Goodnotes Feature Requests and Feedback Group Issue
Hi Goodnotes Team,
I have been using Goodnotes with a yearly subscription for the past three years, and I absolutely love the app. Thank you for creating such a useful tool for students! I have three suggestions and concerns that I hope you will consider.
1. Customizable Audio Skip Intervals
Please allow users to jump forward or backward in recorded audio by customizable intervals, such as 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute. When recording and revising long lectures, the current 10-second skip interval often feels too short. Having multiple skip options would make navigating recordings and revising specific portions much faster and more convenient.
2. Lock Multiple Elements at Once
Please introduce an option to select multiple elements, such as screenshots, text boxes, images, and other objects, and lock them all in one go. Currently, locking each element individually can be tedious, especially when a page contains dozens of elements. A simple multi-select-and-lock feature would save considerable time and make managing notes much easier.
3. Fix the “Join Feedback Group” Link
The “Join Feedback Group” option in the Goodnotes app redirects me to an empty website and does not work. Please fix this link so that users can successfully join the feedback group and share their suggestions directly with your team.
I genuinely enjoy using Goodnotes and would love to contribute to its improvement. I hope these suggestions can be considered in future updates.
Thank you for your time and for continuously improving Goodnotes!
I have been using Goodnotes with a yearly subscription for the past three years, and I absolutely love the app. Thank you for creating such a useful tool for students! I have three suggestions and concerns that I hope you will consider.
1. Customizable Audio Skip Intervals
Please allow users to jump forward or backward in recorded audio by customizable intervals, such as 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute. When recording and revising long lectures, the current 10-second skip interval often feels too short. Having multiple skip options would make navigating recordings and revising specific portions much faster and more convenient.
2. Lock Multiple Elements at Once
Please introduce an option to select multiple elements, such as screenshots, text boxes, images, and other objects, and lock them all in one go. Currently, locking each element individually can be tedious, especially when a page contains dozens of elements. A simple multi-select-and-lock feature would save considerable time and make managing notes much easier.
3. Fix the “Join Feedback Group” Link
The “Join Feedback Group” option in the Goodnotes app redirects me to an empty website and does not work. Please fix this link so that users can successfully join the feedback group and share their suggestions directly with your team.
I genuinely enjoy using Goodnotes and would love to contribute to its improvement. I hope these suggestions can be considered in future updates.
Thank you for your time and for continuously improving Goodnotes!
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback. If you have any questions or need further assistance, our support team is available at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and will be happy to help. Thank you for your support!
Parfait pour les études et le quotidien
Je suis en STAPS APAS (master), je l’utilise depuis ma première année de licence (ça fait un peu plus de 3 ans), dès que j’ai eu une tablette. En premier lieu pour les flash cards, et l’apprentissage intelligent tout en pouvant faire des schéma (fondamental en STAPS). J’ai gardé la méthode des flash cards tout au long de mon parcours. L’apprentissage intelligent est vraiment excellent, il permet de suivre de manière très facile les questions qui pose le plus de problème, le plus souvent et ça sans réfléchir, on se laisse guider par l’application. Les nouvelles mises à jour sont géniales, le ruban est génial pour réviser des notions aussi. Il serait peut être plus confortable sur les flash cards de pouvoir mettre une couleur d’écriture différente pour la réponse quand c’est juste écriture. Et quand on fait la réponse par schéma avec stylet, peut-être ajouter la possibilité de mettre des carreaux ou des lignes ou des points comme les blocs notes classiques. Sinon rien à dire, parfait.
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback. If you have any questions or need further assistance, our support team is available at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and will be happy to help. Thank you for your support!
The best one I’ve ever used
After trying nearly every other option available in the App Store, I can confidently say that this is by far the best note taking app I have ever used. It has so many different features now that you really aren’t missing out on anything that others offer. I have used this app for taking extensive notes in college, for making customized planners and lists, notebooks, trackers, even journaling ina very digestible format for any audience.
I’ve tried so many other competitors, and while they may have some new and interesting bells and whistles, they don’t make up for the wide range of usage that Goodnotes offers with accessibility for all users regardless of their experience with note taking apps. You can make it as detailed or simple as you wish, from jotting down quick notes, to building planners customized to your needs and aesthetics, and you have access to so many templates that are free or cost a bit more (but no less than a planner you’d purchase at a local book store), and you can modify it and reuse it as much as you want. Even customizing notebooks dedicated to specific topics to separate your work, and you can download all of your content to keep in your own storage and revisit it in the future. I’ve been using this app for nearly a decade, and still revisit some of my notes from college. I love this app, so finally reviewing it felt owed. Haha thanks to the people running this program and I’ll probably use it until I retire someday
I’ve tried so many other competitors, and while they may have some new and interesting bells and whistles, they don’t make up for the wide range of usage that Goodnotes offers with accessibility for all users regardless of their experience with note taking apps. You can make it as detailed or simple as you wish, from jotting down quick notes, to building planners customized to your needs and aesthetics, and you have access to so many templates that are free or cost a bit more (but no less than a planner you’d purchase at a local book store), and you can modify it and reuse it as much as you want. Even customizing notebooks dedicated to specific topics to separate your work, and you can download all of your content to keep in your own storage and revisit it in the future. I’ve been using this app for nearly a decade, and still revisit some of my notes from college. I love this app, so finally reviewing it felt owed. Haha thanks to the people running this program and I’ll probably use it until I retire someday
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback. If you have any questions or need further assistance, our support team is available at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and will be happy to help. Thank you for your support!
too complex
goodnotes is trying to do too much. as a note taking app, and for basic document generation there is no need for good notes 6, ive used good notes daily for at least 5 years. it is great for marking up pdfs and geberating notes using pictures and drawings, i hate the new version. if you like 5 dont upgrade, if your device tricks you into upgrading, pause what your doing and google how to get 5 back, why pau more for something that is a flashy toy instead
of a tool
of a tool
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why?
why tf do I have to pay for a subscription after purchasing the app? Goodnotes used to be so good until it wasn’t anymore.
So buggy and terrible
I can’t believe this application still doesn’t support superscripts and subscripts. Useless for typing any kind of equations.
I can’t believe how terrible and buggy the app has become. Used to love it. I am trying to draw some annotations on an image. The image keeps disappearing, shrinking, and other weird things happen. Seems impossible to complete this simple task. What a mess!
I can’t believe how terrible and buggy the app has become. Used to love it. I am trying to draw some annotations on an image. The image keeps disappearing, shrinking, and other weird things happen. Seems impossible to complete this simple task. What a mess!
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What happened?
I came back to this app after a year and now I can’t make a simple note without giving them $11-36!? Absolutely not.
Why is it not one time pay
You should make it one time pay again.
Another “free” app that requires a subscription.
I’m getting tired of installing an app just to find that it isn’t “free.” There needs to be a designation for apps that are useless without a paid subscription. “In app purchases” tag is on nearly everything and it doesn’t tell us if the app can be useful without them.
It’s also pretty trash of Goodnotes to stick their old customers with this subscription model for new versions. They say, “it’s ok because they can continue to use the old version,” as if it will work with iOS versions forever.
Good app; trash business practices. Lack of some form of “not really free” tag is on Apple.
It’s also pretty trash of Goodnotes to stick their old customers with this subscription model for new versions. They say, “it’s ok because they can continue to use the old version,” as if it will work with iOS versions forever.
Good app; trash business practices. Lack of some form of “not really free” tag is on Apple.
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Bring back Flashcards feature
Study set is so much more inconvenient to edit compared to Flashcards, I regret updating to GoodNotes 6. Bring back Flashcards 😭 You can’t even rearrange your Flashcards or select multiple at once to delete or favourite cards.
Doesn’t work
Won’t let me write in my planner. Says only read only. Paid for it to be unlimited or what ever that ment. Want my money back
Turn AI off
Is there anyway to turn all the ai features off I do not want them
AI credit
I haven’t used my AI credit and every month they say that it’s done already keep repeating the same issue every month
Too buggy
Deleted ALL MY NOTES randomly after forcing me to log out and log back in
Good and bad
This is great! But one problem is that it’s a bit annoying when I hold my pen done it just goes back and I have to redo it.
This app just takes your money and there’s no support backing it
Do not download this app. They sign you up for a subscription that you can’t cancel because it shows you don’t have a subscription to cancel..make that make sense. They will keep charging your credit card for a subscription you do and do not have what a joke of an app.
Subscription issues
I purchased Goodnotes Essential for $11.99 per year, but the app is asking me to upgrade again. My Apple subscription shows that it is active until September 16, 2027. Please investigate and fix this issue and restore my paid access, as I don’t want to pay twice for the same subscription. Thank you.
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A must
As a graduate student, this app has been a blessing. It keeps me organized
Love the app, hate the spellcheck
For the past five years, I’ve used Goodnotes to organize all of my real estate clients notes and notes for my grad school classes. I recently upgraded to a newer version, which includes spellcheck on all of my handwritten documents. A note to the developers: stop the madness with the spellcheck. I don’t need spellcheck on my own handwriting. To have to repeatedly dismiss the red lines for spellcheck and to address the perpetual interruptions while I’m taking notes is both counterproductive and distracting.
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Brilliant—stable and reliable
I’ve used Goodnotes for years, and to me, it’s the most reliable alternative to pen and paper I’ve tried. Many others have let me down with bugs and crashes, but Goodnotes never has. I really appreciate all the hard work the developers have put into it, and I just wanted to thank them. Well done, guys—keep up the good work!
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