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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. I often import lecture PDF files into GoodNotes to take notes and add annotations. In many cases, professors or instructors provide materials as text-based PDFs. However, there are also many situations where the files have been converted from PDF → image → PDF, making the text unselectable and turning the entire document into an image.

    When a document is image-based, tasks such as translating the content, searching for unfamiliar terms on the web, or asking GoodNotes AI questions about specific text become difficult. Currently, GoodNotes AI’s OCR capabilities for image-based documents are quite limited, and it sometimes misrecognizes text or…

    2 votes

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  2. I often import lecture PDFs into GoodNotes to take notes and add annotations. However, the materials uploaded by professors or instructors are rarely 100% free of typos or layout errors. These mistakes can sometimes confuse GoodNotes AI, and when typos exist, I often end up importing a blank white page and manually re-typing the corrected text using the text or pen tools.

    As PDF editing is becoming increasingly important, I would like to suggest adding built-in PDF editing features that allow users to directly correct typos and fix layout issues within PDFs. This would make it possible to view and…

    1 vote

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  3. Proposal: Add AI Model Selection and File Attachment Features to GoodNotes AI
    I would like to suggest adding AI model selection and advanced attachment capabilities to GoodNotes AI.

    First, it would be great to introduce tiered AI plans under the GoodNotes AI Pass, such as AI Basic, AI Pro, and AI Special. Based on the selected AI Pass and the available tokens or credits, users could choose and use different AI response models.
    For example: ChatGPT 5.2 (Thinking / Auto / Instant), Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini Flash, or a GoodNotes-native AI model (v1.0).

    Second, I suggest adding options that allow…

    3 votes

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  4. Notebook LM has a great feature where you can create an audio overview using AI that creates a podcast episode from the content. This is the only reason I use Notebook LM as well as goodnotes and I think this should be on Goodnotes' roadmap as party of becoming a leading AI notebook took.

    6 votes

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  5. I would like the Text Document feature to support custom fonts.
    Being able to set and use custom fonts is important for my note-taking workflow, especially for maintaining visual consistency and personal preferences. Currently, the lack of font customization in Text Documents limits their usability compared to handwritten notebooks.

    3 votes

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  6. It seems that my 2017 MacBook Pro 15" isn't compatible with Goodnotes anymore (it doesn't synchronies to the latest documents anymore and says that I should Update my Goodnotes app but my App Store doesn't provide any new updates.) and I just wanted to feedback you that I find this very sad and would really appreciate a longer support for older devices (:

    2 votes

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  7. 레이저 포인터 펜을 쓰면 획이 구분되도록 겹쳐져서 써지는데, 처음 상태처럼(획 구분 안 되도록) 복구해주세요. 불편합니다.

    2 votes

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  8. There used to be 2 options to Type on a page, the Text Box and the whole screen text field. It used to be so easy to acces the whole page typing mode, and to edit it later on, which it now isnt. Having one button to get back to the feature would save so much time and ones work flow, because the way you access it right now is really inconvenient. Same thing goes for the text box - this little widget with options to edit the text font etc. is always in the middle of the screen covering…

    1 vote

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  9. In GoodNotes, I can’t open a new file or select pages while recording.

    Also, please add a feature that allows recorded audio to be deleted all at once, separately from the written notes!
    The recordings take up a significant amount of storage, so it would be very helpful to have a bulk-delete option for audio only, even from outside the notebook.
    Additionally, it’s inconvenient that the playback window doesn’t appear immediately when playing a recording.

    1 vote

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  10. When working on math it is very common to have a formula that you need to reference often. At the moment we always just have to either zoom out, or keep scrolling back to the section we wrote it in.

    It would be great if we could do some kind of rectangular selection and have just that section of the page become a floating popup window (perhaps as a small square on the opposite side of our writing hand?) showing the contents that we selected, so that we dont have to keep awkwardly navigating through all the pages.

    And maybe…

    3 votes

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  11. Hi everyone,
    I’d like to report a limitation I’ve noticed when working with shapes in Goodnotes and ask if others feel the same.

    When drawing or editing shapes such as circles, squares, and lines, there is currently no snapping or anchoring system. This makes it difficult to align shapes precisely or connect them to each other.

    In particular:

    There are no visible reference points (such as center points, midpoints, or edge anchors).

    It’s hard to find the exact center of a circle or square.

    Aligning shapes or connecting lines to other shapes requires a lot of manual adjustment and is…

    3 votes

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  12. Currently, the Eraser Function and Writing Tools are two different tabs. This disrupts the continuous flow of writing, as users have to frequently toggle between two different tabs. This issue is especially vital as the tabs are at a higher eye level, thus users have to take some moments to locate, and select the eraser function when needed, which also causes users to mistakenly tap onto another mini tab.

    This brings about inconvenience to users, especially since the flow of thoughts is disrupted.

    Thus, I would propose shifting the position of the eraser function into the writing tools tab. This…

    45 votes

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  13. Hello, I really enjoy your site. I work at a community college with students with disabilities and I refer students often. I noticed when I ran your site through wave.webaim.org and there were a few areas that could be easily fixed. I am requesting that you use the site to improve the accessibility.

    3 votes

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  14. Zurücktaste bei Mac hinzufügen.
    Diese fehlt komplett. Im Notfall kann man seIne gelöschten Texte nicht zurückholen, ziemlich blöd :(

    1 vote

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  15. We really need to provide an online image feature similar to the one shown in the picture. It needs to be like a GIF, and it's very much needed.

    21 votes

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  16. An option to manually set the rotation of fountain pen tip. When you turn off the recognize pen rotation option, which is a nice feature, it sets in an oblique angle. It would be nice to be able to manually rotate the pen tip and set it whichever angle you want it.

    5 votes

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  17. Gerade ist es so, dass wenn ich eine PDF eingefügt habe ich nur sehr umständlich
    einzelne Wörter markieren kann um diese dann z.B. zu kopieren.

    Ich muss erst das Textfeld erstellen Symbol auswählen
    Dann kurz die linke Maustaste gedrückt halten und kann dann erst markieren.
    Und wenn ich das Wort dann markiert habe funktioniert die Tastenkombination Str + C nur bedingt.

    Und außerdem ist es sehr schwer die richtige Zeit zum Mauszeiger bewegen zu finden da oft einfach ein Textfeld erstellt wird oder garnicht markiert.
    (Keine Ahnung wieso das so kompliziert ist)

    Kann ich nicht einfach wie in einer PDF…

    2 votes

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  18. Post making a study Set of any Main Topic, which which will have ‘n’ number of subtopics. But the next day when we get notification to study our study set, and when we open it, it gives us prompts showing one of the subtopics. If we don't want to answer it, if we want to skip it, there is NO option of "Skip".

    If we close our Study Set and open it again, we will again be given the same subtopic which we have shown earlier which we wanted to skip earlier. There is no switching to a new subtopic.

    …

    1 vote

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  19. I would like to report an issue I’m experiencing while editing text on the iPad version of your app.

    When I select or edit a text box, the floating formatting toolbar appears directly over the text I’m working on. This makes it difficult to see the content underneath, especially when the text box is near the top of the page. The toolbar does not automatically reposition, and I cannot move it manually, so it constantly blocks my view.

    3 votes

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  20. 1.When we open a PDF, it always opens at 100% size. If I try to zoom out using two fingers, it automatically snaps back to full screen as soon as I release my fingers. But this doesn’t happen in other apps—zooming out there makes it easier to scroll through the PDF …It should zoom out the same way it does in the second picture, although I took that screenshot while holding it with my fingers

    1. Also, this app doesn’t have a separate option to change the background theme. It automatically uses the device’s theme, but there should be an independent…
    1 vote

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