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  1. Can you please make it to where we can rotate the page or turn it to the side slightly when writing like you would in procreate or on a regular piece of paper? I find myself having to turn my iPad to the side or my body just to get comfortable when writing. That would be a cool idea to implement.

    2 votes

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  2. When using the fountain pen with Apple Pencil rotation enabled, users must constantly re-adjust their grip to keep the nib horizontal. Locking rotation forces a fixed default angle that often looks unnatural for a fountain pen.

    Please add the option to lock the nib at a user-defined angle, for example by letting the user set the angle with a slider so the pen hits the page the same way every time. See image for example. This would greatly improve writing flow, style and comfort.

    6 votes

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  3. Good morning,

    I am leaving this comment because I believe it could help improve the user experience of the application. I am a student, and I use it daily for reading, highlighting PDFs, and taking notes, especially on texts.

    One of the main issues I encounter when studying on a tablet is that, when using the stylus with the highlighter function, my hand is not very steady, and the lines I draw are usually uneven. I know that by holding the stroke at the end it automatically straightens, but in many cases my stroke is so irregular that the correction…

    2 votes

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  4. On iPad, when I place a Sticky Note near the page margin, the pop-up opens partially cut off/off-screen and it’s inconvenient to use. It would be helpful if the pop-up could extend beyond the page edges or automatically reposition, so it always stays fully visible.

    I’m attaching a few screenshots:

    (1) note placed near the margin (highlighted)

    (2) pop-up being cut off/off-screen

    (3) example with the note closer to the center where the pop-up is fully visible

    5 votes

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  5. 도형 세로길이 왜 늘리셨는지 모르겠어요. 갑자기 도형 세로길이 길어져서
    그동안 제가 필기했던 사각형들이 모두 엉망이 되었어요...
    진짜 너무 너무 화가 나요. 제 필기 돌려놔주세요 당장.

    이걸 다시 언제 지우고 수정하고 앉아있어요
    1과목당 600페이지인데 지금 총 이런개 6과목있다구요.
    제 필기 다시 돌려놔요.

    업데이트 할수록 왜 퇴화히는지 모르겠어요.
    제발 쓸데없는 거 건들지 말고 그대로 놔두라구요.
    필기하다 튕김 오류나, pdf 불러오고 내보내기할때 튕김이나 잡던지...

    하.. 차차리 2페아지 4페이지씩 보는 기능이나 만들어주세요
    여러번 회독을 해야하는데 책이 한눈에 들어왔으면 좋겠어요. 이럴거면 종이책을 보죠.
    종이책도 펼치면 2페지지씩 펼쳐 보이는데 이건 뭐.... 하 불편해 죽겠어요
    제발 2페이씩 볼수있는 기능 만들어주세요. 아이패드 스플릿뷰 말구요 !! 하;;

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  6. I think it's newly updated.

    I wish I could turn off the automatic position adjustment function with the red line when moving the handwriting with the snas tool. It's so inconvenient.

    And when I copy and paste the handwriting, it disappears when I try to pass to the next page. It was originally fine, but please fix it.

    1 vote

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  7. A Measuring Tool for technical drawings and plans would be very useful.

    Goodnotes could automatically detect the scale of a drawing, or allow the user to manually set it (e.g. 1:25, 1:50, 1:100).

    The tool should then allow users to:

    Draw dimension lines showing the real-world distance
    Measure distances between points
    Measure areas (m²)
    Calibrate the scale using a known distance

    This would make Goodnotes much more useful for architects, engineers and construction professionals.

    1 vote

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  8. I would love to have a feature that allows us to draw wavy lines (squiggly lines) automatically using the Shape tool. Currently, drawing them by hand looks messy, and using text boxes or stickers is inconvenient. It would be extremely helpful for underlining and emphasizing key points while taking notes. Thank you!

    2 votes

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  9. At the moment there is no search tool in text documents. I don’t understand this decision at all. Being able to search within a text document is absolutely crucial.

    4 votes

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  10. Before the last update, connected lines could be selected individually which allowed drawings to happen easily. However, now all connected lines are treated as one object so it is now physically impossible to actually edit any singular line diagram you make. This is horrible because if u make 1 mistake and accidentally connect a line to a line diagram and delete 1 singular line, you delete the entire line diagram, which makes mistakes that are old enough to not simply “undo” permanent. Before this, you had more freedom and lines worked better.

    2 votes

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  11. It would be great to rotate the canvas when using a whiteboard. Like it is in Procreate or Photoshop

    5 votes

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  12. Es wäre sehr hilfreich, wenn man mit dem Lasso nicht nur bestimmte Bereiche temporär einfangen und verschieben/anpassen könnte. Eine dauerhafte Gruppierung wie in Word wäre hilfreich.

    1 vote

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  13. Pen Sub-tools: I use pen-related sub-tools more frequently than the main tools. Please allow users to pin pen sub-tools directly to the main toolbar for quicker access.

    Dedicated Shortcuts: Adding links and converting text currently requires too many taps. Please provide an option to add these specific functions as individual icons on the main toolbar.

    1 vote

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  14. I'm a gymnastics coach and I use Goodnotes to plan practices and write down drills. It would be so helpful to quickly reference a video of a new drill we’re trying for the first time, or help my gymnasts better understand a new skill they’re working on. My little stick figure drawings can only do so much.

    1 vote

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  15. The Masking Tape feature is extremely useful for memorization practice.

    However, during repetitive active recall study, users currently need to manually hide each revealed masking tape again before testing themselves another time.

    This becomes tedious when many masking tapes are used on a single page.

    An optional “Auto Re-Hide” mode would solve this problem.

    Example:

    • Tap to reveal
    • After a user-defined delay (1s / 3s / 5s etc.), the masking tape automatically hides again

    This would create a much smoother flashcard-like study experience and improve memorization efficiency significantly.

    The feature could remain completely optional and be turned ON/OFF depending on…

    2 votes

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  16. The Masking Tape feature is amazing for active recall and memorization.

    However, when a page contains many masking tapes, users currently have to tap every single one individually just to review the full content.

    This is especially inconvenient when users want to quickly review the entire page or check the overall structure of their notes before testing themselves again.

    A simple “Reveal All / Hide All” toggle would make studying much smoother and faster.

    Possible options:
    • Reveal all masking tapes on the current page
    • Hide all again with one tap
    • Optional notebook-wide support

    This would greatly improve…

    2 votes

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  17. Please enable the masking tape feature to be opened and closed even when using the pointer mode, to make presentations and lectures more seamless.

    8 votes

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  18. A pen that automatically underlines with A squiggly line like the freenotes app does. Also, an automatic handwriting to make sloppy handwriting into better handwriting without having to use the typing tool like the free notes app does. If you do this, the app would be perfect!

    2 votes

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  19. Be able to grey out entire parts of an image/page. So you could navigate/sort slides that have a lot of useless information to only keep the parts you need.

    A tool where you could e.g. grey out the entire image (like lowering the opacity) and select the parts you would like to keep.
    In a sense a new tool that is the opposite of a highlighter.

    1 vote

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  20. For colours you can add as many to the menu as you want. do the same for strokes (sizes) so you can add more than 3 strokes to the menu and swipe between them.

    1 vote

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