Penzu

In-app purchases
4.1
10.5K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Penzu

* Used by over 1 million people around the world
* Best free journal in any app store
* Syncs to the web and other mobile platforms for free

Penzu is the most popular free diary, journal and notepad. It’s the best place to keep your most private thoughts safe and secure. Sync your journals to Penzu where your notes are accessible from almost any device in the world. So simple and fun that you’ll leave your paper diary behind!

FEATURES

* Unlimited journaling
* Sync journals with Penzu cloud for free
* Customize your journal covers
* Receive reminders to write
* Lock journals with a password
* Encrypt your journals
* Add photos
* Lock app with a PIN
* Search journals
* Add tags
* Write offline
and more...

WHY PENZU?

Penzu is a diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. With a unique and compelling user experience, it makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper.


PRIVACY

Your journal and your thoughts aren’t always meant to be shared — some things are supposed to be private! Use Penzu to jot down whatever you want. Then lock your journal with a password (or even encryption) so no one can read it but you! Furthermore, you can lock the entire app with a PIN in the event that someone gets access to your mobile device.


PENZU

Unlike other journal apps, Penzu has a web-based counterpart. So you can access your journals and diary from any web browser and other devices. Penzu is constantly being updated and improved so that the writing experience is effortless and reliable.


SUBSCRIPTION INFO

This app is free to download but requires a free Penzu account in order to start writing.

Upgrading to Penzu Pro costs $4.99 per month or $19.99 per year. Your subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel manually.
Updated on
Dec 11, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Photos and videos and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
9.89K reviews
Christi Higashi
August 19, 2025
I've had the app for awhile. but now it isn't working. I can't access one of my journals. it syncs and crashes. I'm unable to write. so I read to spark it. penzu crashes now. and it's not getting better. I'll just use it on the computer. the phone app is trash now. and im disappointed. I can't even correct. just upset and done
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April 24, 2024
Usually use this on my laptop as it's easier to type there. It's an amazing service but the app has some issues. The main one being that I can't open my journal without the app crashing, I can only add a new entry. For context, I have a password set and I do add photos to my entries sometimes (which makes the PC/web version lag a bit). Would rate higher if this issue is resolved.
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Andy Lockley
September 12, 2022
Great app with a tiny flaw - I love Penzu, I've been using it for years. One slight issue is that I get quite attached to my 'streak' of writing every day. And occasionally, Penzu will lose my streak through no fault of my own, I don't know whether it's tied to one post every 24 hours, so a very early morning one followed by a late night one might break it, but I've had 300+ day streaks ruined by this bug :(
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What’s new

Bug fix for issue around saving affecting some users