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 GoodNotes, which is free. Other great apps like Pen Journal are NoteLab, Journaler, Windows Journal and Jarnal.

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  1. 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.

    81 GoodNotes alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. NoteLab icon
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    NoteLab brings the power of digital note taking to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

    24 NoteLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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

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    • Linux
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  4. Provides handwritten note-taking and drawing for Windows Tablet PCs, supporting stylus, pen, or mouse input. Allows creating, organizing, and searching notes, drawing shapes and lines, importing or exporting files, and is mainly used for personal or classroom notes.

    34 Windows Journal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. 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.

    28 Bamboo Paper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. 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

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    • Linux
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  9. 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.

    41 Microsoft Journal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. 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).

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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