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AppBrain's verdict
EstablishedWell rated- Total installs
- 800 thousand
- Rating on Google Play
- 4.19
- 10,193 ratings
- Last updated
- August 28, 2026
Penzu has 800 thousand installs. Users rate it well: 4.2 stars from 10,193 ratings.
Installs
Tracked by AppBrain- Last 30 days
- 3.4 thousand
- Per day
- 110
- 30-day average
- Play install range
- 500+ thousand
- Launched
- August 2011
Installs over time
Penzu has been installed 800 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 110 installs per day.
Rankings
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Competitors
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Releases
Updates seen on Google Play- Version
- 4.0.1
- Launched
- August 2011
User feedback
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Comments on Penzu for Android
Technology
Found in the app by AppBrain- Ads
- No ads
- Price
- Free
- Libraries
- 47
- App size
- 30.1 MB
- Needs Android
- 9.0+
- Content rating
- Everyone
Technologies used by Penzu
About the app and developer
About Penzu
Penzu is a lifestyle app developed by Penzu.
How many times has Penzu been installed?
Penzu has been installed 800 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 3.4 thousand times.
What is the rating of Penzu?
Penzu is rated 4.19 out of 5 stars, based on 10 thousand ratings.
Is Penzu free?
Penzu is free. The app size is 30.06 MB. The latest version available is 4.0.1. The last update was on August 28, 2026.
What are the requirements for Penzu?
Penzu requires Android 9.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since August 2011.
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Store listing
By Penzu, from Google Play“Penzu - Free Diary & Private Journal (Write notes, take photos, and more)”
Description by Penzu Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
* Used by over 1 million people around the world
* Best free journal in any app store
* Syncs to the web and other mobile platforms for free
Penzu is the most popular free diary, journal and notepad. It’s the best place to keep your most private thoughts safe and secure. Sync your journals to Penzu where your notes are accessible from almost any device in the world. So simple and fun that you’ll leave your paper diary behind!
FEATURES
* Unlimited journaling
* Sync journals with Penzu cloud for free
* Customize your journal covers
* Receive reminders to write
* Lock journals with a password
* Encrypt your journals
* Add photos
* Lock app with a PIN
* Search journals
* Add tags
* Write offline
and more...
WHY PENZU?
Penzu is a diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. With a unique and compelling user experience, it makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper.
PRIVACY
Your journal and your thoughts aren’t always meant to be shared — some things are supposed to be private! Use Penzu to jot down whatever you want. Then lock your journal with a password (or even encryption) so no one can read it but you! Furthermore, you can lock the entire app with a PIN in the event that someone gets access to your mobile device.
PENZU
Unlike other journal apps, Penzu has a web-based counterpart. So you can access your journals and diary from any web browser and other devices. Penzu is constantly being updated and improved so that the writing experience is effortless and reliable.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
This app is free to download but requires a free Penzu account in order to start writing.
Upgrading to Penzu Pro costs $4.99 per month or $19.99 per year. Your subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel manually.
Recent changes:
Fixed a bug where opening an entry could show a blank editor even though the entries list still showed the snippet. This showed up on newer Android WebView/Chrome versions.