Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF

Note taking, Planner & Journal

453K ratings
6458 reviews
#80 in top-grossing Productivity
📚 Education
📊 Productivity
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 15, 2019
  • September 15, 2026

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About

Capture ideas, enhance productivity, and unlock insights with advanced AI features. This app offers tools for professionals, students, and creatives, including infinite whiteboards, AI-powered transcription and summarization, and customizable digital notebooks.

AI-powered transcription and summarization
Infinite whiteboard canvas
Digital notebooks with customizable templates
Study Sets for flashcards
Presentation mode with laser pointer
Real-time collaboration
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What's New in Goodnotes

7.1.22

September 15, 2026

- Introduced Handwriting Restyle. Select your handwriting with the Lasso Tool and tap Restyle to turn it into a cleaner, more polished style. - Auto Backup now runs less often by default to save battery and performance. Increase the backup frequency or back up manually anytime in Cloud & Backup Settings. - Auto Backup handles paused uploads more reliably so documents are not missed after resuming. - Improved document and window layout reliability, including external-display resizing on iPhone, Mac window resizing, windowed tabs, sidebar modals, and landscape coachmarks. - Locked documents are better protected: printing and document-link sharing now correctly require unlocking or show the proper locked-document alert. - Export, print, share, and Study Set flows are more reliable, with clearer Study Set export layouts, working Study Set sharing, and less temporary storage left behind. - Dark mode, toolbar, and picker popovers look and behave more consistently, with clearer menu rows and fewer clipping, resizing, or flicker issues. - Sync and sharing are more robust, fixing invisible synced documents or folders, stuck Goodnotes Cloud sync, early collaborator invites, shared-copy links, share-link toggle state, and clearer alerts when sync is off. - Account and subscription screens show the right state more consistently, including purchase restore errors, country-specific paywall indicators, account mismatch warnings, one-time code sign-in, and Microsoft sign-in email handling. - Shape, selection, and navigation tools are more reliable, fixing connector crashes, filled shape rendering, draw-and-hold fills, link popover editing, restyled selection borders, and trackpad or mouse-wheel scrolling with Hand Selection. - Settings and modal screens now use more consistent, rounded table layouts. - Sheets on Mac present more reliably. - Outlook calendar integration is now available. - Several fixes for iOS 27/macOS 27 compatibility. - Education: Classroom workflows are more dependable, including subfolder selection, favorited lesson actions, Quick Lessons QR code access, and launch behavior for license-key users. - Education: Class Folders now support more sorting options. - Education: Zoom setting change in View by Question now applies across all questions. - Fixed an issue where the close buttons on the laser pointer, page-actions, and comment popovers were not visible at compact width. - General bug fixes and stability improvements.

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Subscription plans

Essential (Yearly)

Unlimited note-taking on all platforms

$11.991 Year
7 Days trial
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In-App Purchases

$9.99

GoodNotes 5 Unlock

Create unlimited notebooks with all features

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📉 80-1

Productivity

This app dropped -1 position in Productivity chart.

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Productivity

This app dropped -4 positions in Productivity chart.

Last updated on September 17, 2026.

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User reviews

Worst app ever

It keeps on getting stuck, I am typing g and it just guesses words - when I look up again there are new words present - I am typing discuss and it assumes discuss a new word voila ( discusscussed), so annoyed, it used to be so good last year, its so useless after the upgrade

Buggy sync

The app keeps saying that the sync fails and then I go check it manually and it looks fine, but literally every single time I open this app it says potential crashes my files might not have been able to sync. Developer bugs in the big 2026 is crazy.

Also live sync when?…lowkey need a switch to one note for that
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For next update please

Some updates I would love to see in the future are fixing the hyperlink feature as it crashes my device and it would appear that many other people are experiencing the same issue. I would love a feature to manually add tabs to larger documents to easily find/take me to a page or section of my notes and pdf documents. I would also like to be able to turn off spell check all together and not have to go into each separate document. It is not familiar with medical terminology and underlines EVERYTHING
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Recommendation

I love this app for taking notes just wish there was a feature to change my handwriting to a different neater font like other apps.

Chi

Absolutely love the app! My notes are super organized now!

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Text box issues - unable to edit, resize, or move properly

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Handwriting recognition problems, especially with cursive

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Unreliable scrolling and page navigation

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Inconsistent behavior when using the zoom feature

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Requested Features

5 requests

Add bullet point and formatting options for typed text

Feature

Implement a full-screen writing mode

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Improve the straight line and shape tools

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Integrate audio recording and synchronization

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Allow more customization of the toolbar and interface

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FAQ

What does Goodnotes do?

Goodnotes is a digital note-taking and organization app that helps users capture ideas, enhance productivity, and unlock insights. It offers features like AI-powered transcription, summarization, infinite whiteboards, and customizable digital notebooks for professionals, students, and creatives.

What are the key features of Goodnotes?

Key features include AI-powered audio transcription and summarization for meetings and lectures, an infinite whiteboard canvas for brainstorming and diagramming, digital notebooks with customizable templates, and Study Sets for active recall flashcards. It also supports real-time collaboration and presentation mode.

How much does Goodnotes cost?

The app offers a free version with in-app purchases. Existing users of Goodnotes 5 can continue using it indefinitely or upgrade to the new version. Pricing for additional features or full access is available through in-app purchases.

What devices is Goodnotes compatible with?

Goodnotes is available on various devices, allowing users to capture ideas and access their notes across platforms. It supports features like AirPlay and HDMI for presentations, indicating compatibility with devices that can connect to external screens.

How can Goodnotes help students?

For students, Goodnotes offers audio recording synced with handwritten notes, making lectures easy to review. It includes AI summarization and text perfection tools to refine typed content, and Study Sets for effective exam preparation using flashcards and spaced repetition.