Pen Journal AlternativesNote-taking Tools & Journaling Apps like Pen Journal

Pen Journal is described as 'Is made, to create Notes and Scripts, easily. Just write things down with your graphictablets pen (Stylus)' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pen Journal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best Pen Journal alternative is xournal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pen Journal are GoodNotes, NoteLab, Journaler and Jarnal.

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  1. xournal icon
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    Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.

    50 xournal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • xournal is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Pen Journal.

    • xournal is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pen Journal.

    • xournal is Free and Open SourcePen Journal is Paid and Proprietary
  2. GoodNotes icon
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    Experience "digital paper" with seamless note-taking on iOS devices. Annotate PDFs, PowerPoint, and Word, plus organize notes in unlimited folders. Enjoy searchable handwritten notes that sync across devices with iCloud, intuitive QuickNote feature, and customizable templates.

    64 GoodNotes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • GoodNotes is the most popular Web-based, Android, Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Pen Journal.

    • GoodNotes is Freemium and ProprietaryPen Journal is Paid and Proprietary
  3. NoteLab icon
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    NoteLab brings the power of digital note taking to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Journaler icon
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    Journaling application for elementary OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Jarnal icon
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    Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Windows Journal is one of the applications designed for Tablet PCs. Users can handwrite notes and draw lines or shapes with it. Even though it is recommended to use a graphics tablet or a Tablet PC, you can compose handwritten notes using a normal mouse.

    37 Windows Journal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. MrWriter icon
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    Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows / Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Bamboo Paper icon
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    Bamboo Paper, a seriously fun new app from Wacom, provides you with the ability to create virtual notebooks for your tablet, letting you share your ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles.

    25 Bamboo Paper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. gournal icon
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    Gournal is a note-taking application written for usage on Tablet-PCs (such as the Toshiba M200)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Journal, a Microsoft Garage project, is a Windows 10 app helping people who love to journal to evolve their ideas and express themselves quickly with the power of their digital pen.

    38 Microsoft Journal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows. It has the ability to annotate PDF files and has a few other options (e.g. markdown support).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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