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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. When using the ruler zoomed in, there is a limit as to where the ruler can go. And when I zoom out, the position of the ruler changes and it's also hard to measure since the start is elsewhere.

    So there should be a feature to lock the ruler in place and also change where the count of the ruler starts.

    1 vote

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  2. Getting the option to change the shape of the eraser, e.g. a square, rectangle or custom shape where we are able to draw the shape ourselves.

    6 votes

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  3. Free templates for various subjects such as engineering and calendars, or just inserting graphs.

    Free elements and stickers and sticky note options(maybe change colors and format)

    And washi tape would be AWESOME to customize!!!

    I’ve also seen implemented GIFS and internet searches straight from the app!

    1 vote

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  4. 2 votes

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  5. Almost every other note-taking app has the auto-date option. This would be a huge help!

    1 vote

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  6. It’d be nice to be able to rotate; not only move around. Notability allows rotation and zooming in and out. That would be very helpful!

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  7. When using Mac OS or iPad OS in landscape mode, the adaptability of the pages is suboptimal. As shown in the figure, even though the window has enough space to accommodate two pages, it only displays one. This becomes particularly inconvenient when reading professional documents that include diagrams and technical terms, as these often span multiple pages, forcing users to continuously flip back and forth. The current non-adaptive windowing leads to a very poor reading experience.

    I hope that future updates will include more flexible adaptability, enabling the feature to read two or multiple pages simultaneously.

    1 vote

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  8. When taking collaborative notes in lectures only the user recording can “play recording” on their notes. It would be great if it also did it to the other user (but all in one recording). So one person records it synced the lecture notes from both users into the recording.

    1 vote

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  9. I loaded a file into Goodnotes, but the image page cannot be viewed. What should I do?

    1 vote

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  10. Hover seems to break handwriting in Goodnotes with Apple Pencil. My handwriting looks noticeably worse with hover enabled, it's as if there are tails coming out of my handwriting even after the pencil has been lifted off the screen. Other apps seem to have overcome this problem. Please fix this as this is a dealbreaker for an otherwise solid app.

    3 votes

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  11. I like how when the tapes are open, they look like highlighted texts, so I can read through the document without getting bothered by the tapes. And when I finally decide to quiz myself, I can just close them all at once.

    4 votes

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  12. Give the ability to pin and move own folder or documents to the sidebar in the file browser (just like apple finder for example)

    9 votes

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  13. There are many add ons in the marketplace like planners for example that we’d have to pay for to access.

    There should ideally be an option to try them out for a short period of time before buying. It’s difficult to determine which planner option would be bested based on the screenshots shown under each in the marketplace.

    The last thing anyone wants is to spend €9.99 on a planner that doesn’t suit your needs.

    3 votes

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  14. Sometimes it takes you one page before, sometimes it takes you to the absolute beginning of your folders. Terrible. Bring back the old one. Why did they fix something that wasn't broken?

    1 vote

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  15. The page preview thumbnails are so small you can't really make out details, and the size of the thumbnails or the sidebar can't be customized. That makes it hard enough to navigate a notebook if you don't have an outline structure in place as it is, then then changing pages when you're in a zoomed in view kicks you over to the selected page at the center of the destination page.

    It gets annoying having to manually scroll up to verify the page title each time you move throughout the contents of a notebook.

    2 votes

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  16. We all use different tools more frequently, and the new squeeze-to-display-palette with the Apple Pencil Pro is fantastic, but it isn't reflecting the new customized order we make in the top toolbar. And of course it should, it seems to me.

    67 votes

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  17. (This used to be a previous feature, now taken away) When importing a file, I want to import it into the folder I'm currently in, instead of it taking me all the way back to the main Documents page and me having to click through all the folders again to find the spot I was already at where I wanted the file to go. I don't know why they took this feature away, but that was a mistake on their part.

    1 vote

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  18. It would be great if Apples new MathNotes feature from iPadOS 18 would be integrated in GoodNotes. It is such a useful feature.

    26 votes

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  19. An AI model integrated within GoodNotes that enhances and refines users' handwriting in real-time, aligning it with their unique personal writing style as they write with the Apple Pencil.
    -Advantage: This would make handwritten notes look cleaner and more consistent, improving readability while retaining the user's individual writing characteristics.

    117 votes

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  20. It is an AI feature that converts typed text into handwritten notes, mimicking the user’s handwriting style. This would be activated when typed text is pasted into GoodNotes.
    - Advantage: This allows for seamless integration of digital and handwritten notes, enabling a more personalized and cohesive note-taking experience.

    9 votes

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