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  1. enable the application to automatically detect and apply OCR to imported PDFs that lack an existing text layer, thereby making them searchable within the app.

    4 votes

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  2. Give users full control over adding and styling page numbers in their notebooks—just like in Google Docs—so they can improve navigation and presentation without having to draw them by hand.

    Key Capabilities:

    • Automatic Page Numbering:
      Insert page numbers on every page (or a specific page range) with a single tap.

    • Flexible Positioning:
      Choose where the number appears:

      • Top-left, top-center, or top-right
      • Bottom-left, bottom-center, or bottom-right
    • Typography Options:
      Select font family, size, weight (e.g. regular, bold), and color to match your notebook’s style

    • Numbering Formats:
      Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3…), Roman numerals (I, II, III…), or custom prefixes/suffixes (e.g. “Page 1…

    4 votes

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  3. Import pictures, allow freehand crop, allow layering and transparency reveals.

    This would be great for example in teaching anatomy, simply search images, import it and crop freehand, layer it, then have a slider to go over the layered freehand cropped pics. From clothed person, muscles, organs, skeletal, nerves, and veins…

    For architects or home design, picture a scene, search for plants, furniture, objects and people. Then you can present it to make an impact. From a simple scene, to an idea that you can pitch with impact.

    4 votes

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  4. I installed GoodNotes a year ago and paid for the lifetime version because it worked great. But in the past few months, the app has been having issues: when inserting images and writing, the strokes disappear; when switching between apps, the screen freezes; the Lasso tool doesn’t work properly; when using a linked PDF, it randomly jumps to the first or last page. I upgraded from a 10th-generation iPad to a 13-inch iPad Air M3, but the issues persist. This is seriously affecting my productivity.

    Edited by Sprunki 1996 1 day ago

    4 votes

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  5. It would be nice if we were able to use more than 1 default font in typing mode. The feature is useful and could be upgraded to be like the text box feature to include numerous fonts to choose from and to be able to use custom fonts like other popular note-taking apps such as Notability and Freenotes.

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  6. I really like the app so far, but I also feel nostalgic about writing with a proper pen on proper paper. So I wondered, given the brilliant handwriting recognition of your app, wouldn’t it be possible to import handwritten text via OCR keeping the handwritten form without converting it. So I could eventually write with my stylus and eventually write on paper integrating the text seamlessly with the text written with stylus. Unfortunately there is no other application able to do this at the moment, but I think it would be something beneficial for everybody who likes the personal touch…

    4 votes

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  7. I truly appreciate the powerful note-taking experience that GoodNotes offers. However, I would love to see a Pin Notes feature and a Quick Access Folder option to enhance workflow efficiency.

    Currently, navigating between different notes for ongoing study, work, or projects requires extra steps, which can be time-consuming. A pinned notes section would allow users to keep frequently used documents easily accessible.

    4 votes

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  8. Pleaseee make a feature where we can hide and unhide tapes in one click and have the option to do so with EACH tape color at a time. Something similar to KiloNotes! It just takes too long to individually press the tapes when we need to review!

    4 votes

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  9. It would be great if we have access to the same tools from the textbox in the full page writing, specifically access to fonts and text size.

    4 votes

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  10. In Note+ or other apps, they can extend the page by adding some space on the left or right. Personally, our professor talks a lot and I need a lot of space to take notes on. So, if you make a feature of extending more space to the pdf page, I would really appreciate it. I'll upload the file of the Note+ app.

    4 votes

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  11. make an imported image (screenshot) lockable sort of like the sticky note and allow for the opacity to be increased and decreased

    4 votes

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

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  13. I would love it if we would be able to have notes on the side of our pages for easier annotating. Whenever I upload a PDF of some sort, I find it difficult to keep all my annotations spaced out on the page, especially with uploaded textbook pages where there is a lot of text and very small margins. Being able to add images and diagrams to the side for note taking would also be great, as sometimes I want to see it as a reference but don't actually want it on my page. The sticky note feature doesn't suit…

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  14. I would like to propose the idea of an eraser only, as I have been using Goodnotes for a very long time, and in the recent update an eraser for only highlights and tape was being added. I found it convenient and easy to use, but I encountered some problems as I could not out my writing without deleting highlights and tape, I found it frustrating and inconvenient as I have to re-highlight or re-tape every time I want to change something, therefore by adding pen only eraser it would solve the problem, and would certainly elevate my experience in…

    4 votes

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  15. Hi,
    In class, we tried to collaborate on vocabulary by having each student write down a portion of the words in a separate study set. The idea was that at the end of the lesson, we could merge all the sets into one, so everyone has the complete vocabulary list.

    Unfortunately, we realized that Goodnotes doesn’t currently allow merging study sets, which makes this workflow impossible. Instead of learning with 30 different study sets, it would be great to have a feature that lets us combine multiple sets into one.

    Would love to see this added—does anyone else think this…

    4 votes

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  16. I found that in the newest version, when rolling pages horizontally, if my finger slides fast, next page will automatically adapted(i.e. next page’s top will align to the top of screen), I felt uncomfortable with this feature sometimes and I want an option to switch it off.

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  17. Goodnotes is the best and only app for me in terms of handwritten notes of any kind on my iPad. The only update I have been waiting is TAGS.

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  18. Please introduce a function for skipping silent parts of a recording, as already possible in apple “voice memos”

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  19. I am silly and forgot my password, I can still access what I have locked using Touch ID but would really appreciate the ability to reset a forgotten password so I can continue using the feature for other notebooks!

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  20. Hi team,
    Could you consider adding a "Free Up Local Space" feature, similar to macOS iCloud and windows OneDrive file management? This would allow users to remove local copies of documents while keeping them in iCloud, saving device storage. Files could be re-downloaded when needed. Thanks!

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