Add a pencil tool
Add a pencil tool that acts and looks like a real pencil (compatible with all the capabilities of the Apple Pencil).

-
Osama AL-Sumairi commented
Can we please know why hasn’t this been added already? This suggestion was posted 5 years ago - Ask Siri!
-
Anonymoose commented
I write notes and doodle and sketch ideas on one go, Apple Notes pencil brush is perfect for jotting down more expressive ideas, handwriting looks better, it feels better. I end up using a subpar free app just for its pencil brush - love Goodnotes but please PLEASE add something with a more organic feel, not everything is about clean lines, even if tilt feature isn't perfect, a basic pencil brush would make me switch completely to using one app for my notes instead of being the most creative elsewhere and then deciding if the pain of writing with lesser brushes is worth the extra features the app brings. Like the three options offered but all of them have issues and are not as fluid. If a decent pencil brush was added, I'd actually use Goodnotes for the first steps of my art, planning my animation, etc. It would actually have a place before I open Procreate.
-
Anonymous commented
I will continue to come back to this post and boost it. This is one pitfall that Goodnotes 5 has. Whenever I recommend students a note-taking app, I suggest Goodnotes when also mention that they may also like the default FREE notes app since it has a graphite pencil. Please add a graphite pencil.
-
tatsuky commented
I think this is the most wanted feature.
-
Carina commented
Yes please! The absence of a pencil brush almost makes me want to go back to the default notes app (even though it has limited functionality). I find that the opaque and non-texturized brushes always make the writing experience feel slightly artificial. I can't believe this was already suggested five years ago, yet no progress! Please add this to the app, I can't imagine it would be too complicated!
-
John Gully commented
The addition of a pencil-like brush would make the app even better. I find myself using Apple notes to write all my notes just for that feature! It's so clean and not like Goodnotes, the brush pens make my notes look messy even though my writing is neat. Apple notes pencil-like feature actually feels like im using pencil on paper!!! At Goodnotes, stop ignoring us please!!! Please add graphite textured markers onto the app!!!!
-
Daniil commented
I saw pencil-like texture on reMarkable 2 tablet and now just suffer because GoodNotes or any other alternative doesn't provide this, except for standard Apple's Notes which is a bit too limited and sometimes buggy. Very much hope that this will be implemented in GoodNotes.
-
Anonymous commented
I love good notes & this is the only feature it’s missing IMO. This feature is the only thing keeping me from going even deeper into GoodNotes, especially for personal projects. I don’t want to bounce between procreate & goodnotes for storyboarding, comic, etc, please introduce a pencil. Light grey highlighter is my bandaid for now :/
-
Jess commented
I would love for GoodNotes to include a brush that mimics the texture of pencil on paper! Right now we only have pen like brushes, which is great. However, I feel like this additional feature could really step up GoodNotes game! The only app that I've found using a pencil-like brush is Apple Notes (not considering Procreate, since it's designed mainly for illustration, not taking notes).
Could you pleeeease consider including a pencil-textured brush? Pleeease?
Thank you so much!
Jess
-
Anonymous commented
Could not agree more. I purchased GoodNotes 5 and still find myself using Notes instead for this one reason...!
-
Anonymous commented
I can't believe this has been opened for more than 4 years now.
Please include this feature. None of the Pen options in GoodNotes are as natural as the Pencil tool in Notes app. -
Anonymous commented
Add a pencil feature like in Apple notes or a rainbow pen like in One Note.
-
Anonymous commented
SO IMPORTANT!!!! the pencil option is the ONLY thing I'm missing. It should be like the apple note app! Then I won't have to use any other app any more!
-
Ivan The commented
PLEASE! Literally the only reason I’m reluctant of using GoodNotes.
-
Kee Meng Tan commented
This could help with sketches, and drawing
-
Anonymous commented
similar to the one available in Apple’s notes app :)
i think it would bring GOODNOTE more analogically mood. -
Anonymous commented
One reason I keep going back to the apple note app is for the graphite pencil option. It makes my notes look more organic, which I really enjoy. I love GoodNotes for all of its other features, but this has been a request since 2016, basically for 5 years now and there still is no graphite pencil.
-
BGaj commented
It would be amazing if GoodNotes are able to introduce a graphite pencil, it will be so helpful for drawing sketches in my notes. Have been using Good Notes for 2 years and the only thing missing is a pencil. that would make it the best notes app in the business.
-
Adam Fourney commented
If GoodNotes had a pencil, similar to what's available in Apple Notes, it would cement GoodNotes as the clear winner in this space. As it stands write now, I bounce around between apps, because nothing looks as good or feels as natural as the graphite pencil in Apple Notes.
-
Xavier commented
I’d really like the ability to shade like a pencil does! It’s hard to add depth to my sketches, holding back my productivity because it takes longer for me to sketch things.