Pensio, the journal app for iPad
Your whole journal on a big screen. Pensio reads every entry for the feelings, people and patterns in it, and the iPhone app is the iPad app, so it is the same journal on both.
What it is like on an iPad
The whole journal on a big screen
Room to write, and room to read back weeks of entries, your people and your insights.
One app for iPhone and iPad
Install it once from the App Store. The same app fits the screen it is on.
Locked behind Face ID or Touch ID
Turn on the app lock and your journal opens only for you.
The same journal everywhere
One account: what you write on your phone is there when you open the app here.
What you can do in it
Everything Pensio does, on this screen too.
Handwriting to Text In beta
Photograph a page of your paper journal and get the words back as an entry you can search
Voice Journaling
Say it instead of typing it. The words are yours to keep; the recording is yours to drop
Photos in an Entry
A picture in the writing, where it belongs, with the location stripped out
Emotion Tracking
60+ emotions extracted automatically from every entry
Weekly & Monthly Insights
Automated pattern analysis generated from your entries
Explore AI
Chat with an AI that knows your entire journal
Good to know
No canvas for Apple Pencil
Entries are typed. Pensio has no page to draw or handwrite on.
Choosing a journal app for iPad?
What each one does well, and what Pensio adds.
| Tool | What it does well | What Pensio adds |
|---|---|---|
| Pensio vs Apple Journal | Built into the iPhone, free, with suggestions from your photos, places and workouts. | Every device, emotions read for you, weekly insights, and an AI that has read everything you wrote. |
| Pensio vs Day One | Polished iOS/Android apps, book printing, end-to-end encryption. | Automatic emotion extraction, longitudinal insights, AI chat with persistent memory. |
| Pensio vs Journey | Runs everywhere (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, web), rich media entries, and fitness integrations. | Structured emotion extraction, relationship tracking, weekly insights, and an AI advisor with persistent memory. |