# A note-taking app for iPad, with Apple Pencil

Type with a keyboard, write with Apple Pencil and draw a sketch inside the note. Each project keeps its own thread of dated notes, with the list of threads beside it on the big screen.

## At a glance

- **Plan:** Free · Plus adds Sync. Pro adds AI, sharing and full connections.
- **Apple Pencil:** Handwriting that turns into text, and sketches inside a note.
- **Keyboard:** ⌘N for a new thread, ⌘F to search.
- **Also on:** iPhone, Android and every browser.

## What the big screen adds

### Two panes

Your threads on the left, the open thread on the right. In Split View beside another app, it folds into one column.

### Apple Pencil

Write by hand in the composer or on a note, and Scribble turns it into typed text.

### Sketch

Draw a floor plan, a diagram or a signature right in the note, with Apple’s drawing tools. On the web it shows as a picture.

### Keyboard and trackpad

⌘N starts a thread, ⇧⌘N a folder and ⌘F searches, and the pointer works as on a Mac.

## Which kind of app you need

### A handwriting app such as GoodNotes or Notability fits if

- you fill whole pages by hand, as in a paper notebook;
- you mark up PDFs and slides;
- you want page templates and paper styles.

### ThreadPage fits if

- you mostly type, and write or sketch by hand now and then;
- you keep several projects going for weeks and want to see where each one stopped;
- you also work on a Mac, a PC or a phone, and want the same notes there with Plus or Pro.

You can also keep both: a handwriting app for lectures, ThreadPage for projects.

## Questions

### Does it sync with my Mac or PC?

With Plus or Pro and Sync on, a sketch you drew on the iPad is in its thread when you open it on your Mac, a Windows PC or your iPhone.

### Is it the same app as on iPhone?

Yes. One download from the App Store runs on both. Your Plus or Pro subscription works on both.

### Do I need Apple Pencil?

No. Whether your finger draws too is the iPad’s own Apple Pencil setting, and Apple Pencil adds pressure and tilt.

### Can I mark up a PDF?

No. Attach the PDF to a note and write your notes beside it.

## Limits

- On Free, notes stay on the device you write them on, and removing the app removes them. Export them first in Settings → Import & export.
- There are no locked notes and no end-to-end encryption, so keep passwords out of ThreadPage.

iPad, iPhone, Apple Pencil, Scribble, Split View, App Store, Apple, Mac, Windows, GoodNotes, and Notability are the names of their owners. ThreadPage is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

## Start with one thread.

[Start writing](https://thread.page/app)

Free in your browser. No account needed to start.

Read next

### [Project notes: one running log per project](https://thread.page/use-cases/project-notes.md)

Keep notes, tables and screenshots with each project. Before you switch, leave the next step in its thread. When you return, the context is there.

Free · nothing to set up

### [A lab notebook your script fills in](https://thread.page/use-cases/lab-notebook.md)

Every run arrives with its parameters, table and plot. Your chapters link to the run behind each claim.

Pro · results from a script

[ThreadPage on iPhone](https://thread.page/notes-app-for-iphone.md)

[ThreadPage on Windows and Mac](https://thread.page/notes-app-for-windows.md)

[Pricing](https://thread.page/pricing.md)