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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Now its nearly unusable,I can’t edit a type-in document,It won’t let me change the colors or edit the title type,it is not comfortable to find the type-in part either.It just got so much worse,I’m close to switching to another note taking app.Please fix these and let us get back the previus version !

    19 votes

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  2. Can’t figure out a way to record without the dumb AI features. Unknowingly used all my credits in the span of an hour because I couldn’t just record audio and it forced me to do the ai summarize too. So annoying

    19 votes

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  3. Fix Goodnotes Storage Management – This Is a Technical Disaster

    Goodnotes’ storage architecture is fundamentally broken. My actual library size is ~6 GB, yet the app is bloated to 27 GB on-device. This clearly indicates severe issues with cache invalidation, temporary file persistence, and orphaned/ghost data retention.

    Instead of performing routine garbage collection and data compaction, Goodnotes seems to endlessly accumulate redundant assets (thumbnails, partial syncs, stale caches). This is textbook storage leakage — exactly what happens when an app doesn’t properly implement lifecycle management for its local data.

    For an app marketed as a professional-grade productivity tool, this level…

    19 votes

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  4. I recently learned about your experimental Audio Transcription feature, and I think it is an excellent tool for enhancing productivity and learning. However, I noticed that it currently does not support Chinese transcription. As a Chinese-speaking user, I believe adding Chinese support would significantly improve the accessibility and usability of this feature for a broader audience.

    For users like me, who frequently study in a multilingual environment, having Chinese transcription is essential. Many of my lectures, discussions, and study materials are conducted in Chinese, and the lack of this capability limits my ability to make full use of GoodNotes. Adding…

    19 votes

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  5. Implementation of an advanced AI Math Assistant in GoodNotes 6, offering features similar to MathNotes in iPadOS 18, but with additional capabilities to control and improve handwritten mathematical notes and calculations on personal PDFs. The goal is to create the ultimate AI tutor experience for all types of mathematical functions and calculations using AI.

    Details:

    1. Intelligent Text Recognition and Correction:

      • Handwriting Recognition: The AI Math Assistant should accurately recognize handwritten mathematical formulas and equations. It should automatically detect calculation errors in equations or computations, correct them, and display the correct solution. The assistant should identify mistakes in handwritten calculations and…
    19 votes

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  6. Hi,
    I like Goodnotes very much, but I miss some features for my workflow as
    architect. I use Goodnotes for measurements on location.

    1. Layers
      I would like to have some layers for structuring my drawings

    2. Dottet / Dashed Lines
      … selfspeaking

    3. Forms with graphical options for lines/edges and surface
      It would be nice, if we could define line-style and surface-style
      e.g. surface: white (with options for transparency) and lines/edges
      as dashed line.

    4. More as 3 lines thicknesses in UI-Menu

    Greetings from Germany
    Tobi

    19 votes

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  7. Study sets should be exportable to Anki or other flashcard types so you can easily share them with others.

    19 votes

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  8. The new feature that condensed the pen sizes into one button is clunky and adds two clicks to the process, and you have to change your grip to tap the screen with your finger to get rid of the drop down menu. Bring back the three buttons for pen sizes, at least in horizontal view.

    19 votes

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  9. Sometimes the sync is brilliant, but other times I have to close and reopen the app over and over again.

    I hate having to do workarounds when there should be an easy fix. Like, just add a refresh/force sync button !!!!!!!!

    19 votes

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  10. Be able to choose the presets for the textbox colors
    Arrange like Canva
    -allow grouping textboxes and aligning the centers/to the left/to the right
    be more compatabile with shortcuts like commandA or holding the shift key on the keyboard to select multiple boxes

    19 votes

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  11. Add more features to test flashcards- like quizlet have, e.g: multiple choice answers, write in the answer, match the questions to the answers...etc.

    19 votes

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  12. In smaller iPads toolbar and document tabs take lot of working space.
    If toolbar can be shifted to left side of screen in landscape mode it will be of great help.

    19 votes

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  13. If you want to add some extra points to your note, but you don't have that much space left, you can use the “insert note” feature, where a small icon can be placed anywhere in the note. When the icon is touched a small note pops up , where one can write. This feature is already there in other pdf annotating apps. I have attached screenshots of another app.

    19 votes

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  14. Sometimes I copy text from Evernote into GoodNotes, but it's too long to fit on one page. Instead of continuing onto the next page, it disappears beneath it. Please make text boxes capable of spanning multiple pages.

    19 votes

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  15. You can’t save or export highlights on PDFs imported into GoodNotes. But given GoodNotes is such a nice PDF reader, I want to do reading in GoodNotes and then be able to use the content I’ve highlighted elsewhere, e.g. combine it with highlights in Pocket or Instapaper, as part of my research workflow. But at the moment the highlights are static and stuck in the app, so you have to go back through each reading 1 at a time. Enabling highlight exporting — especially if automated via Readwise — would be a gamechanger in allowing me to use GoodNotes for…

    19 votes

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  16. convert Mathematics/chemistry handwritten equation into Digital text using goodnote 5

    digitizes handwritten or printed text also give Latex code for same

    19 votes

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  17. The new function is great! I think however we could take better advantage of the space by making landscape cards that fill the screen and flip to reveal the answer, since it is very hard to read half page cards if they are small, especially if we can’t zoom in on them

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  18. Long sentences I write curve down when using blank pages or creating flash cards. I’d like to enable an option to auto-straighten or auto-align my sentences.

    19 votes

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  19. It would be great if you can use the apple pencil in studying mode to take notes for more complex answers or drawings.
    You could also use this feature to learn the structure of scientific models by leaving some information out at the front of the flashcard, fill them in and then compare with the solution after flipping the card. It would also be possible to put tasks like "Draw the xy-model" on the front page and the corrrect model on the back of the flashcard.
    To implement this solution a bigger display of the card would be helpful.

    19 votes

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  20. Measuring tape for more precise sketches. Additionally a middle point feature is practical for most intents and purposes.

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