Penzu App Reviews

The recent updates have made it impossible to use auto-sync through my app. Not sure how things will get update, but for now Ive turned the feature off until the bug is fixed. Prior to this, the app was phenomenal with features that are still available but harder to use with the constant "cannot sync--try again later" messages. Features include easy photo insertion, easy formatting, "memory" journal entries sent to your email, etc.

Love having an online journal. Ive been using Penzu for over 4 years. Its convenient and private. I would recommend this app for anyone who is interested in journaling.

Easy to use.

Extremely disappointed with this ap. For the pro membership that is $20 a year I would expect it to have the ability to keep my journals when I sign out of the app. No such luck, if you sign off your journal it forgets the password and if you sign off the app it just deletes the journals! What a horrible piece of crap, I want my money back!

I love having a journal that I can write whatever I want to within its pages. I like that it is on my iPhone and iPad and I can easily access it. I love that I can lock it. I still do not know all the features that come with the 19.99 subscription but I have a year to figure it out. I needed something I could write down whatever I wanted to but keep it safe from prying eyes.

Nothing wrong with the app per se. It is a decent, straight forward journal writing software; but the free version allows you to only have one journal. Not sure why the limit; would rather use one of the alternate apps.

heard back with an apology. I really like this app--would like to understand future developments that are in the works and be able to tag within the app for those of us that are iPad only---Emailed for support week ago and still havent heard back. I paid for premium service and havent received such. Very disappointed.

I wrote my first entry today and I love it so far! Very easy to use and serves the purpose for me.

This is a great app and works very well for me. Good job, all.

Its perfect for what I need. Multiple journals in the same spot protected with a passcode. Only "bug" is you have to wait to see the green check mark before you exit from an entry or it wont save it. Once I realized that, Ive had no issues. Perfect!!

Helps my girlfriend journal her thoughts and not kill me.

After spending more than an hour writing information, I turned my iPad off and when I turned it back on it was all gone. The amount of people complaining about the same thing should give you an idea of how often this seems to happen. I would rate it less if I could.

Reminds me that I can always let things out after a tough day

Great app ! Easy to use. Just what I was looking for .

I mirror the opinion of many of the other reviewers here. First off, I love Penzu. Penzus desktop web version is much better than the app. I love the ability to have more than one journal (which I think is simply a must for any web/app digital journal), I like being able to add photos and tags to the entries, I enjoy the Search function, the one thing I love that I dont see in the app is Rich Text Formatting. Now, like I said, Penzu is great but I am not here to review Penzu as a whole. Im here for their mobile app. I pay for the Penzu Pro service. The biggest reason is for the cross device syncing. I really love being able to use my iPad and iPhone to put in entries but sometimes, especially when I want to write a more detailed, longer entry, I use the web version. In order for Penzu to sync to all of your devices you must purchase pro and at $20 a year it is a bit more than almost, if not all, of the other journaling services out there. If youre just going to use Penzu on your one iOS device than its not a big deal but if you want to use it on multiple ones there is just no way around this, not that I know of anyway. Just recently I had some trouble with my bank and my card was put on hold. Because of that Penzu was not able to charge and they immediately blocked access on my iPhone. I had to wait a day until I had access to my laptop to be able to even access it. I know it wasnt paid but still its a bit annoying considering apps like Day One allow cross device syncing for free. The other thing in the app itself is the UI. Its not horrible or unpleasant in any way but if youre a premium paying customer it does leave more to be desired. Ive used Penzu on and off and during that time they have improved the app as far as tagging and search features but the UI needs some help! It just seems tired. Penzu should take a look at Day One or Wonderful Days. Their mobile apps are a little more user friendly and aesthetically pleasant. The one thing I want the most is Rich Text Formatting!! Penzus desktop web app is awesome. You can change fonts, font size, color, and everything else that comes with RTF and you can even change the look and background of your journals. The mobile app has none of these. It is very straightforward and stripped of features. I would really, really like to see, even if not everything, some rich text features. At least the ability to change font size and style, color, or even just a couple of different "themes" or something like that. Aesthetics aside its a great app. I dont ever worry about security. Their encryption is top notch. Just dont forget your password. With a good encryption service their really arent very many works arounds. Within the app you can set an app wide PIN that will prompt you when opening the app and you can set PINs or even heavier encryption to your journals individually. That way can have a regular unlocked journal and encrypt a more private journal for your eyes only. The only thing I would like to see different about security is for Penzu to add Touch ID support. Day One already has this. When opening the app, instead of entering a PIN, you can use Touch ID to open the app. I personally think Touch ID is better, safer, and easier/faster than PINs or passwords. If youre looking to ditch the pen and paper and start e-journaling then I really suggest you give Penzu a try. Now keep in mind that a lot of the features I mentioned like the encryption, cross device sync, and personalization features are premium only and do not come with the free version. At $20 a year its not too bad but it is more than other apps out there. If youre looking for a free app or something with free cross device sync I suggest giving Day One a try. Especially if you own all iOS devices and a Mac. Day One has a pretty robust Mac app. For the rest of us theres Penzu. When Penzu adds Rich Text Formatting or at least some of the features that come with it and polishes up the UI I will consider 5 stars.

I hadnt written in a while and I got an automated reminder on top on the one I get every morning that I hadnt written in a while. I was literally staring at the wall-- my mind racing like crazy. I was to lazy to even manually write. I picked up my phone, saw the email, and started back just like that. Weird and wonderful:) love it!

I think this app is flawless! I havent had any glitches, it loads properly, and I actually use the app more because the website is buggier.

This app is good for expressing your feelings and it is really easy to use and super awesome

Just sad that so many cool things can only be done by purchasing "pro version", but love the insert pictures function. Plan to use on an upcoming trip

Very user friendly! Im gonna achieve the goal for which I downloaded it in the first place.