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  1. To add more handwriting languages!! I am a Swedish student that uses digital notetaking on a daily basis, and sure, English is close to our language, but å, ä and ö aren't in the English alphabet; it would greatly help to get Swedish in handwriting and into the app itself!
    And since I've seen that zero have been done to get this done, and a lot of people still want languages such as Polish, Swedish, etc., and no updates, GoodNotes focuses too much on the aesthetic of the app instead of the functionality that it's supposed to give to students!…

    3 votes

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  2. 2 votes

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  3. Please add a feature to convert handwritten or scribbled chemical structures into printed ones.
    There is no good app or tool on the market for this.
    I am thinking similar to the math converter.

    2 votes

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  4. 텍스트 타이핑을 하고 나서 암기를 할때 테이프 기능을 자주 쓰는데 자꾸 테이프가 선택되는게 아니라 텍스트 기능이 선택이 됩니다.
    테이프 기능만 선택될수 있도록 설정을 넣어주세요.

    2 votes

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  5. add Czech language handwriting recognition

    2 votes

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  6. Hi Goodnotes Team,

    I frequently use Goodnotes to annotate directly on top of imported photos and images. Because the current pens only output solid, single-color ink, my handwriting constantly gets lost in the dark or busy areas of the pictures.

    It would be incredibly helpful to have a new pen tool—or a toggle for the existing pens—that automatically generates a contrasting outline (like white) or a subtle drop-shadow in real-time as I write.

    Right now, I have to interrupt my workflow to draw highlighter backgrounds, duplicate text to create manual shadows, or drop in pre-saved shape elements just to make…

    2 votes

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  7. New update removed ability to stay on typing function and will revert back to Lasso. This is so annoying. Also bring back allowing the user to choose their default font color. My school uses dark colored ppts and when typing the auto selected black font makes it impossible to keep up with note taking as i constantly must highlight the text and change it to white font.

    15 votes

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  8. I'd love if we could have autocorrect and spelling check for typed notes. It's a feature for written notes, but I'd love it for typed notes too.

    8 votes

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  9. I would like to request the addition of a “Smart Guideline” feature similar to the one available in Samsung Notes. The feature could dynamically provide a subtle horizontal guideline while writing, helping users maintain a straight baseline even when working on completely blank pages.

    I frequently prefer unruled pages because they provide a cleaner and more flexible writing experience. However, maintaining a consistent straight line of handwriting on a blank page is difficult, particularly when writing longer notes. A Smart Guideline that assists with maintaining the writing baseline—without permanently adding ruled lines to the page—would solve this problem very effectively.

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    2 votes

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  10. I hate using the fountain pen because I want all my writing to look consistent. The fountain pen has places where it's thicker and places where it's thinner and it drives me crazy. The ball point pen was way better because it was consistent. Bring it back!

    15 votes

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  11. I want much more freedom when I write than a textbox! So I'm requesting a feature where you can manually turn it on or off and when you write with your Apple Pencil on your iPad in GoodNotes with any pen (like brush pen, ball pen, fountain pen), as you write in real-time, your text gets replaced with a font. So it's basically scribble as you write with your handwriting and it gets turned into a font but without the textbox limitation. Because it saves a lot of time instead of clicking on the text box icon, then selecting text…

    2 votes

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  12. Dear Goodnotes Support Team,
    I am writing to report a severe editing issue caused by the app's automatic PDF text recognition behavior, which currently frozen manual touch inputs on the document.
    When opening a PDF, Goodnotes automatically recognizes the text data and forcefully clusters a wide area into an unwanted purple selection block—even though I did not long-press to select any text. Furthermore, this text boundary recognition is highly inaccurate, capturing oversized regions regardless of the actual text layout.
    The critical issue is that within these faulty, automatically recognized text areas, all other manual touch inputs are completely disabled.
    My…

    1 vote

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  13. I practice multiple choice questions a lot , and instead of writing and erasing the answers , i want the temporary pencil like auto deleting the components i wrote after 1 ,2 hours. So i can practice again over the same sheet.

    1 vote

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  14. Refine handwriting (Restyle) does not work with Korean handwriting in Goodnotes 6 on iPad. When the document language is set to Korean, the option disappears from the Lasso menu. With Auto-detect, the option appears but only works for English handwriting. Goodnotes support confirmed that Korean is not currently supported for this feature.

    Please add Korean support for Refine handwriting / Restyle. Korean handwriting recognition and search are already supported in Goodnotes, and many Korean users take handwritten notes, so this feature would be very useful.

    Thank you!

    1 vote

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  15. Dear Goodnotes Team,

    I am writing to bring your attention to a critical issue with the Text Box tool that is heavily disrupting my daily workflow. I strongly request the development team to review this behavior and address it as soon as possible.

    Currently, Goodnotes only allows a Text Box to be created when tapping on completely blank areas of a page. When I tap directly over or near existing document text, the app ignores the touch input and fails to open a Text Box at that location.

    Because I need to type notes, answers, and annotations directly over or…

    1 vote

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  16. Dear Goodnotes Support Team,

    I am writing to report a critical usability flaw regarding the Text Box tool that severely disrupts the core note-taking workflow. I strongly request your development team to review and resolve this issue as a top priority.

    Currently, Goodnotes only allows users to tap and create a Text Box in completely blank areas where no document text exists. When I tap directly over or near areas with existing document text, the app completely ignores my touch input and refuses to open a Text Box at that exact spot.

    My entire workflow depends on tapping directly on…

    1 vote

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  17. I would love to have neon color options. Specifically, the intensity/look of the line laser feature but being able to write with it in different colors.

    1 vote

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  18. Scribble function for Hebrew language

    1 vote

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  19. I really enjoy using GoodNotes and I’m very happy with the app.

    One feature I’d love to see is support for a smart pen made for GoodNotes, whether developed by your team or through a partnership.

    Sometimes it’s easier to quickly write ideas on paper. If those handwritten notes could be transferred directly into GoodNotes while preserving the natural feel of handwriting, it would create a great bridge between analog and digital note-taking.

    2 votes

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  20. A good feature ould that if you wrote something using the text function, that you are able to convert it into handwriting using the new "improved handwriting" function

    1 vote

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