Frequently asked questions

Any iPad that runs iPadOS 16 or later and supports Apple Pencil. WriteSimply works with Apple Pencil (1st generation), Apple Pencil (2nd generation), Apple Pencil (USB-C) and Apple Pencil Pro, depending on which models your iPad supports.

Yes, for writing. To prevent accidental marks, fingers are reserved for scrolling, zooming and gestures. You can still open, read and navigate PDFs without a Pencil.

Not at the moment. WriteSimply is designed for iPad and Apple Pencil only.

Portrait keeps the page large and steady while you write. Landscape documents still work: folded landscape sheets open panel by panel, and printing follows the orientation of the original sheet.

Tap Import PDF in WriteSimply and choose a file from the Files app, or share a PDF from another app (such as Mail or Files) to WriteSimply. WriteSimply works on its own copy, so your original file is never changed.

Yes. Choose ballpoint, rollerball or felt tip for the pen, and mechanical or drawing for the pencil. Each has four widths and three ink colours, and WriteSimply remembers your choice for each tool.

The eraser removes whole strokes, so one touch clears a word or line you drew. Use undo if you remove something by mistake.

No. WriteSimply is intentionally a handwriting app, focused on Apple Pencil and a small set of tools.

Yes. Tap New folder in the library to create one, and open it to add folders inside it. Press and hold any document or folder to rename, move or duplicate it. New and imported documents go into the folder you have open. When you delete a folder, you choose whether to keep its documents (they move up a level) or delete them too.

Yes. Your ink is saved as you write and stays editable inside WriteSimply, so you can come back and keep working at any time.

Yes. You can add steno, engineer’s or blank template pages after the current page or at the end of a document, and you can delete pages. Deleting a page can be undone.

Use the export button to create a PDF with your writing flattened onto the page. You can share it, save it to Files or print it. You can choose whether ruled lines on template pages are included and, for folded documents, whether to export printed sheets or one panel per page.

Yes. The original text and graphics in your PDF stay sharp, and your handwriting is added at high resolution (288 dpi).

Not currently. Remove the password in the app that created the PDF, then open it in WriteSimply.

WriteSimply keeps its documents on your iPad. You can save exported PDFs to iCloud Drive or any other location in the Files app. Your iPad’s iCloud or computer backup includes the app’s data.

For folded documents such as tri-fold briefs, WriteSimply shows one panel at a time, sized to fill your screen. It can detect the layout or you can choose it. Your notes stay anchored to the full sheet, so printing and folding work as normal. Supported layouts include bi-fold (side by side or top and bottom), tri-fold, gate fold, four-panel accordion, quarter fold and 2-up booklet.

No. Night paper dims the page to a warm, light tone instead of inverting it to black, so ink and highlight colours remain accurate. It affects the screen only, never your exports or prints.

WriteSimply is a one-time purchase of HK$78 in Hong Kong (shown in your local currency elsewhere). Every feature and unlimited documents are included. There are no in-app purchases and no subscription.

Not at present. If WriteSimply isn’t right for you, Apple handles refund requests at reportaproblem.apple.com.

Download it from the App Store on any iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. You won’t be charged again. Documents stay on each iPad; to move one, export it and import it on the other iPad.

No. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and WriteSimply has no servers of its own. Purchases are handled by Apple. See the privacy policy.

Tap the gear icon in the library. The version and build number are shown under About WriteSimply, for example “Version 1.0 (1)”.

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