When comparing Pencil vs Pogo Connect, the Slant community recommends Pencil for most people. In the question“What are the best Bluetooth tablet styluses?” Pencil is ranked 3rd while Pogo Connect is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Pencil is:
![Diagramming](http://pencil.evolus.vn/images/diagram.png) Pencil allows you to create diagrams and flowcharts directly in its editing software. No other major mockup editor allows you to do this so easily, and doing so usually requires the use of separate software.
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Pros
Pro Built-in diagramming
Pencil allows you to create diagrams and flowcharts directly in its editing software. No other major mockup editor allows you to do this so easily, and doing so usually requires the use of separate software.
Pro Versatile outputs
Pencil includes the standard outputs that all mockup editors should have. It is notable that the program includes HTML output to "Single web page", which is a rarity among wireframing programs.
Pro Free open source software
Free and Open Source
Pro Linking, even in HTML
Like Balsamiq, Pencil allows you to link multiple wireframes together within a mockup. More importantly, this linking is preserved when the mockup is exported as HTML, allowing you to create a full "web site" mockup with numerous pages.
Pro Vector icons
Similar to open-sourced UI libraries, Pencil also includes open-sourced clipart that allows users to drag-and-drop a seemingly unlimited collection of clipart into wireframes.
More importantly, these icons are all vector format, thus they are fully scalable.
Pro Works offline
Pro Immense shape database
Unlike other tools which may include just a small collection of shapes to put in your wireframe, Pencil has a huge, well-organized collection of shapes and flowchart elements.
Most notably, Pencil features an iOS and Android collection with all common UI shapes to make mobile wireframing a breeze.
In addition, Pencil allows drag-and-drop installation of user-created shapes, a rare feature in mockup tools.
Pro iPad 1 and 2 support with iPhone 4s+ bridge app
While iPad 1 and 2 support requires an iPhone 4s or newer to act as a signal bridge, the Intuos and Jot don't support them at all.
Pro Has built in tracking system
The pogo transmits a signal so you can track down its location! A great feature considering how small and expensive bluetooth styluses are.
A companion tracking app is provided for free.
Pro Great Battery Life
Can last for months on a single AAA battery.
Pro Palm Rejection
So you don't trigger the touch pad accidentally.
Pro Patent Pending Pressure Sensitivity
Pogo's patent pending pressure sensitivity is very sensitive, can sense the number of brush bristles, works at all angles, has hundreds of pressure levels, and has no moving parts, making less prone to breaking.
Pro Multiple magnetic tips available
The pogo is unique in that you can swap out the tips for different styles, even brushes!
Tips cost $9.95 each, and a pack of 2 brushes is $24.95. To get all the tips included with the stylus, it is $119.95, saving you $14.80.
Cons
Con Nib isn't the smallest
The smallest nib is 4.5mm and costs an extra $9.95, which is better than the Intuos, but doesn't have the see through tip of the Jot Touch, or the small rigid 1.9mm nib of the Jot Script.
Con Fewer levels of pressure sensitivity
The Pogo has hundreds of pressure levels, but the Intuos Creative Stylus and the Jot Touch have thousands.
Con Not Compatible with the iPad Air, and has issues with iPad minis
On iPad minis, pressure sensitivity can stop working requiring you to turn the screen off and on,
The iPad Air is not compatible at all.