullet type, or date. The app includes more than 20 themes, such as light, dark, photographic, minimal, and seasonal designs, plus freehand drawing, pressure-sensitive brushes, over 200 stickers, and media attachments. Journals are stored locally, and the maker says journal text is not visible to its servers. A four-digit PIN can lock the journal when the app is backgrounded or after a timer. Google Drive backup encrypts the journal on the device before upload, while Google Calendar sync and recurring reminders support planning. Offline access is available. The free plan costs nothing and includes themes, backup, PIN lock, and no ads. The maker reports anonymous crash analytics with an opt-out; its privacy policy also describes diagnostics and usage activity tracking. There is no free trial.
Good
- Daily stream supports tasks, events, notes, and custom bullets
- Search by tag, bullet type, or date
- More than 20 themes and 200+ stickers
- On-device storage with encrypted Google Drive backup
- Available on Android and iOS
Watch out
- No free trial
- Privacy policy describes diagnostics and usage tracking
- Basic export formats
Who it suits
It suits journalers who prefer quick, separate entries over long-form writing. It also fits people wanting mobile capture, organization, and rediscovery.
Verdict
Penso Notes combines quick logging, visual customization, search, and local storage in a free mobile app. Its tracking disclosures and basic exports are worth considering before choosing it.
Plans and prices
From Penso Notes's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free · No Ads |
The facts
Each one read from Penso Notes's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- The maker says it collects anonymous crash analytics and offers an opt-out; the privacy policy also describes diagnostics and usage activity tracking.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Calendar
- The app supports Google Calendar sync and recurring reminders.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Drawing and stickers
- It includes freehand drawing, pressure-sensitive brush support, and more than 200 stickers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- End-to-end encryption
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Export formats
- basicchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Google Drive backup
- Users can back up their journal to their own Google Drive, with encryption on-device before upload.checked 30 Sep 2026
- PIN lock
- A four-digit PIN can lock the journal, with options to lock when the app is backgrounded or after a timer.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says journals are stored on-device and that it has no server seeing journal text; its privacy policy says notes are stored locally and not transmitted to its servers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Product
- Penso Notes describes itself as a micro-journaling app combining Bullet Journal structure with themes, drawing, stickers, and on-device privacy.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Rapid logging
- Users can capture tasks, events, notes, and custom bullets in a daily stream.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Search
- Entries can be searched by tag, bullet type, or date.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] for questions and support.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Themes
- The app offers more than 20 themes, including light, dark, photographic, minimal, and seasonal options.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Who it is for
- The maker positions Penso Notes for journalers who want quick thought capture, organization, and rediscovery, including people who prefer fragmented entries to long-form journaling.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- The privacy policy identifies Suchitra Enterprise as the developer and does not state a headquarters or founding year.checked 30 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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