Don't purchase anything else, this is the perfect note taking, memo writing, organizer. I tried four other apps trying to find this functionality along with writing recognition that wasn't a piece of garbage. Most of those apps took my writing and turned it into scribbles. Others just couldn't organize anything and left me better off we a real pad of paper and a pen. This is perfect, now I can throw away my pads of paper and vie already started moving my work notes into this.

The "ink" in this app makes the writing look very nice. Lay out, design, function are all great. Only thing I'd like to see is the ability to zoom the page a little to get better density on the page - at current 1:1 zoom it is hard to get legibility on anything but big swoopy letters. Adobe Ideas is no where near as attractive or easy to use as Penultimate, but it does allow you to zoom in as you write which allows you to pack a page more densely (however it also requires you to pan around and keep track of where you are one page which is a total pain.). Overall, this is a great effort.

Amazing app! I was a little worried about writing with my finger but it feels so natural with this app. The design is pleasing to the eye and the overall performance is A++. All I ask for is the ability to jump to the first page or better yet allow us to bookmark pages for easy access! Great app! I recommend it!

Beautifully crafted. The "how-to" notebook that comes with the app made it even more enjoyable. Definitely looking forward to other high quality apps to come from this developer. Amazing work!

Great response when just writing with my finger. Nice to have the different paper styles. Might be cool to have at least the usual red, blue and black pen options associated with note taking.

Great interface, simple to use, feels natural. Its replaced Apples Notes app already. Would be great if each Notebook had it's name embossed on it's cover in a nice font. Price can't be beat either.

Penultimate is great for handwriting notes or doing quick sketches on the iPad. It's very easy and intuitive to use. The interface is beautiful. I use it all the time.

It's pretty simple which makes it easy to use for anything like quick notes, shopping lists, and a quick game of hangman or tic-tac-toe with your twelve-year old! The categorization feature (by being able to have multiple notebooks) is nice though I haven't had to use it yet-I just keep using the paper from the how-to. I think I agree with the poster who said it might be nice to get an embossed image of your title on the front of the notebooks. Some other things: I'd like to keep it's primary functions simple but to add more paper choices (colors, looks) and different colors of pens, etc. It might be nice if you could have a choice as to whether a sheet in a notebook could be marked like by turning down the corner for a bookmark or an actual virtual bookmark for a place I think is important but don't want to email. Also, it might be nice if a page in a notebook as well as a whole notebook could have a different color choice for paper altogether. For example, a color that could be written on or used as a divider within the same notebook or a whole notebook of pink paper for keeping a pregnancy or women's notebook to track notes for the doctor. Other than these things, I can't imagine anything else to make it better! Solid app!

Very clean UI and the writing lines are smooth unlike other writing/note taking apps. Will give it 5 stars if can choose red, blue and black ink. Also have the title and info labeled on the notebook cover.

My only complaint is the animation when changing documents is too slow. Please allow an option to turn off the animation. That is the only thing keeping it from being a 5 star app.

Well designed and great functionality. Other writing apps not nearly as smooth as this one. Would be a great five star if we could change pen and paper colors. But for the price I rated it five star anyway. Good job developer. Most iPad apps disappoint. This doesn't!

This is a terrific app for quick sketches and short, quick notes. I absolutely LOVE the Moleskine look and feel -- it's be great to have options of book covers (black covers with white pages, etc). Writing with finger works as well as I guess it could, but for longer notes, it'd be great to have a keyboard option (I know - it'd ruin the feel of the app, but it would add real functionality). I may buy a pogo stylus to see if I can write smaller... Love, too, the email functions. For quick sketches -- the app works terrific. Overall, a great version 1. Looking forward to some enhancements in future versions.

This is the note taking app that I've been looking for. It is not complicated to navigate or change tools, and writing is easy! You can't type on this app, but I personally don't need that. The ink looks beautiful, as do the pages and notebooks. I highly recommend it.

With this app and a stylus for iPad, you are ready to go. You can email single pages or entire notebooks. My only gripes, which are tiny is that when you create a new notebook, you are not prompted to give it a name. You have to exit the current notebook view to rename your notebook. Also, when you change the page type, it changes it for the entire notebook and not that single page, but maybe that was thru design. What would be cool if future version could allow you to import pics from photo app.

Very nice app. Beautiful and simply to use. Two suggestions - please add two finger zoom (or other zoom option) for more precise drawing and add delete confirmation to avoid accidental page deletes.

Reasonable price , wish it had a zoom feature tool or a writhing size feature . Thickness in ink and color . Nice app thank's

Needs different color ink and the ability to make the graph paper grid larger. The graph paper is too small to be useful when you have to draw with your finger.

but it would be nice to add the ability to write on pdfs aswell, maybe you guys could make another cool app for that. cant wait to get my pogo sketch

The aesthetics of this app should certainly be commended - it's beautiful. But if this or any app has a chance of actually replacing a real notebook in day-to-day use it will have to support the wresting of a wrist on the glass and zooming in with a pinch to overcome the resolution limitations of the device. As a software designer I applaud the developers' intent to keep this simple, but without the addition of these two 'features' the tool will remain little more than a novelty.

I can't praise this app enough. Everything is so thought out. When you get to the bottom of a page, you just tap the number to go to a new page in the same notebook. It's fantastic. And I don't know why or how, nor do I care, but my sketches and notes are much more legible on this app than others! The interpretation of finger input is somehow more advanced and looks far better in this app over others.

Though with rough edges, this is fully functional note taking app that deserves my mental spot for iWork quality apps - which, until now, has been occupied by iWork apps only. This app more than accommodates all my need for hand drawn figures and quick nite taking. I would still choose to take my college notes with Pages ( recommended template "Draft Paper), simply because I hate writing a paragraph any longer than three lines, but for "don't forget the milk" sort of business I might have, I know which app jump to. Penultimate nicely fills the gap for iPad occasions where QWERTY keyboard may be a overkill, but not worth writing it down on a piece of paper (which, I have learnt from my experience, is doomed to be lost, or to be slaughtered in the washing machine) I would appreciate to see the notebook zooming in and out, just like Pages do, and I would appreciate more carefully designed "No new notebook- create new?" touch box. But I'm sure the Penultimate had been half obligated to leave the developer's cradle, probably to confirm the positive review and good grossing. As I had came across Penultimate on the App ranking list, I'm sure the developers are fining up the edges as I write this review. Recommended for all early adopters wanting to find another way to be pragmatically digital with iPad, and for all of the late adopters I know.

It is an OK app, but there are better ones out there. Should have the ability to change pen size and colors.

Using this app feels so natural, especially with the Pogo stylus. One request is to somehow have an optional feature to be able to have the app recognize if your palm is resting on the screen, while still being able to write. I'm not sure if it's at all possible for the hardware to tell the difference, or if somehow there lies a workaround to provide this functionality, but if so, great!!! Thanks for this app...

Downloaded this app but found that it is impossible to rename a book as you cannot confirm the changes. Hopefully they will sort this out! If you get this to jot down notes in conjunction with drawings etc you will probably be disappointed! It is very tricky to write more than three words per line and it would be better if you could mix typed text with 'finger drawn' text and pictures. Bit of a waste of money really and hoping for v2

Things I would like to see in future updates: 1. A pen color palette / adjustable pen size 2. Different book covers to choose from

Dropbox is my cloud storage system of choice, so this feature is wonderful for me. It also means I can very easily share notebooks with my girlfriend for collaborative cartooning. Thanks for the great new feature!

I'm a note/handwriting app junkie with over a dozen, but keep going back to Penultimate with stylus. Simple, elegant, easy to use, anytime one would formerly use a pen and paper (I don't carry them anymore). Now with Dropbox and Evernote sync, there is none better, and may delete others.

i use penultimate any time i need to sketch something quickly and email it to myself. there's no better app for that out there. i honestly don't use it much for note taking, but it is indispensable for quick sketches and diagrams that i need digitized.

Would also be nice to have box.net support option, zoom, pass code option. Still love this app.

Whoa, evernote and dropbox support. Didn't see this one coming from the folks at Penultimate but they just knocked my socks off!!! I'm a power user of both of those services so this is a welcome addition to the Penultimate features. As for the handwriting, fluid, easy and effortless. Love this app!

... And it has never disappointed. Never. And then this new version is released - oh how good is that. Evernote and Dropbox integration. Very cool. No - very USEFUL.Totally does what it says on the tin - and more besides - a definite example of 'understate and over prove'.

The Jan 10 update sends this app to the head of the class once again. I am very happy with the new ability to write and draw and take photos with Penultimate and then send the lot to my Dropbox or to Evernote. Makes my life a lot easier and more productive. How could anyone do without this app?

The ink feel in Penultimate is best by far. Very enjoyable to write and draw. The update to integrate Dropbox and Evernote is wonderful. Feature suggestion....I would love to be able to paste PDFs into my notebooks, hope that is coming.

Each update is five stars. The best and most improved writing app on the market.

Love that I can now send my notes to Evernote! One of my most useful (and used) iPad apps just got even better...