Minimal Writing App: 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.


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- 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

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

Ratings and reviews

This app has everything I was looking for, and I searched and tried so many others. This one is my perfect fit. I would love to see more features in the future, like a search by word option, link functionality in articles and to others, the option to increase only a line of text size, and to only change the alignment of one area, a cover image option for the stories, checkboxes, highlight, italics, bold, etc. Excited to see the app grow!

Great writing app, love the font, and I love how it doesn't show "**___**" when you want to use italics, bold or underlined words. It has a reading mode as well. The quotation marks match the font instead of just being two straight lines like other apps. This is my favorite app, especially since I write all of my books on it. Also, if you're writing a series. It allows you to section off the series into a category. Unlike other apps that only allow you to have one list.

I've been a lifetime member for a long time. I really do like using the app. There's only one thing I'm using the app for and I try my best to write daily. My only complaint is the lack of an indent option for starting a new paragraph through the android keyboard. If I attach a Bluetooth keyboard, I can easily just use the tab, but for me the function should be there at the push of a button. Without the need of a peripheral.

What’s new

■ First-line indentation is now available! 🙌
- You can set it up in [Menu > Settings > Paragraph].
- This is a Premium feature — and free users get to try it too! Give it a go!
■ You can now set the line spacing tighter.
■ Paragraph spacing settings are now available.
■ A new Smart Empty Line Spacing feature has been added — it displays empty lines more compactly.