WRITE
SCAN

Built for people who love paper

Paper, pen, and WriteScan.

Just snap a photo on iPhone to save and auto-transcribe. Bridge the freedom of paper with digital convenience.

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No more stress digitizing handwritten notes

You love writing, but it’s hard to find or share later. WriteScan fixes that.

Journals and reflections pile up and stay unread.

Important paper notes aren’t with you when you need them.

Scan apps create endless files that are hard to browse or organize.

Handwriting apps on tablets don’t satisfy the feel of writing on real paper.

What you can do with WriteScan

Search & Markdown

Outstanding handwriting
recognition accuracy

Auto-transcribed as you shoot. Keyword and tag search bring back any page fast.

Notebook view

Flip back like a real notebook

Saved per post with image + text together, so you can skim just like turning pages.

Bulk export

Export in one go,
share immediately

Bulk export Markdown, PDF, and images as a set. Take your handwritten notes anywhere.

Not the best fit for

Scanning large volumes of printed documents Scan pricing is not cost-effective for this use case
Needing perfectly precise text with no typos or omissions AI reads the text, so mistakes can still happen
Looking for a diary app or life-log app Posts can only be added by reading images

A simple yet powerful flow

Write on paper as usual

Planners, notebooks, worksheets, sticky notes—anything works.

Capture with WriteScan

Open the camera and shoot. No need to worry about perfect angles.

Automatic transcription

Titles and headings are structured automatically. Saved as one post with image + text.

Search & reuse later

Keyword search, notebook organization, and export let you retrieve anything.

Feature details

Task detection

Auto-detect TODOs and checkboxes
Create tasks only from selected candidates
Connect with iOS Reminders

View guide →

Markdown support

Edit and preview
Export as Markdown or plain text

What is Markdown? →

Sync & backup

iPhone / iPad ready
On-device only option
Export for backup

iCloud Sync →

Mac companion

A comfortable desktop workflow with the Mac app

WriteScan for Mac is a desktop companion for iCloud-synced posts from the iPhone app and image-file reading on Mac. Keep daily capture on iPhone, then search, edit, organize, and export from a larger workspace.

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Where WriteScan shines

Daily

Daily journal & planner

Snap your daily planner and search “What was I doing this time last year?” by keyword.

Study

Study notes

Read study notes even when English and Japanese are mixed, then search class notes or language notes later.

Work

Work memos & meetings

Capture handwritten meeting notes and share them. Because it is Markdown, it stays neatly formatted when pasted into Notion or Slack.

Learn more about WriteScan

Check out the latest tips and the story behind the product.

Guide

Paper, pen, and WriteScan.

No more stress digitizing handwritten notes

What you can do with WriteScan