Inkkept

Support

Inkkept runs on iPad with iPadOS 26 or later.

Contact

Write to [email protected]. I'm Alan, I make Inkkept, and I read every message. If something isn't working, tell me what you did and what you expected to happen, and include a screenshot if you can.

Syncing between iPads

Inkkept syncs your notebooks through your own iCloud account. Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple Account on each iPad, and your notebooks show up on all of them. There's no Inkkept account to create.

To check on sync, tap Settings (the gear icon) in the library and look under iCloud. It shows whether you're signed in and when Inkkept last synced. If it says "Not signed in to iCloud", your notes are only on that iPad, and everything else in the app still works.

Backing up

A backup copies your whole library to a folder you choose in Files, so you have a copy that doesn't depend on iCloud.

  1. In the library, tap Settings (the gear icon).
  2. Under Backup, tap Folder ("Choose Folder…") and pick or create a folder in Files, for example On My iPad.
  3. Tap "Back Up Now". A folder named "Inkkept Backup" followed by the date appears inside the folder you picked.
  4. Set Schedule to Daily or Weekly to back up automatically.

Settings also has "Export Everything…", which saves each notebook as a PDF and as a notebook file.

Restoring

  1. In Settings, tap "Restore from Backup…" and open a backup.
  2. Select one or more notebooks and tap the Restore button, which counts them, for example "Restore 2 Notebooks". Restored notebooks are added to your library as copies, so nothing you already have is replaced.

On an empty library, "Restore Everything" brings back the whole library with its folders.

Getting back something you deleted or changed

Deleted notebooks wait in Recently Deleted, in the library sidebar, for 30 days. Inkkept also saves a version of a notebook when you close it after making changes, so you can go back to an earlier copy.

Moving from another notes app

Export your notebooks from your current app as PDFs. Then in Inkkept's library, tap "Import PDF" (the document icon with a plus) and pick the PDF in Files. It opens as a new notebook, and you can keep writing on its pages. To add a PDF's pages to a notebook you already have, open the notebook and tap More (the ellipsis icon) > Insert > "Insert PDF…".

Writing without an Apple Pencil

Open a notebook and turn on "Draw with finger" in the toolbar (the hand icon).