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  1. I would love an added dark mode option. Having darker greys and blacks could make the app look so much cleaner.

    106 votes

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    Dark Mode is now supported in GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS and iOS 13. You can enable system-wide Dark Mode in the control center and GoodNotes’ design will switch to Dark Mode. We also added a set of dark paper templates that you can use when creating new documents, adding new pages, or changing existing templates. Please note that paper colors won’t be automatically changed when activating Dark Mode because backgrounds are static.

  2. 103 votes

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  3. 100 votes

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    The latest update GoodNotes 5.5 is now available on the App Store. While scrolling through your document, you can now see the current page number and the total number of pages in this document. If you don’t like to see the page numbers, you can disable it in Menu > Settings > Document Editing.

  4. Good Notes 4's shape tool was significantly better than Good Notes 5's tool. On Good Notes 5 it is almost always imperfect. Can you please add an option in the shape tool that allows for a subset of perfect shapes, like circles, squares, rectangles, etc... Another suggestion is that you could make it so that when we draw a shape using the pen tool and hold it the shape automatically snaps to a perfect shape. This would be incredibly useful for making graphs and charts that need precise lines. Not everyones hand is as steady as an artists and for…

    98 votes

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection, and curve drawing.

  5. I would like move pages between Nooteboks. I think would be very useful.

    95 votes

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  6. Maybe you could create a desktop app version so it is easier to get your pdf´s on PC.

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    94 votes

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  7. Why can't I rotate shapes? This is a very basic function of all note taking apps.

    Why can't I make shapes smaller than an arbitrary vertical size threshold? You can make shapes as skinny as you want, but you cannot make them shorter than some random limit the team(?) decided was an appropriate size.

    Not being able to make small shapes and/or rotate shapes at all severely limits my ability to take notes and make diagrams in classes like biochemistry and biology (which is probably a significant portion of your users, btw!).

    This existed in 6... why would you remove…

    92 votes

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    Thanks for your feedback!

    Shape rotation has been fixed and available in today’s release. With the new v7.0.8 update, shapes created by drawing and holding with the pen tool can now be rotated.

    Update your app to try it out!

  8. So it is useful being able to erase with your finger, but it would be great to be able to toggle just using the apple pencil to erase to avoid accidentally erasing notes on review etc. and not noticing!

    92 votes

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  9. The wood look is getting a little boring and pale. Would like to see new look to go with this amazing, one of a kind app.

    91 votes

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  10. We would really like to make a sticky notes that moves with the text in it . The sticky note available now only lets you to write over it, but when you want to move it , only the sticker will move, or you should select all the text which may take the text under it also. So it is better to have like a really sticky note

    90 votes

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    Hello,

    Sticky Notes are already available in Goodnotes as part of the September 2025 update. They’re currently offered as a separate tool, allowing you to:

    — Choose any color from presets or your custom palette

    — Add your name as a signature to a sticky note, useful when leaving comments and collaborating with others, as each contributor’s name will be visible

    — Add text to the sticky note that moves together with it if you reposition the note

    — Add and style text freely to suit your needs

    — Include links inside sticky notes

    — Collapse sticky notes to use them as comments


    Try it out and share your feedback with us!

    Goodnotes Team

  11. Hi, I'm a student from Brazil, and unfortunately I don't have an Apple iPad or mac, so please, make it available for android. I have a Samsung s20 FE and I really wish I could use GoodNotes. My favorite function is the handwriting recognizer. I am waiting for good news. Thank you.

    89 votes

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  12. Move Folders anywhere you want (SubFolders) is #1 !!! ex: Semester 1 Folder with subfolders for each class!
    Total organization so there aren't like 30 folders.
    This is what the people want!
    We Hope this Update can be apart of GoodNotes!

    88 votes

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  13. A floating tool bar at the bottom left or right of the screen that we can choose any tool color or option toggle switch to it.

    This tool bar can either hide or show using the same gesture as pulling the dock out.

    85 votes

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    Thanks for your feedback!

    We’re excited to share that in our latest update (September 2025), you can now place the floating toolbar anywhere on the screen: top, bottom, left, or right — for a more personalized and flexible workspace.

    Make sure you're updated to the latest version to access this new feature.

  14. Google Drive Sync is gone or is it just me that cant find the option?
    If not could you please bring that function back? Would be very good because my whole university stuff is on my Google drive.

    84 votes

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  15. If one could share a notebook and work on it with somebody else in real time that woukd be huge. Things like online tutoring and group projects would be so much easier.

    79 votes

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  16. Please bring goodnotes app for Android tablets. I really loved goodnotes on ipad but I have not shifted to Android tabs. There are no goo alternatives. Would love to get Good notes on Android. Please accept this Good notes Team!!!!!

    77 votes

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  17. I want to use my camera to scan directly to goodNotes..but the camera function must be better example with a scanner function.Thank you

    77 votes

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    We added an OCR document scanner to GoodNotes 5.3 on iPadOS. You can now scan documents and add them to your library in GoodNotes or to existing documents. Tap the + button in the library or in the navigation bar of an open document and select “scan”.

    the document scanner supports OCR to make typed text searchable in GoodNotes for all latin-based languages. You can read more about our latest update on goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

  18. 77 votes

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  19. Instead of copying and pasting, I should be able to lasso text, and drag it to another page.

    75 votes

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  20. That would be very nice to work with

    75 votes

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