Apple Pencil in Notes

What happened to the pencil function in notes? It used to be able to draw like a lead pencil with shading functions and such. Now it just behaves like a marker with solid lines.

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 6:50 AM

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Mar 10, 2020 9:58 AM in response to drakelineous

I do not use Apple Notes to sketch/draw/paint as I prefer much more robust, dedicated, sketching/drawing/painting apps, of which there are plenty of Apple Pencil compatible ones in the Apple iOS App Store.

That stated, in the Apple Notes app sketch/drawing feature, what does the Pencil tool to the right of the eraser do, in the tool selection bar/area?

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Mar 10, 2020 11:05 AM in response to MichelPM

It wasn't the most extensive, but it was very convenient. Currently I'm using Adobe but it has single fixed pages, unlike Notes where I could just endlessly scroll down for more space. What other apps would you recommend? The one between the eraser and ruler is a selector tool.

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