CalenDraw: Calendar Notes

I’ve been looking for an app that marries the affordances of digital tools with the tactile experience of the Apple Pencil. This app checks all the boxes. The more I use it, the more I discover nice touches. Calendar, tasks, notes, and journal. It’s got them all. You can write in your tasks one after another on individual lines. You can assign them to dates and have them appear in the calendar. You can draw on your calendar while also importing your system calendar events as well. You can record longer form entries into a daily journal. In each case, you can have the feel of writing by hand with the advantages of an electronic device. If you want to keep a handwritten calendar but do not want to write on a plain or hyperlinked PDF, this app is perfect for you. Finally, each update just brings this app closer and closer to perfection. Can I give it six stars?

I love this app - marries my many Google calendars with the ability to make them disappear so I can write out and plan my daily priorities on a calendar. I work at home and this is my portable whiteboard calendar for planning out my work projects each day. I love that it lets me view and flip back and forth between my Google events and my handwritten plan — or view them both together in week or day view. The app has functioned smoothly and does exactly what I want it to (plus a bunch of stuff I don’t personally use because I have other apps for journals and for To Dos - Nebo and To Do). I love the different colors and settings for the pencil so I can color-code my projects (picking a color from the CMYK/RGB color picker would be a great addition but there are several colors to choose from now, so I’m happy). One thing I’d reeeeeally like to see added is the ability to export the calendar to print out a particular view!

If you own an iPad and use an Apple Pencil, this app should be on your device. It marries the handwriting experience of the Apple Pencil with the digital affordances of the iPad, iPhone, and Mac. You can integrate digital calendar events with your handwritten tasks and notes. When you handwrite your tasks, the app automatically creates a new line for your next task. If you want to schedule your handwritten tasks, you can add a date and time. The task appears in your task list and on your calendar. You can check off the task in either location. Your handwritten tasks look gorgeous on the Mac and iPhone. Now it is up to Apple to integrate the Pencil into its entire iPhone and Mac ecosystem. When that happens, this app will absolutely take off. Until then, you'll need to use your finger on those other devices.