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  1. The current flashcards are too small to view comfortably on a phone. When I edit the flashcards on my iPad and send them to my phone for convenience, the text size remains too small, making it difficult to read without looking very closely.

    Please make the flashcards bigger(at least 4/3 of the screen? ) and more accessible to view on the phone.

    56 votes

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  2. When using sticky notes, it is inconvenient that the user name is displayed automatically.

    While showing names can be helpful during collaboration with two or more people on a shared document, it becomes distracting when the document is used individually. I often use sticky notes like Post-it notes for personal annotations and quick notes, and in this case, the automatic display of my name feels unnecessary and disruptive.

    It would be very helpful to have an option to toggle the automatic display of names on or off, depending on whether the document is being used collaboratively or individually.

    2 votes

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  3. 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

    2 votes

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  4. This seems like a bug and it makes Goodnotes almost unusable for me. On my iPad I can see all the text and images fine, but on AirPlay, my students see a very pixelated version of all text and images.

    This happens both on whiteboards and pages, which leads me to think that it has something to do with a parameter that you might have set for the render resolution. The render resolution is too low for the current zoom level.

    This bug is making it really difficult to teach, could we potentially downgrade to an older version?

    3 votes

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  5. 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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  6. Have the scribble allowed in goodnotes and allow widgets on lock screen!

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  7. 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.

    2 votes

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  8. Hi,
    I’m using a lot goodnotes for math textbook etc…
    And when reading those books I create whiteboard for each book wich becomes very messy with time and this is my idea. When the use wants to have a « whiteboard » for the current textbook it creates a whiteboard attached to the book and you can access it only by the book

    1 vote

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  9. Simple but not yet implemented,

    Be able to invert the color of the document, studying at night on white pages is burning my eyes, noteability did this and I’m considering to change.

    Thanks if you consider this idea.

    1 vote

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  10. The Current Bottleneck

    Currently, managing a large library across multiple devices introduces a significant friction point: local search indexing.

    • The Waiting Game: Opening Goodnotes on a secondary device or setting up a brand-new device requires a lengthy indexing process for all changed or new documents.
    • Resource Drain: While downloading the actual PDFs and notes takes time, forcing every individual device to build its own search index from scratch is incredibly inefficient. It consumes massive amounts of battery life and CPU power.
    • Screen Time: To make matters worse, the app must remain actively open on the screen until this indexing completes,…
    1 vote

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  11. Please add a polish language

    1 vote

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  12. This keeps popping up and now I can’t use this audio file like I can’t even access the whole playback bar. I had clicked summarize and then this happened. There should be an option to revert back to pop up window like before.

    1 vote

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

    2 votes

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  15. A feature like preferences in Google Docs where we can set certain terms / symbols to be recognized auto changed to whatever you want , i.e. you can set “w/o” to be auto changed to “without.”

    If not automatically, then be given the option for it to be changed (similarly to the way spellcheck words).

    1 vote

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  16. 레이저 포인트 색깔 바꿀 수 있게 해주세요

    1 vote

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  17. I would like to edit a notebook on my Mac and iPad at the same time using Turbo Sync for minimal lag. That way I can use the full size keyboard on my Mac, drop in screenshots from my Mac, and then annotate or draw figures with the Apple Pencil. I was ready to pay for 2 subscriptions to pull this off but because they would both be associated with the same Apple ID it did not work.

    1 vote

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  18. Please link with the Apple Watch to allow users to record audio/meetings from the watch and then access ai summaries and view notes on other Apple devices. This would make it far less intrusive then recoding with the phone.

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  19. I’m a frequent Goodnotes user on macOS and rely heavily on it to manage and review a large number of PDF documents.

    One feature I strongly miss is the macOS “Quick Look” preview functionality — where pressing the space bar instantly displays a full-size preview of a selected file without fully opening it. This allows for extremely fast navigation through document lists and makes it easy to quickly inspect content before deciding to open a file.

    In Goodnotes for Mac, the only available preview is the thumbnail view, which is helpful but too limited for efficiently scanning document contents when…

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  20. At the moment, browsing folders requires opening them one by one, which makes it difficult to maintain context within the broader file structure. I would like to propose the addition of a column-based file view, similar to the column view available in Windows File Explorer or macOS Finder.

    In this view, folders would open in adjacent columns rather than replacing the current view. This would allow users to:

    • See the full folder path at a glance
    • Navigate through nested folders without losing perspective of the directory structure
    • Quickly move between hierarchy levels
    • Drag and organize files more efficiently

    A column…

    1 vote

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