For those who look forward to the beginning of the school year solely for the new supplies, those who spend more money on notebooks than textbooks and those more protective of their favorite writing utensil than family or friends, the Moleskine Journal application is for you.

Creativity flows from your fingertips while using the Moleskine Journal app. It is available for both iPods and iPads, and has all of the same features you would find in your brand-new, colorful Moleskine notebook.

Whether you need a place to type up class notes, doodle or write poetry, you can adjust the settings to fit your needs.

Each notebook you create is customizable. With the app, you can make and name various notebooks for different purposes. The options are endless: You have the ability to change your page type with ruled, gridded, storyboard or blank page options.

You can choose different colors for the books’ virtual covers. You can also pick the writing or drawing instrument that suits your purpose, including a pencil, paintbrush or highlighter. The drawing utensils are touch-sensitive, so the virtual ink stream varies based on how much pressure the user applies to the device.

You can even insert photos and use the notebook as a scrapbook of sorts. The app includes a built-in camera to shorten documenting time.

When it comes to typing, you have lots of typefaces from which to choose, including Papyrus or Times New Roman.

The Moleskine app even features the signature pocket all Moleskine notebooks have to store photos, text and drawings for later use.

Lastly, you can link your Moleskine notebooks with your Evernote or Dropbox accounts for storage. This gives you a sense of stability and security that a print Moleskine notebook doesn’t have. You can share your notebook through email, Facebook and Twitter.

The Moleskine app’s best feature is that it’s free, so instead of spending upwards of $20 on a two-pack of Moleskines, you have an unlimited number of the brightly colored notebooks at your fingertips.

Published on April 21, 2013 at 10:56 pm

Contact Lizzie: echart@syr.edu