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[Lasso] Allow creating multiple text boxes without switching to the lasso
Stop having lasso be the default tool. I cannot even remove it from the toolbar. It is frustrating that everything always goes back to lasso. I can’t even do multiple text boxes one after the other because once you type in a text box once and click off it goes straight to lasso instead of having text toggled on like it used to
543 votesHello! Thanks so much for your feedback and for sharing your ideas with us.
We’re excited to let you know that we’ve updated the Text tool and introduced a new dedicated floating menu for text boxes, including more customization options.
One of the new tools is Pin Text Tool — when enabled, it keeps the Text tool active so you can create multiple text boxes continuously without having to reselect it each time.
This is especially helpful when you're focused on adding or adjusting text in your notes. The pin will automatically turn off once you switch to another tool.
Feel free to try it out and let us know how it works for you!
This improvement is available in the latest Apple update.
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534 votes
[Dropbox Sync & Backup is live 🎉]
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your suggestion! We're happy to let you know that Dropbox Sync & Backup is now live, available for users on the Pro plan.
You can connect your Dropbox account in Goodnotes, browse your folders, and import supported files directly. Once you've annotated your document, you can save a flat annotated file back to Dropbox, keeping your workflow moving without extra file transfer steps.
For more details, please check out this article: https://go.goodnotes.com/support/using-file-storage-services-in-goodnotes-
Feel free to share your feedback and let us know how the feature works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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Collaborate on shared notebooks with multiple users
Simulaneously share notebooks for use through the web with other users.
Talkboard is a free app by Citrix that allows for sharing of a white board with multiple users. The writing features are in general, the same as good notes.
If notebooks could support features to share with other users simultaneously, even select notebooks, then I would be able to use good notes as a collaboration tool on top of it being a note taking tool.
516 votesWe’re happy to announce the release of our new update GoodNotes 5.5 including “Shared Documents”. You can now share a document with other GoodNotes users and work together on them. You can read everything about the first version of shared documents here: https://medium.goodnotes.com/link-sharing-share-documents-adb36f99c583
Details on how to use the new features and FAQ are available here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001571256-Sharing-a-document-with-other-users-to-collaborate-on-it
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Add support for Adonit Jot Script (true fine point stylus)
Add/integrate the SDK from Adonit for the new Jot Script just announced. This stylus has a 1.9mm tip and is suppose to produce the best experience for note-taking. Just make sure you can disable pinch-zoom while writing to prevent any unwanted issues while writing (maybe have manual buttons for zooming in the menu bar when connected to the stylus?)
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489 votes
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global search engine (-> searching for keyword in EVERY document)
you can do that on the pc (-> pdf xchange viewer) or on mac (spotlight search): if you enter a keyword it gives you a list of every page your word appears on, which is an incredible feature for learning with e.g. your universties pdfs.
goodnotes offers you the chance to look for a word within ONE pdf file, but there's no global search engine - which I believe is a feature a lot of people would appreciate!!
(no other ipad app has this, so be the first ;) )468 votes -
[Sep 2025 Launch] New Toolbar Suggestions
Thread for feedback on the new toolbar.
Feel free to share any bugs or suggestions for improvement regarding the updated toolbar.459 votesThank you so much for sharing your feedback on the toolbar updates. Over time, we’ve addressed most of the points raised, and all the toolbar improvements we’ve shared and released are listed here.
Since this thread includes multiple ideas, some of which have already been addressed, it’s challenging to respond to each one individually or determine which topics need further attention. To keep the forum organized, we’ll be closing this topic for now.
If you have multiple ideas and would like them to be actionable, we recommend sharing them in separate threads (1 feature request = 1 thread). This helps other community members discover, discuss, and vote on ideas, and allows us to better understand which improvements are most important to you. We also recommend checking for similar existing ideas and adding your vote to strengthen them.
Please also review the forum for existing similar ideas and add…
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Templates! Flyers, Outlines, Planners, Calendars, To-Do's and Template manager
Create more templates that are quick and easy to edit and change. Make a template management system or folder.
Make templates for Work, School, Business, Time Mgmt, Expenses, Budgets etc.
459 votesFor GoodNotes 5, we created new paper templates and covers, including calendars, to-do lists and more. Also, it is now easier than ever to manage your paper templates and add custom ones.
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[Object Alignment] Visual Guides to Align Objects or to Grids
Lines to locate the different elements in the page. When you want to align two elements is really difficult because there aren’t any guides that assure you the correct position.
This feature would be optional, I mean, if you want, you could use it and if you didn’t want, you wouldn’t use.
456 votes[Object Alignment is live 🎉]
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your suggestion! We're happy to let you know that Object Alignment is now live, with 7.1.10.
When you drag a shape, sticky note, image, text box, or handwriting on your canvas, real-time guide lines show you exactly when it lines up with a neighboring object's edge or center—release to snap into place. Everything also snaps to the grid for clean, evenly-spaced layouts.
Feel free to share your feedback and let us know how the feature works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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Different pens
It would be nice to have different pen options, like a pencil and maybe a calligraphy pen. I would gladly pay for them as an in app purchase.
445 votesWe added a new brush pen in GoodNotes 5 but don’t have a timeframe on a pencil because it can’t be easily done with vector ink.
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427 votes
We are happy to inform you that update 4.10, including tab-support, has been released yesterday:-) Here are more information on the update: http://bit.ly/2a7Bclh
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Two way sync dropbox to modify or edit on mac
Be able to modify on mac pdf and sync back to app.
397 votes[Dropbox Sync & Backup is live 🎉]
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your suggestion! We're happy to let you know that Dropbox Sync & Backup is now live, available for users on the Pro plan.
You can connect your Dropbox account in Goodnotes, browse your folders, and import supported files directly. Once you've annotated your document, you can save a flat annotated file back to Dropbox, keeping your workflow moving without extra file transfer steps.
For more details, please check out this article: https://go.goodnotes.com/support/using-file-storage-services-in-goodnotes-
Feel free to share your feedback and let us know how the feature works for you!
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Goodnotes Team
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File & folder hierarchy for improved notebook/folder management with better ui
Even though we have some category options, they are limited and the ui is not the best. Implementation of a folder hierarchy structure with a better ui (may be with tags/labels) will make managing notebooks much more easier. Lack of hierarchy on folder management is the biggest problem&missing feature of all note taking apps which are currently available and this difference will surely make GoodNotes the preferred one over other competitors.
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Add 2 and 3 finger tap shortcuts for undo and redo like Procreate
Using the Apple pencil is really cool, but I find that undoing and redoing is really annoying using the toolbar at the top. Having a feature like in Procreate to undo with a 2 finder tap and redo with a 3 finger tap would make taking notes much more fluid.
393 votesGoodNotes 5.1 is now available and adds gesture control for undo & redo.
- two-finger double-tap for undo
- three-finger double-tap for redoYou can read more about it here: https://medium.goodnotes.com/goodnotes-5-1-adds-gesture-control-for-undo-redo-2dc7db3a87b6
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Add Tape Tool
Tape…Notability just published an update to allow something like white out tape that can be tapped to make transparent and then tapped again to ”reapply.”
Teaching implications of such a tool are obvious and awesome.
Please give us such a feature.
389 votes[Tape Tool is available on Apple, Android, Windows, and Web]
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your suggestions! Tape Tool is already available for all Goodnotes users on Apple, Android, Windows, and Web.
The Tape Tool is a great way to study using active recall. It allows you to hide and reveal information in your notebooks with a single tap.
For more details, please check out this article.
Feel free to share your feedback and let us know how the feature works for you! If you’re already actively using this tool and have new suggestions, please submit them through the ideas portal.
Thank you for your contribution!
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Goodnotes Team
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Fix iCloud Sync
Fixing slow or never ending iCloud Upload. Just a few notes from me get synced to other devices. The most notes are never synced and just get tagged with the Upload arrow.
357 votesHi everyone,
We’re happy to announce that we have finally found a fix for the issues with iCloud. Apple’s engineers confirmed that there was a bug with the GoodNotes folder in their own system.
After updating to version 4.11.11, which is available as an update on the App Store, you should be able to quickly sync all your changes and notebooks across all of your devices again.
We want to take the chance to say sorry again to everyone that was affected by the problems. Thank you so much for staying with us during these hard times!
In case you should experience any trouble with iCloud after updating to the latest version, please contact our support. -
Add text recognition
Why would an app as fine as Good Notes not have text recognition? I don't like my handwriting and would rather convert selected handwriting to text. I'm very disappointed that this feature isn't available.
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To create a table of content with links to the sections and subsections
To create a table of content with links to the sections and subsections
350 votesGoodNotes 5.0.15 added the ability to create “Custom Outlines”. It allows you to create a table of content for any document. Subsections aren’t yet supported but it is something we’re considering for future updates.
Here’s more about custom outlines:
https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000780775-How-to-use-custom-outlines-bookmarks-from-GoodNotes-4- -
Add a page counter
A page counter would be fine. As of now the only way to know where exactly you are on a document is to open the thumbnail feature. If the page number were displayed (maybe as an in/out option) it would save us a good deal of time.
339 votesThe latest update GoodNotes 5.5 is now available on the App Store. While scrolling through your document, you can now see the current page number and the total number of pages in this document. If you don’t like to see the page numbers, you can disable it in Menu > Settings > Document Editing.
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Desktop App
We need a desktop version. It makes it so much harder to do work when you can't flip back and forth. PLEASE!!!
329 votes
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