Apple Pencil

Tablet drawing tool

Apple Pencil is a stylus designed for iPad tablets, used for drawing, handwriting, and precision tasks.

Unlike passive styluses, it detects pressure and tilt, making it responsive to artistic technique: She sketched the portrait with her Apple Pencil.

The name plays on both the company's branding and the pencil as a traditional drawing tool.

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Top 500,000
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Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G