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  1. Please can you make the text go to next page when paste long text because is hard to copy the text partly because in your app if it’s longer than page limite the text will be cut

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  2. This proposal summarizes optimization issues that include chronic overheating, performance degradation, and user experience problems occurring in the GoodNotes iPad app, even on high-performance Apple Silicon devices such as the M1 iPad Pro and newer models equipped with M-series chips.

    The core objective of this proposal is to respect the hardware constraints of the iPad’s fanless design while fully leveraging Apple Silicon–specific hardware accelerators, including the Apple Neural Engine (ANE), through a truly native architecture approach. By optimizing GoodNotes in accordance with Apple Silicon hardware characteristics, the app should regain a “Pro-level” stability where users no longer need to restart…

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  3. When allowing sharing a document it should have the options to send it to someone not just copy the link

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  4. It would be very helpful if the objects saved in “favourites” could be further organized, for example by allowing users to sort favorites into folders. Thank you very much.

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  5. I would like to suggest expanding the pencil tool in GoodNotes by adding a full range of pencil hardness options, including:

    12B, 11B, 10B, 9B, 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H, and 10H.

    In addition, it would be great to include a mechanical pencil (sharp pencil) tool, which would be especially useful for precise writing, diagrams, and technical notes.

    These additions would provide users with more realistic and flexible drawing and writing experiences, similar to traditional pencils.

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  6. 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…

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  7. 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…

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  8. I understand that AI is having a big impact on new technologies and it’s amazing the big effort that you are making to include it in the app.Thanks si much.

    Some people are love it. But some of us, which we don’t want (at this moment) this type of new technology, because we don’t feel it is necessary or we just want a “basic good app”, we would like to have a “swich” to disable all this AI option, because it takes to much space and resources of the app.

    Thanks again for all the work!!

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  9. 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.

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  10. Can we add a feature for dotted lines. For example I draw a line then lasso it and select dotted.

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  11. 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 (:

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  12. 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…

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  13. 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.

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  15. 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…

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  16. 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…

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  17. 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…

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    1. The text tool should be pinned all the time and not having to pin it each time.

    2. A lock function or layer function. Noteful has this and they are significantly cheaper than goodnotes.

    3. Move the stupid back button back on the toolbar. It takes up space for my document. And covers the document. For us digital planner people the space is important.

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

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  19. 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.

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