Notes, Journal, Diary: PenCake

Diffathy, Inc.

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

A beautifully minimal space for your thoughts.
Pencake helps you focus on your words—whether you’re writing a journal, a story, or something just for yourself.

Since 2018, more than 2.3 million writers have chosen Pencake as their space to write in peace.

Its clean, distraction-free interface helps you focus entirely on your words. No clutter, no noise—just you and your story. With elegant typography and smooth spacing, writing on Pencake feels as natural and beautiful as writing in a real book.

Minimalist, yet powerful
- Clean and aesthetically refined interface
- Designed to enhance focus and creativity
- Beautiful fonts and themes that suit your mood

Writing made effortless
- Start writing instantly with an intuitive experience
- Enjoy smooth performance even with long-form writing
- Stay organized with “Stories” that group related entries

Write anywhere, anytime
- Sync your work seamlessly across all your devices
- Continue writing wherever inspiration strikes

Safe and secure writing
- Auto-save, version history, and trash recovery
- Face ID / Touch ID protection

Built for real writers
- Supports Markdown for flexible formatting
- Word and character count, image insertion, and preview mode
- Ideal for all kinds of writing—journaling, blogging, novel writing, and fanfiction

Whether you're an aspiring writer or just someone who loves writing in peace, Pencake offers a simple yet inspiring place to put your thoughts into words.

* Some features such as auto-sync, desktop access, themes, and advanced fonts are available through Premium.


---

- Official website: https://pencake.app/
- Desktop app: https://pencake.app/download/desktop/
- FAQs: https://pencake.app/faq/
- Format text: https://pencake.app/guide/markdown/
- Email: [e-mail]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pencakeapp
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/pencakeapp

Please help translate into your language.
https://crowdin.com/project/pencake

Privacy Policy: https://pencake.app/privacy/

Ratings and reviews

Hello, I am very content with this app which can be used for notes and stories. However, I do have a minor suggestion. Hopefully, you can change the UI so that in order to italicize a word or sentence, you don't have to put // at the beginning and end. It sort of ruins the immersion, even if it doesn't appear on reading mode. There's also the strange occurrence where adding three dots make it float in the middle. Thanks! 😅

Everything I wanted, & more. Theres a slight learning curve in the menu/home page for how to navigate between articles and documents, but it's easy to pick up. What makes this app truly impressive though, is the extensive extended keyboard short cuts which lets you access "" and () easily, so it doesn't break your flow when creative writing. The extensive list of shortcuts in that shortcuts bar is very very helpful, and increases my productivity by at least 300%.

I really enjoy PenCake's features; they're easy to use, and minimal enough so you can keep track of everything. The design of the app is simple, and aesthetically pleasing. However, I do wish there was a way to manually rearrange the articles. Nonetheless, thank you for creating this app! (For users looking to download PenCake, I would like to note that you have a limit of two stories you can create unless you pay for a premium version, but the amount of "articles", or chapters, is unlimited.)

What’s new

■ Fixed some bugs.