When typing is not enough, write across the entry.
Premium handwriting keeps PencilKit ink beside structured text, photos, replies, and quotes without flattening the entry into an image.
Updated October 19, 2026
Where can I create handwriting in DiaryThreads?
Verified Premium users can create or redraw handwriting with Apple Pencil or a finger on iPhone and iPad in new entries, replies, quotes, and edits. Mac preserves, displays, syncs, exports, and deletes compatible handwriting, while handwriting creation remains on iPhone and iPad.
- Creation
- iPhone and iPad with Apple Pencil or a finger
- Premium
- Required to create or redraw ink
- Entry types
- New entries, replies, quotes, and edits
- Visible-character analytics
- Ink strokes are separate from visible text
- Mac
- Preserves and displays synced ink; no creation surface
- After Premium expires
- Existing ink remains viewable, syncable, exportable, and deletable
Ink and text stay in one record
Handwriting overlays the structured text canvas while keeping paragraphs, to-dos, lists, media, replies, and quotes intact. An entry may also be published with handwriting and no text.
Ordinary entry text has no character limit. Handwriting stays separate from visible-character analytics. If a text edit intersects anchored strokes, DiaryThreads asks before removing the affected ink.
Designed for the device in your hand
iPhone and iPad use Apple Pencil or finger input through the system PencilKit tools. The creation surface follows the mobile editing experience.
Mac keeps mobile-authored ink readable and preserves it through edits, private iCloud sync, import/export paths, and deletion without exposing a misleading drawing tool.
Your existing writing remains yours
Premium is required when adding or redrawing handwriting. If Premium later expires, existing ink stays available for viewing, syncing, exporting, and deletion.
This access boundary keeps previously created diary content usable while reserving new handwriting creation for verified Premium access.
Questions about this topic
Can I create handwriting on Mac?
No. Creation is available on iPhone and iPad. Mac preserves and displays compatible synced handwriting.
Can an entry contain only handwriting?
Yes. Premium users can publish handwriting without text in an ordinary entry. Ink is separate from visible-character analytics. Article editing keeps its separate capabilities.
What happens to existing ink if Premium expires?
It remains viewable, syncable, exportable, and deletable. Creating or redrawing ink requires verified Premium.