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  1. a multicoloured pen, like varying colour in just one pen. sparkle pens will be awesome too. it will really great for us students who like to have a little bit of creativity and fun with their notes. As you write, the colour changes according to a gradient, eg found in onenote

    51 votes

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  2. If we could Change color of “already written text”by tapping stroke with a tip of Apple Pencil while choosing colours with left fingers It could save more time than erase the written text , go to choose color and writing

    15 votes

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  3. I would love this app even more if there are more brush styles and color feature because it's difficult to enter code # or multiple choosing color without entering code. And also more themes , voice recording, and catagories

    23 votes

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  4. I take notes for grad school using your app. You have categories. But within those categories I want to be able to organize into sub categories based on the modules that are being covered

    3 votes

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  5. I would love it if there was a way to access notebooks online in a way that we could edit the organization of the notebooks. This could be in the form of a website where you can log in to access your notebooks, or maybe making a downloadable app/program for Windows.

    588 votes

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  6. More languages like Hebrew

    278 votes

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  7. I like pens of a specific thickness because of my handwriting, but I find it a hassle to have to select my preferred pen size all the time (I feel the smallest default size is too big, so I like 1.0). I would like to be able to set some customized pens as “favorites” to be able to easily switch between them, similar to how we have some default pens. To add to this, I think adding textures to the pens to give it a traditional look would be great, along with a stabilizer setting to make our handwriting smoother.…

    42 votes

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  8. Please allow users to add multiple pen combos to the toolbar up top (like one note allows you to do on the iPad version). I switch often between colors and thicknesses of pens and it would be much more efficient if I could simply add it as a "quick pen". See attached photo for sample.

    25 votes

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  9. Since we are writing with one hand (right or left) it is an obvious idea to give us ALL tools in the reach of the other hand. Come on, it’s not that hard to do this. :)

    31 votes

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  10. I'd like to see a "smooth handwriting" option. Something that makes my handwriting a little neater. And more pen options

    56 votes

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  11. Aveces uno necesita crear una tabla rápido y dibujarla es lento, deberían incluir esta opción. Serviría bastante. Saludos

    74 votes

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  12. As a math student, I want to the objects to snap to a grid. As of now, I draw a poor looking circle that either comes out as round or elliptical, and I have to painstakingly try to pinch it in a position that works.
    I would rather have templates, or make it snap into a grid.

    Also, I want a favourite bar of most used colors in the top right. There's plenty of space.

    16 votes

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  13. I like to use GoodNotes with my Surface Book 2 as well.

    7 votes

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  14. I admit the Goodnotes is a astonishing application for jot down and i do want it to be available for andriod too with samsung note it gonna be a powerful combination.

    19 votes

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  15. New brushes and allow for the pen to have more options. Specifically streamline. Writing in GoodNotes is disappointing.

    46 votes

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  16. Possible portals: goodnotes.online for backups and goodnotes.live for doc sharing for example?

    4 votes

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  17. I have a cognitive deficit and having the iPad read a PDF to me is key to allowing me to highlight and annotate. I can write all day long but can’t read large blocks of text. Hearing the text read while following along works best for me.

    20 votes

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  18. I import an image of a text and then I highlight the lines I want, but if I need to move the image, the layer with the highlights does not move with the image. This makes all the highlighting I did useless. BTW Notability locks the two layers together.

    144 votes

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  19. would love to see more mathematics tools such as a ruler, a pencil compass, a real life scale on the paper, and maybe even a calculator within the app. Maybe a calculator you can move on the screen or click it with your finger to summarize an easy equation? I bought an iPad intending to only use your app for all of my notes when I go into college now, but unfortunately I do not see myself using this app for mathematics just yet. Pie charts, gifs and videos in the notes would also be very helpful. (I could for…

    1,047 votes

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  20. I have made a more detailed blog post with examples that can be found here: https://jess-ambers-blog.weebly.com/home/goodnotes-transparency-and-background-colours

    As someone who makes GoodNotes journal covers, I appreciate flexibility in being able to make covers that look like real books. Part of that includes rounded corners and things that protrude, like the clasp on a filofax planner. When I make these images as transparent PNGs, the background becomes white in GoodNotes. I've tried to alleviate this by adding a solid grey background, but this isn't good enough for a couple of reasons.
    1. The shade of grey is not consistent between the main…

    7 votes

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