Penlog is an Apple Pencil journaling app for iPad built around a simple premise the site states up front: handwritten notes usually die on the page. Penlog reads the notation you already use and turns it into structured data that your other tools — and your AI assistant — can act on.
You write on a daily blank page (dotted, grid, or lined). Penlog’s handwriting recognition interprets your notation rather than asking you to tag anything by hand: a bullet marks a task, a circle marks an event, an X marks something completed. Those elements then sync out to Notion and Apple Calendar, and the sync runs both ways — edit a task in Notion and the change comes back to the handwritten page.
The AI side works over MCP. Claude and ChatGPT can connect to your journal, read what you wrote, and write back to it. A REST API is available for agents that need direct access to journal pages.
Key Features
- Daily handwritten pages — Blank pages in dotted, grid, or lined layouts.
- Notation recognition — Bullets, circles, and X marks become tasks, events, and completions without manual tagging.
- Two-way Notion sync — Tasks stay in step in both directions.
- Apple Calendar sync — Circled events land on your calendar.
- MCP integration — Claude and ChatGPT can read and write your journal.
- REST API — Direct agent access to journal pages.
- Searchable handwriting — Find past entries without flipping through pages.
Who It’s For
People who think better with a pen than a keyboard, but do not want handwriting to be a dead end — especially anyone who already runs their week in Notion, Apple Calendar, or an AI assistant.
How It Works
- Write on your daily page with Apple Pencil, using bullets for tasks and circles for events.
- Penlog recognizes the notation and converts it into structured elements.
- Tasks and events sync to Notion and Apple Calendar, and edits made there flow back to the page.
Penlog requires an iPad running iPadOS 18 or later and an Apple Pencil. It is free to download, and is made in Indianapolis by RT Indianapolis Holdings LLC.