Good app but missing some basic features
I need support for
1. Adjusting reading direction from right to left
2. Viewing two pages side by side instead of one
1. Adjusting reading direction from right to left
2. Viewing two pages side by side instead of one
Delay is unbearable
No other app has this horrendous .5s of delay when writing to the point that I had to switch to a free app to not go insane. I have 7 years worth of documents on this app, idk how y’all messed up so bad
My opinion
Really good writing noting
Dont buy if you want to sync between devices
I purchased essentials year subscription because you could sync between windows and ipad. Guess you only get that feature if you are chosen. So I used their workaround, and did the link share, and worked on a notebook for 1.5 hours on my windows pc, just to have it decide the version on ipad was more important, and erase everything…. Use onenote, it is superior in every way, syncs properly, and is free.
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Thank you for this app
:-)
Daily. User
Fresh, smooth and easy to use, I ll try premium for. While to have. A better experience.
Drawings over pictures pushed to background
I was at least able to work around it by moving the picture, cutting out the drawing and then pasting it but now not even that workaround works anymore. This bug is going on for weeks. Great software, new bugs all the time.
Used to be good
I paid for this app, then it updated and now wants me to pay a subscription to access my notes. Bad subscription software practices in this one.
Terrible.
This app used to be great. Now there is a pay wall for everything. What’s the point on buying the app in the first place if there’s a subscription right on top of it???
No customer service
I have an issue an can’t speak to an agent so you get only 1 star
Still missing useful features, too AI focused
Still missing auto changing the note background between light and dark mode depending on system settings. Apple pencil support still leaves a lot to be desired (most notably in terms of latency) compared to the native pencil support seen in other apps like notability (which while it also has its flaws, is still better than GoodNotes at this time unfortunately)
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Syncing lowers the experience
The app frequently stops to synchronize, adding delay to the note taking. It wasn’t like this for the first many versions.
don’t download it’s bad
just doesn’t work and won’t let me create accounts
Was really good till they added a subscription
Before they added a subscription, you could make a one-time payment to unlock everything —which I did —but now they've switched to a subscription and taken away what I unlocked with that one-time payment—such a scam. I hate how every app has now moved on to subscriptions. I would be much happier with a one-time payment
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Surprisingly versatile and colorful!
UPDATE 7/15/26 OkieDokie!, OkieDokie!, I did get used to the new interface and now typing is easy. It’s become second nature to tap the Read Only and begin editing. I jumped the gun on my last update. Still the best Note Taking app. Very versatile!
UDATE: recently Good Notes changes its’ interface and is frustrating and difficult to use. I can’t just open a note and type.
Considering deleting my account. Disappointed.
ORIGINAL: I was forced to switch note apps when my favorite app chose to stop free users. I chose Goodnotes because it appeared easy to use and delightfully colorful. Imagine my surprise when I began moving my notes and stored info over to Goodnotes! Astonishingly versatile, delightfully colorful, well planned and wonderfully complete with choices of Notebook Covers, Folders and pages! I can even import my own pictures as folder or notebook covers. Works great.
Yes, I had to pay for it but the $29.99 LIFETIME Subscription was so easy to choose. Worth it!
UDATE: recently Good Notes changes its’ interface and is frustrating and difficult to use. I can’t just open a note and type.
Considering deleting my account. Disappointed.
ORIGINAL: I was forced to switch note apps when my favorite app chose to stop free users. I chose Goodnotes because it appeared easy to use and delightfully colorful. Imagine my surprise when I began moving my notes and stored info over to Goodnotes! Astonishingly versatile, delightfully colorful, well planned and wonderfully complete with choices of Notebook Covers, Folders and pages! I can even import my own pictures as folder or notebook covers. Works great.
Yes, I had to pay for it but the $29.99 LIFETIME Subscription was so easy to choose. Worth it!
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Beautiful app
beautiful
🤩The way the AI works 🤩
The AI helps me with writing a story
Goodnotes app review (from someone who has used Goodnotes for years!)
Absolutely amazing! Super good for taking notes and studying. Definitely worth the money.
Really satisfied, until today but won’t ever switch to anything else
You can make notecard with pictures and label them, download pdf and big ones with the premium, and easily. Today I downloaded a big pdf and it messed up some stuff on the pdf. Only happened this one time
Annoying App
I DO NOT want Goodnotes 6. Please stop interrupting my work by constantly pushing me to upgrade in the middle of working.
