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  1. Shape tool is not as good as before

    Shape tool has become worse than goodnotes 6. Earlier we could draw any shape by drawing and holding the shape but now it converts every weird shape into a perfect shape line like square, rectangle or star
    Just make it as flexible as goodnotes 6 shape tool

    7 votes
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  2. Bring back default font setting

    I’m currently using GoodNotes 7.0.1. Since the upgrade from GoodNotes 6, the font that was active at the time of the upgrade has become permanently stuck as the default for every new text box. There is no way to reset or change this default anymore.

    This is a general issue: whatever font you had selected in GoodNotes 6 (Times New Roman, Arial, etc.) is now locked in as the default in GoodNotes 7. In my case it’s even worse, because it happened to be a custom fantasy font, which makes the problem especially impractical.

    Please restore the ability to set…

    7 votes
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  3. Auto Refined Handwriting

    Please make a feature where your handwriting turns neater automatically into a font you choose without using text and you do this by using AI. MAKE MY HANDWERITING NEAT I BEG YOU I WANT TO BE AESTHETIIIIC

    48 votes
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  4. Hope you can change back to the previous design for the tool, recording and save my fav's setting

    Hi, I'm an iPad user. The new design is currently very inconvenient to use. The floating design of the writing toolbar feels awkward and cramped. Moreover, bugs occur when switching to other tools. The recording tool occupies too much space, and the large, noticeable logo during recording makes me feel unsafe. Additionally, having to open the toolbar to record is very troublesome. After clicking to record, switching to check slides is cumbersome because it requires multiple clicks. To bookmark important slides quickly, you must first open the tool list, then add them, which is very inconvenient. I really hope it…

    7 votes
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  5. Undo the automatic update

    How can I undo this last version of Goodnotes 6? I liked it better when the recording symbol wasn’t this horribly obvious as a big orange square. and I like it better when the toolbar didn’t move. Is there a way I can undo this update and back to the previous version of Goodnotes 6?!

    6 votes
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  6. [AI] Add "Off" Button

    Add an option to turn AI off. This feature is obstructive and if it has to be in the app, give users an option to opt out or turn AI off.

    8 votes
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  7. Back to technical drawing

    As an aerospace engineer, it was essential for me to be able to draw curves and lines by connecting points without going crazy. Since the last update, if you connect multiple curved lines, the system interprets this function however it wants and gives it a shape completely different from what I intended. Moreover, if you create simple shapes like circles inside other figures, it’s no longer possible to rotate the entire drawing. Please go back to the old logic — it was 100 times better.

    Attached old drawings done with previous versions

    5 votes
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  8. Reinstitute object selection toggle

    Please put the object selection toggle back. When a writing tool, I do not want to select an image without purposely using the lasso tool. It makes writing on images difficult.

    4 votes
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  9. Drawing on text document

    Following the recent update which added the text document, I think that users should be able to have the option of writing, drawing and highlighting on the page. For me my study method is typing out my lecture notes in OneNote and then exporting to Goodnotes to highlight and annotate. However, if I was able to do this with the text document feature, it would make things so much easier. Not just for me but other users also.

    6 votes
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  10. Typing Feature in Toolbar

    Please bring back the typing tool in handwritten documents as a separate button in the toolbar.
    Also, please fix the overlapping of the typing “toolbar” with the title when typing.

    6 votes
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  11. Remove floating text bar

    The old text at the top was better now its hard to change font size and things like that

    5 votes
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  12. Integrated AI handwriting improvement

    An AI model integrated within GoodNotes that enhances and refines users' handwriting in real-time, aligning it with their unique personal writing style as they write with the Apple Pencil.
    -Advantage: This would make handwritten notes look cleaner and more consistent, improving readability while retaining the user's individual writing characteristics.

    112 votes
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  13. [Audio Recording] Allow recorded audio to be attached next to handwritten notes

    音楽の授業で、先生のお手本のフレーズをメモするために録音機能を使っています。手書きのメモの横に録音した素材を貼り付けることが出来たら、振り返りがもっと簡単になるのになぁと思っています。
    In music class, I use the recording function to write down the teacher's sample phrases. If you could paste the recorded material next to the handwritten memo, it would be easier to look back.

    6 votes
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  14. Missing text features in goodnotes 7

    In GoodNotes 7 it is no longer possible to set a default text style, and text backgrounds are missing. Both features existed in GoodNotes 6 and are essential for my work (e.g. creating assignments, official documents). Please clarify: is this a bug that will be fixed, or a deliberate design decision that will remain?

    7 votes
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  15. When I rotate an object, I want to be able to rotate it without re-sizing; the two features should be separate.

    The rotate, resize objects is currently tied to together, therefore when I just want to rotate an object I can’t unless my hand is really steady otherwise it resizes the object as well - these two functions have to be separate.

    93 votes
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  16. The new unified writing tool is very inconvenient

    Hi, I’d like to share some feedback about the new “Unified Drawing Tool.”

    I use GoodNotes professionally as a teacher — during presentations, I do live-style writing and drawing on the screen.
    In my workflow, I switch very frequently between the pointer, pen, highlighter, eraser, and lasso selection.

    After the recent update, all the writing tools are grouped under one button, making it much slower to switch tools and really interrupting my work.
    For me, it’s essential to have my writing tools on the same toolbar level as the pointer and lasso.

    Please make this customizable again, or at least…

    6 votes
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  17. Different Interface and tools

    The new update is terrible, the toolbar I don't mind very much (annoying but I can live) but the shape features are absolutely terrible. Before the new update I could make circles at an angle and trapezoids to my liking, and perfect right angles (stem major so every important) and now the only thing I can draw are ovals straight across, I cant even make a trapezoid, when I use the hold feature to draw a right angle it doesn't come out a perfect right angle it is always slightly off, and when I use the shape feature to make…

    6 votes
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  18. Eliminate hover in windows

    It's very annoying, the hover effect they recently added to GoodNotes on Windows. Visually, it makes my eyes get tired quickly when I move the mouse over the document.

    4 votes
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  19. Bring back the ball point pen

    I hate using the fountain pen because I want all my writing to look consistent. The fountain pen has places where it's thicker and places where it's thinner and it drives me crazy. The ball point pen was way better because it was consistent. Bring it back!

    3 votes
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  20. Full Dark Mode

    I’d like to request a full Dark Mode, comparable to Notability, including:
    • Dark UI and dark page/paper backgrounds
    • Automatic ink/highlighter/sticker color adjustment for readability
    • Both per-notebook and global settings, plus an option to follow system appearance

    This would reduce eye strain when writing/reading at night and improve usability on high-contrast displays. If Goodnotes offered this, I would return and subscribe.

    Thank you for considering this.

    4 votes
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