Write first
Open last night’s page. No cover. No folder ritual. The library floats at the side when you need it.
For iPad · Apple Pencil
Handwriting that stays connected
GoodNotes is a notebook. Notability is a lecture recorder. Pencircles is where every stroke, recording, and PDF page can belong to more than one Circle — and link to the ideas you wrote last month.
One page, many Circles
A note can live in lecture, project, and exam prep at once. Circles are memberships, not a path.
Leave with your library
Ink, search, and audio stay free. Export a .pencircle package. We do not lock your handwriting behind a chat.
What you can do on paper
Link a mark
Lasso a stroke and point it at another page. The other page keeps a backlink so you can jump home.
Search your own hand
Library search is on the free plan. English first; Simplified Chinese is in the same index.
Tap a stroke, hear that moment
Record a lecture. Jump back to the second you wrote the line. Audio stays on device unless you pay to sync.
Write on your PDF
Import your own slides or papers. Ink sits on top and is not burned in until you export.
Honest middle price
Local
Free
$0
- Unlimited local notes
- Full ink, search, and audio
- One Circle
Circle+
Circle+
$24.99 / year
- iCloud private-db sync
- Unlimited Circles
- Import wizard and more devices
Launch window
Founders
$39.99
- One payment, Circle+ for life
- 5,000 seats
- Ninety days after public launch
What this is not
Not a prettier notebook. Not a cheaper lecture recorder. Not a cover shop, not a sticker market, not a cloud AI chat, and not an Android editor. If you want a bookshelf of covers, we are the wrong app.