Simplistic Note taking app for ipad , first support for apple pencil, flip pages with pencil gesture
SoloPen Notes is a minimal handwriting app for iPad. No clutter. No distractions. Just you, your Apple Pencil, and endless pages.
Wide range of features that will assist you, mainly:
Core Writing & Canvas
– Apple Pencil Writing : Full pressure-sensitive drawing with PencilKit
– Page Flip with Pencil : Swipe to flip pages using pencil gestures
– Two-Page Spread : Side-by-side pages in landscape mode like a real book
– Tool Picker : iOS 26 native PencilKit tool picker for pens, pencils,
markers, eraser
Page Templates Mainly
– Blank : Clean empty page
– Lined : Horizontal lines for writing
– Grid : Square grid pattern
Paper Themes
– White : Pure white background
– Warm White : Slightly warm, easy on eyes
– Cream : Cream colored paper
– Sepia : Vintage sepia tone
– Gray : Light gray background
– Dark : Dark mode paper with white ink
Stroke History & Recall
– Stroke Journal : Records every stroke add, remove, transform, mask
– Stroke Fingerprints : Unique identity for each stroke (path + ink hash)
– Global Recall : Timeline scrubbing across all pages with ghost strokes
– Ghost Strokes : Deleted strokes shown at low opacity during recall
– Stroke Replay : Procreate-like time-lapse playback of drawing
Bookmarks
– Stroke Bookmarks : Bookmark selected strokes with tags
– Bookmark Groups : Grouped by page
– Lasso Selection : Two-finger gesture to select strokes for bookmarking
Search & OCR
– Handwriting Recognition : OCR via Vision framework
– Full-Text Search : Search across all notes and pages
– Search Highlighting : Matches highlighted on canvas with bounding boxes
– Page-Grouped Results : Shows which pages contain matches
PDF Features
– PDF Import : Import PDFs as note pages with background images
– PDF Annotation : Draw on top of imported PDFs
– PDF Export : Export notes
Organization
– Folders : Hierarchical folder structure
– Note Icons : Emoji and SF Symbol icons
– Note Titles : Auto-recognized from first line or custom
– Thumbnails : Visual grid of all pages
– Restore from Trash : Recover deleted notes
– Permanent Delete : Empty trash permanently
Sync & Cloud
– iCloud Sync : Automatic CloudKit sync across devices