Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

• App Store rating4.6★ from 44,888 ratings
• Cheapest subscription$4.99 per month
• Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months13 of 94 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

• Billing complaints in reviews13 of 94 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (14%)
• Free trial converts to a paid plan7 days free trial, then $14.99 per year

What Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $4.99 per month.

• Penbook PremiumRenews every month, no trial$4.99
• Penbook PremiumRenews every month, no trial$7.99
• Penbook Premium7 days free trial, then renews every year$14.99
• Penbook Premium7 days free trial, then renews every year$19.99
• Penbook Premium7 days free trial, then renews every year$29.99
• Penbook PremiumRenews every year, no trial$29.99
• Penbook Premium7 days free trial, then renews every year$39.99

How to cancel Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes

1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Select Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes (listed under a plan name such as Penbook Premium).
4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page or website.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Reported bugs

Sticker resizing issues causing app freezes; Ruler placement and alignment problems; Inconsistent behavior when switching between pages; Calendar sync not working as expected; PDF import and annotation functionality not reliable.

Recent one-star reviews

ProblèmeDes pages se supprimes entièrement sans aucune raison sans possibilité de les retrouvé. Si on écrit des choses importantes pour avoir payer l’application se problème est inadmissible.

En fait, c’est payantDès le premier écran, un abonnement obligatoire. Au revoir…

Problème de mise à jourL’application a buggé suite à une mise à jour. Le crayon noir colorie blanc et inversement. Tous les noirs de mes dessins ont été inversés et sont devenus blancs. Impossible de revenir en arrière. Je ne trouve pas de mise à jour pour remettre les valeurs dans l’ordre. Gros bug.

Recent five-star reviews

Bien !J’utilise Penbook depuis 1 an maintenant pour m’organiser et prendre des notes, j’aime beaucoup l’application, qui comporte de nombreuses fonctionnalités et choix. Cependant, je suggèrerai que l’option qui permet de pouvoir « standardiser » les formes type traits, carrés, cercles dessinés à la main…

Application superbeSuper application que j’utilise quotidiennement. Quelques fonctionnalités attendues côté image et elle sera parfaite : - pourvoir réduire sans limitation les imagés , leur ajouter un cadre blanc et les recarder sans passer par une autre application - pourvoir les snapper l’une à l’autre ou les align…

Pas malÀ première vue, cette application me semble très complète. Même si je n’ai pas encore tout à fait compris à quoi pouvait bien servir le scratch pas vu que c’est déjà une appli de prise de note. Ça fait un peu doublon non?

About the developer

Pencil Research has published on the App Store since Sep 24, 2019: 6 app(s), 1 of them no longer in the store.

• Condukt: MIDI Controller5.0★
• Scanner Live4.6★
• Petey - AI Chat3.8★
• Open Scanner: PDF Scanning4.7★
• Read Aloud Calendar - Daybrief5.0★

Alternatives to Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes

• Notability: AI Notes & Planner4.8★
• Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF4.7★
• Weekly Planner - Diary, Notes4.7★
• Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook4.4★
• Notebook – Notes, Notepad4.7★

Also similar: CollaNote: Notes & PDF Markup (4.7★)

Questions people ask

How much does Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $4.99 per month.

How do I cancel Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes have a free trial?

Yes: Penbook Premium offers a 7 days free trial, then $14.99 per year.

How much does Penbook cost?

The app offers a free version where you can use all stationery and writing features in a single notebook. To create and export unlimited notebooks, access new stationery and covers, and receive regular updates, you can upgrade to Penbook Premium.

Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes in one paragraph

Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes by Pencil Research is a Productivity app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $4.99 per month across 7 plan(s). App Store rating 4.6 from 44,888 ratings. 13 of 94 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (14%). The developer has 6 app(s) on the App Store, 1 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Sep 8, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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