What are the Benefits of Using Digital Pens?
- Allows you to visualise your thoughts and ideas digitally
- Provides an unlimited workspace to work with
- Allows you to draw and write on multimedia content
- Reduces the usage of paper
- You can skip the trouble of ink refilling
- Enables you to keep things organised
- Allows you to back up, which prevents losing the notes in future
- Next generation flipcharts and whiteboards
- Easy to add notes and highlight texts than using keyboard and mouse
- Digital drawings can help you to be more creative and communicative during remote meetings
- Everything is stored digitally, allowing you to access it anywhere at any time.
Best Business Apps for Digital Pen
Now let’s see some of the popular business apps that can help you make use of your digital pen to improve your productivity.
3. Notability
Notability can basically do it all, from simple note-taking to calculating sums, it even offers sketching tools and audio notes. New to the app is the ability to download open two notes simultaneously and move between the two, comparing notes for accuracy. You can import a mix of file formats, including PDFs, DOCs, PPTs, images and GIFs to create detailed note pages.
4. OneNote
5. Bamboo Paper
Bamboo paper gives a very true paper feel while using the Pen. You can make notes and journals using the writing tools, draw and sketch with the custom color palettes and even add pictures to your page. It also allows for sharing your notes on other platforms.
6. Sketchable
Sketchable is another wonderful app for your drawing, sketching and painting needs. It’s a part journal, part canvas app which allows you to scribble a note, work on an existing image or artwork, or create a new artwork with its wide range of tools.
7. Scrble
8. Collaboard
9. Index Cards
10. Plumbago
11. AutoCAD
12. Journalist
13. Evernote
14. Nebo
Want an app that allows you to edit and format your notes quickly? Then Nebo will be your perfect choice. It lets you delete a note by just scratching it out and join two sentences together by swipe up.
15. Procreate
16. Inspire Pro
17. GoodNotes 6
18. Adobe Fresco
19. Concepts
20. LiquidText
21. Paper
At first glance Paper by WeTransfer (formerly Paper by FiftyThree) might look like a fairly simple drawing and diagramming tool, and it is on one level, but there are a few extra features here that can be difficult to discover but add a lot more possibilities.
You can create headings and lists, add or remove spaces and line breaks, delete and emphasise text easily using your digital pen.
22. Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams integrates seamlessly with digital pens, allowing users to annotate documents, presentations, and whiteboards in real-time during meetings. The Whiteboard feature lets you draw, write, and highlight points directly with your digital pen, making brainstorming and collaboration more interactive and visually engaging. You can also use the pen to markup shared documents and collaborate on projects effortlessly.
23. Monday.com
Monday.com is a flexible project management and planning tool that supports digital pen functionality, allowing you to create notes, draw directly on task boards, and annotate documents within the app. With a digital pen, you can quickly add handwritten notes, highlight important tasks, or sketch diagrams on project boards, making it easier to personalise workflows and visualise ideas.
24. Trello
25. Asana
26. Todoist
27. Google Calendar
You can create headings and lists, add or remove spaces and line breaks, delete and emphasise text easily using your digital pen.
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PDF– Portable Document Format – a file format created to display documents consistently over various gadgets and platforms.
Digital pen – an input device for capturing handwritten notes or drawings and converts handwritten analog created with pen and paper data into digital format.
App – Application – is a computer program or software created to run on a mobile device like a phone, tablet or smartwatch.
Article originally published on 18/03/2020
Updated by Fiyanta on 09/10/2024
Updated by Rhan on 27/09/2024
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What are the Benefits of Using Digital Pens?
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