Pronotes for iPad

Tech Specs

Compatibility, formats, tools, and privacy details for Pronotes 0.1.2.

System requirements

Compatibility

Designed for iPad. Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.

Orientation

Supports portrait and landscape layouts, including iPad multitasking sizes.

Input

Apple Pencil for handwriting, touch for navigation and editing, plus an optional Draw with Finger setting.

Appearance and language

System, light, and dark appearances. Interface language: English.

Valkyrie ink engine

Engine

Valkyrie is the custom vector ink engine developed by 2D Geometry for handwriting in Pronotes.

Input processing

Uses coalesced and predicted Apple Pencil samples, then refines estimated position and Pencil properties when final input arrives.

Ink tools

Pen, monoline, fountain pen, and highlighter with adjustable color, width, and opacity.

Apple Pencil response

Pressure, tilt, direction, and writing speed contribute to the shape of supported strokes.

Editing tools

Lasso selected ink to move, scale, rotate, duplicate, recolor, or delete it.

Erasers and ruler

Object eraser, precise vector eraser, and an on-canvas ruler, with undo and redo.

Canvas and ink format

50%–800% canvas zoom. Resolution-independent vector strokes remain sharp while zooming and exporting.

Rendering

GPU-accelerated Metal rendering with vector stroke tessellation, tiled caching, and background tile preparation.

Documents and media

PDF

Import PDFs, including password-protected files, write directly on their pages, and export annotated notes as PDF.

Document scanning

Scan paper pages with the iPad camera and bring them into a notebook.

Photos

Insert, move, resize, rotate, duplicate, and remove images on the page.

Paper and layouts

Blank, lined, dotted, grid, Cornell, meeting, lecture, project, daily, and research templates.

Pronotes files

Notebooks use the .pronote document type and are visible through Apple’s Files app.

Audio and search

Audio-linked notes

Record while writing, then tap a stroke to replay the audio from that moment.

Playback and recordings

Playback at 0.75×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5×, or 2×. Delete sessions or merge compatible recordings in order.

Transcription

Recording transcription runs entirely on the iPad.

Handwriting recognition

Recognized handwriting contributes to library search without changing the original ink.

Library search

Search notebook titles and recognized handwriting from the library.

Organization

Library

Organize notebooks with folders and nested subfolders.

Tags and pins

Add tags and pin important notebooks to keep active work easy to reach.

Page overview

See page thumbnails at a glance, jump to a page, and drag pages to reorder them.

Long notebooks

Use sections and bookmarks to structure and navigate larger documents.

Library workflows

Recent notes, inbox organization, archive, trash, restore, and permanent deletion.

Sync and privacy

Local by default

Create and edit notebooks on the iPad without enabling cloud sync or creating a Pronotes account.

iCloud

Optional iCloud sync uses the Apple account already configured on the device.

On-device processing

Audio transcription and handwriting recognition run on the device.

Data collection

Pronotes does not collect data, as disclosed in its App Store privacy label.

Permissions

Microphone and camera access are requested only when recording audio or scanning pages.

Available now

Ready when you are.

Download on theApp Store

Free to download. Designed for iPad.