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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Currently, the voice recording feature in Goodnotes records audio across the entire document without linking the recording to a specific page. This makes it time-consuming to locate which part of the recording corresponds to which page or note.

    Proposed Improvement:
    Introduce a feature that allows users to record audio directly linked to a specific page, similar to how comments or annotations are added.

    Suggested Functionalities:
    1. On each page, provide a button to start/stop a recording specific to that page.
    2. Once recorded, show a small microphone icon or indicator on that page to signal that a recording exists there.…

    3 votes

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  2. Right now we can only export a study set as a .goodnotes file. I want to be able to export it as a .pdf file.

    52 votes

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  3. Possibility to use AI to generate questions from a document and then “exporting” them into a fleshcards set

    1 vote

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  4. When we take a lot of notes during a long period of time, It can be difficult to find them back. It could be useful to generate "timestamps" along a notebook, such as date creation of a page, or tag with the time of the first note of the day, or a stamp with de date/time you want to tag in a page. The time then could be a criterion for search or when you review all the pages.

    5 votes

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  5. While scribble to erase works with pen, it is not working with pencil. That option should be added.

    5 votes

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  6. There is no note-taking app out there that supports both handwritten notes and typed notes. By adding the keyboard feature, Goodnotes has taken a first step towards becoming an all-rounder app. The only problem is that the keyboard feature can't compete with apps like Obsidian or Notion, as it is extremely time consuming to format the text. So far, it is only suitable for aesthetic reasons, but is not practically usable. By adding support for Markdown, Goodnotes would finally have the first hybrid all-rounder solution for notes.

    I attached some examples of how it could look like implemented.

    27 votes

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  7. Goodnotes has been a great tool to help me mark up and organize pdfs and other files for school, The only thing that I have noticed it missing is a simple grab tool. As in when you're zoomed in on a pdf file, a tool that would allow me to click and drag to change position within the page.

    Similar to the Adobe suite, when you hold space you can click and drag to a different position within the page. Adding this would make make it perfect!

    1 vote

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  8. I work on other apps as well and it would be great if our study sets translates to various formats such as excel.

    10 votes

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  9. I would like to see a feature that allows me to select some or all button to make certain actions with my notebooks or folders. I have the android/web version of goodnotes and I have to click every single document to export, move, or trash.

    1 vote

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  10. In GoodNotes 6, whenever I use the text tool with my chosen default font, the app resets back to the system default after pressing Enter. This makes it impossible to work efficiently, especially when using dictation.

    I have already set my default font both in Settings and in the text box style, but GoodNotes keeps ignoring it. I want to use dictation to quickly capture notes directly on the page, but I can’t because the font I applied as “default” doesn’t stick at all.

    This bug kills productivity and ruins the typing experience. Please fix it immediately, or give us…

    1 vote

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  11. Goodnotes is too sensitive to very low pressure pen strokes. I find that if I write naturally it adds an ugly flick to the end of my pen strokes as I’m lifting the pen from the page. I would like to configure how much pressure is required to count as drawing, or alternatively Goodnotes could detect and discard low pressure movements at the end of a stroke, after the stylus comes to a halt or changes direction.

    1 vote

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  12. On macOS, the user interface in both documents and the folder overview often appears too small on large screens. It would be helpful to have an option to scale the UI—both to enlarge and reduce it. This feature would be useful not only on Mac but also on iPad and iPhone.

    3 votes

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  13. A button that force sync between all the nots and the backup (google drive/ icloud)

    4 votes

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  14. Estaría genial poder disponer en el histórico de temorizadores con los nombres creados en lugar de temporal 1, temporal 2,...

    Es decir, si se ha creado un modo de temporizador llamado "diseño", el histórico de temporizadores debería mostrar el mismo nombre "diseño" cada vez que se haya utilizado con tiempos totales por modo de temporizador y no ser genérico. Aportaría información del tiempo invertido a cada tarea con estos temporizadores.

    1 vote

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  15. Delete the account detected function

    2 votes

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    1. Smth
    2. Smth
    3. Smth

    It’s fine until here

    But if you try typing something like this:

    1. Smth
    2. Smth

    Smth is smth because smth
    3, Smth

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    It auto enumerates “3.” to “1.”
    Making it like this:

    1. Smth
    2. Smth

    Smth is smth because smth
    1. Smth

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    For you to get rid of this you have to copy a space and paste it after the “3.” which is a waste of time

    We need an option to disable auto enumerated lists.

    This also happens if you copy paste a list too, which makes it worse

    1 vote

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  16. I would like to suggest a feature that would improve visibility and clarity during writing sessions, especially when using screen-sharing or presenting.

    While in Pen Mode, it would be extremely helpful to have an optional highlighted circle or pointer around the pen tip as I write. This would act like a visual guide, making it easier for others to follow the writing in real time, and for the writer to keep track of the precise pen location, especially on larger screens or when using a stylus.

    This feature would be similar to a cursor highlight or visual pointer found in…

    2 votes

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  17. When I press Enter, the text appears duplicated — it remains in the original position and also shows in the new line. The screen doesn’t refresh automatically, and the duplicate only disappears once I click outside the text box (see example in the image below).

    This is not a suggestion but a recurring error I often experience. I couldn’t find a dedicated place to report bugs, so I’m sharing it here in case it can be fixed.

    1 vote

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  18. can you make it 4 dots have have the text fit to the size of the box much like canva. it's so exhausting having to adjjust the size the the scroll tool everytime-- especially if you type notes

    1 vote

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  19. Ideally, GoodNotes could include pre-made, fully customizable habit tracker templates. Users could drag and drop daily, weekly, or monthly grids into their notebooks, choose colors, add icons, and link them to notes or calendar pages. This would make tracking habits, goals, or routines much easier without having to design the layout manually every time.
    Thanks heardle Alex

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