iOS lazyweb request

[delight]

iPad using friends --

I am about halfway through my attempt to add up enough credit card rewards to get myself an Apple Pencil (2, because I have the Late 2018 iPad Pro, meaning the original, cheaper ones don't work thanks Apple) and I do a lot of editing and beta reading for friends.

I want to connect these things for usability.

What I'm looking for is an app that opens .rtf and AS A REACHING DREAM, .docx files (I can always convert them before emailing them to myself) and allowing me to physically write on the documents with the Pencil. Underline, highlight, handwritten notes; when I don't have my keyboard with me, which does sometimes happen due to it needing to charge or whatever, I struggle a lot with touch screens. I'd be much more productive if I could read on the iPad which I can easily set to prevent strain issues rather than on a computer.

Is this a real thing that exists??? I do not care if it costs, so long as it's $20 or less it is for a good cause since some people pay me to do this (more than that I super cannot sacrifice because of the whole medical bills and rent ... thing, and that my first ketamine appointment today, the eval, is $1210 all on its own). I would just like to find it and have it, if it is a thing.

My App Store search skills are not up to par, and some of you are power users or reference librarians (or both). While my mother is a reference librarian, she is also a) blind, b) not experienced with App Store hunting. You'd think the blindness wouldn't matter because iPads are very accessible, and they are, she has one! ... most of the Google results she'd get for looking for this for me, uh, aren't.

Thank you in advance!

Comments

[syntheid]

I think you want something like Notability. It says it can import rtf and doc files and allows you to write notes on top of them with your finger or the Apple Pencil. There might be a couple other options, they're sort of listed in lists for school kids as note taking apps.

[misslucyjane]

I think you can do it in Pages? but I'm not 100% sure as I don't use Pages much. It's one of the free apps included in iOS and Mac OS. (Which is not why I don't use it--I just prefer other apps more.)

New thought: search Youtube for videos about using iPad and Pencil 2 for advice on apps that will do what you're looking for. I've learned a lot about using the iPad and the Mac from Youtubers.

[highlander_ii]

I scribbled up a bit of a review of an app that let's you write by hand -> https://highlander-ii.dreamwidth.org/647715.html I like it and use it when I'm not writing with my fountain pens.

[niqaeli]

So, my husband tells me this is actually something you can do with Google Docs. "Insert scribble" is apparently the thing you want.

There may be other options, but anyway! Thought I'd pass it on. :)