PenCake: Minimal Writing App
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About this app
A beautifully minimal space for your thoughts.
Pencake helps you focus on your words—whether you’re writing a journal, a story, or something just for yourself.
Since 2018, more than 2.3 million writers have chosen Pencake as their space to write in peace.
Its clean, distraction-free interface helps you focus entirely on your words. No clutter, no noise—just you and your story. With elegant typography and smooth spacing, writing on Pencake feels as natural and beautiful as writing in a real book.
Minimalist, yet powerful
- Clean and aesthetically refined interface
- Designed to enhance focus and creativity
- Beautiful fonts and themes that suit your mood
Writing made effortless
- Start writing instantly with an intuitive experience
- Enjoy smooth performance even with long-form writing
- Stay organized with “Stories” that group related entries
Write anywhere, anytime
- Sync your work seamlessly across all your devices
- Continue writing wherever inspiration strikes
Safe and secure writing
- Auto-save, version history, and trash recovery
- Face ID / Touch ID protection
Built for real writers
- Supports Markdown for flexible formatting
- Word and character count, image insertion, and preview mode
- Ideal for all kinds of writing—journaling, blogging, novel writing, and fanfiction
Whether you're an aspiring writer or just someone who loves writing in peace, Pencake offers a simple yet inspiring place to put your thoughts into words.
* Some features such as auto-sync, desktop access, themes, and advanced fonts are available through Premium.
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- Official website: https://pencake.app/
- Desktop app: https://pencake.app/download/desktop/
- FAQs: https://pencake.app/faq/
- Format text: https://pencake.app/guide/markdown/
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pencakeapp
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/pencakeapp
Please help translate into your language.
https://crowdin.com/project/pencake
Privacy Policy: https://pencake.app/privacy/
Pencake helps you focus on your words—whether you’re writing a journal, a story, or something just for yourself.
Since 2018, more than 2.3 million writers have chosen Pencake as their space to write in peace.
Its clean, distraction-free interface helps you focus entirely on your words. No clutter, no noise—just you and your story. With elegant typography and smooth spacing, writing on Pencake feels as natural and beautiful as writing in a real book.
Minimalist, yet powerful
- Clean and aesthetically refined interface
- Designed to enhance focus and creativity
- Beautiful fonts and themes that suit your mood
Writing made effortless
- Start writing instantly with an intuitive experience
- Enjoy smooth performance even with long-form writing
- Stay organized with “Stories” that group related entries
Write anywhere, anytime
- Sync your work seamlessly across all your devices
- Continue writing wherever inspiration strikes
Safe and secure writing
- Auto-save, version history, and trash recovery
- Face ID / Touch ID protection
Built for real writers
- Supports Markdown for flexible formatting
- Word and character count, image insertion, and preview mode
- Ideal for all kinds of writing—journaling, blogging, novel writing, and fanfiction
Whether you're an aspiring writer or just someone who loves writing in peace, Pencake offers a simple yet inspiring place to put your thoughts into words.
* Some features such as auto-sync, desktop access, themes, and advanced fonts are available through Premium.
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- Official website: https://pencake.app/
- Desktop app: https://pencake.app/download/desktop/
- FAQs: https://pencake.app/faq/
- Format text: https://pencake.app/guide/markdown/
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pencakeapp
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/pencakeapp
Please help translate into your language.
https://crowdin.com/project/pencake
Privacy Policy: https://pencake.app/privacy/
A private, focused space to write your journal, diary, notes & stories.
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Ratings and reviews
7.6K reviews
A Google user
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6 September 2019
It takes up quite some space for a note app. Nevertheless, I still love it as it has a minimalistic design which is so lovely. By the way, does it have back up? Like Google Drive etc. I would like to save it because if not, I'll have to transfer it to a notebook manually which is going to be really exhausting. Oh, and can you make us watch let's say 3 ads in order to add one extra book? It'll help a lot for those who can't pay. Thanks for the app though!
2 people found this review helpful
Diffathy, Inc.
8 September 2019
Hi, thank you for your great suggestions! :) It's superb helpful! We're now considering the exactly same idea to add more stories by watching some ads. For now, you can back up via Dropbox. We're now working hard to develop an auto-sync feature that supports Google Drive. We hope these helps you. If you have more ideas, please let us know. :)
starstruck
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28 July 2020
I really enjoy PenCake's features; they're easy to use, and minimal enough so you can keep track of everything. The design of the app is simple, and aesthetically pleasing. However, I do wish there was a way to manually rearrange the articles. Nonetheless, thank you for creating this app! (For users looking to download PenCake, I would like to note that you have a limit of two stories you can create unless you pay for a premium version, but the amount of "articles", or chapters, is unlimited.)
71 people found this review helpful
Diffathy, Inc.
10 August 2020
Thank you for your review with kindness! :) We promise you that we will add the way to manually rearrange the articles in the future. We will never stop improving this app. If you have other issues or suggestions, please feel free to let us know. Thank you! :)
Larissa
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25 June 2020
Very minimalistic and cute! Just bought the premium version :) It would be cool if we could format text (ie. bold or italicize) — and for it to actually show up formatted IN the article. But I'm not complaining!! PenCake is a great app, and I definitely can't wait to use it more. Edit: just saw that you're planning to add bold and italics! Thank you, haha :')
28 people found this review helpful
Diffathy, Inc.
7 August 2020
Thank you for using this app and buying the premium version! :) We will try to add those features as soon as possible. If you have any further suggestions or issues, please let us know. Thank you! :)
What's new
PenCake 3.17
• Many new fonts added, now filterable by category
• 23 new themes added
• Adjust first-line indent width in two levels
• A smaller and a larger font size added
• Safer sync: a new step confirms the sync direction
• French and Indonesian supported
• Fixed a crash when editing a long entry
• Fixed a crash when exporting an image after a search
• Fixed indentation not applied when opening an entry after a search
• Many new fonts added, now filterable by category
• 23 new themes added
• Adjust first-line indent width in two levels
• A smaller and a larger font size added
• Safer sync: a new step confirms the sync direction
• French and Indonesian supported
• Fixed a crash when editing a long entry
• Fixed a crash when exporting an image after a search
• Fixed indentation not applied when opening an entry after a search
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About the developer
DIFFATHY INC.
Rm 1007-1805
24 Heungdeokjungang-ro 105beon-gil, Giheung-gu
용인시, 경기도 16951
South Korea
+82 10-8139-2662
