If you already have a good notes application that supports PDF import, you can most likely use that app, too. Procreate is by far the best drawing and painting app for the iPad, which makes it one of the best apps for artistic Bible journaling with your Apple Pencil. Sure, you can do your artwork inside of GoodNotes, but that app isn’t really optimized for anything more than handwriting notes. If you don’t know what Procreate is, it’s essentially an app that lets you unleash your artistic creativity through a variety of brush types, colors, and unique tools. But chances are, if you’re an artist with an iPad, you probably already have it.
If you’re more artistic and want to spend more time making beautiful artwork with your Apple Pencil to add to your Bible, a second app you may want to look into is Procreate. This is perfect for digital planners, coloring books, workbooks, and-yep, you guessed it-Bibles. You can bring a PDF into GoodNotes and write on it just like it was any other notebook page. But one of the most useful features of the app is its PDF import. You can pick from a variety of notebook covers and page layouts to build the perfect notebook. In a nutshell, GoodNotes takes the experience of writing in a physical notebook and brings that into the iPad. I could write an entire review about GoodNotes, but that’s not what this post is about, so if you want to learn more about GoodNotes, click here to visit their website. In fact, I guarantee you’ll find yourself using GoodNotes as more than just a Bible app for your Apple Pencil.
This is a fantastic note-taking application that works flawlessly with the Apple Pencil. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, the app I highly recommend for this is GoodNotes. If you simply want to take notes, markings, and highlights on the text of your Bible, you’ll really only need one app.