Mind Maps
It would be great if mind maps were integrated into the features set for your app! Something sort of like MindNode. I like how easy it is to use their app for those things, but I use Goodnotes for everything else
Thanks for your feedback!
We're excited to announce that mind-mapping tools are now available in the latest version of Goodnotes on Apple devices.
Here are a few ways you can start mind mapping in Goodnotes:
1. Freehand with available shapes and arrows:
You have all the tools you need to start capturing ideas and making connections between them.
Learn more about the improved shape tools.
2. Using the Spider Map template for Whiteboard documents:
In the latest version of Goodnotes, we've introduced a new document type called "Whiteboard."
To access it, click the "+" icon on the right side of the toolbar, then select "View All Templates." You'll see the Spider Map (Mind Map) template ready to add to your board.
Make sure your app is updated to the latest version to get access to these features.
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Petru commented
Whats with all the bots lmao
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user123abcxyztpg@gmail.com
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I would love to draw mind maps using Goodreads. All I'd need is for lines (whether curve or straight) to snape to shapes.
When I move these shape nodes around I'd love for the lines to stay attached and dynamically stretch/shrink.
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SID SIDDHARTH CLASSES commented
I have been using Xmind mind mapping app ….and feel the option to create mind maps will raise GoodNotes to next levels
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Tobias Venar
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Your competitors including Apple Notes do a better job of lines and arrows. You folks have a better writing experience.
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Olivia Hamm
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Yes!!! As a biochemistry/forensic science student I am constantly learning about diverse processes. I love creating colorful and eye catching note which helps me immensely for learning and recalling concepts when it comes time for the exam! It is time consuming to make my own designs and this feature would be immensely helpful, not only for me but for any student using this app for notes.
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Elissa Lee
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I need arrows. I just started using GoodNotes. I am taking high school Physics class and the free body diagram need arrows all the time. Thanks.
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Naw
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It will be evolutionary when summarising. I hope it comes quickly
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H.
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As a business information analyst I draw many flowcharts. It would be fantastic to have draw.io like features in Goodnotes.
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Marie Merrell
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LOVE this idea. Good mapping apps are quite hard to find
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Anonymous
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YESSSS PLEASE! the ability to draw arrows and dotted arrows, the majority of my studying is Via Anki, GoodNotes, and MindNode, this feature would definitely simplify things for me as I would be able to stop using mind Node for creating mind maps, and have everything in one place. I believe this can be done with 3 added features. 1. a simple arrow feature (with dotted line option), 2. the ability to connect 1 shape to another (linking ideas on the map), and 3. adding some sort of shortcut to automatically put sections in a shape.
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Love Spring
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I'm a visual thinker so I like using different types of charts and diagrams to organize ideas. Also, a lot of my college classes require me to use visual methods to represent information, such as those I've mentioned in the title of this post.
I hope this option will become available in future versions of GoodNotes.
Thank you!
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Anonymous
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Lot of time ideas just comes up and i would like to make good notes my go to app for note taking, scrubbing ideas, build wire frames, mind maps etc. Similar to how Miro does, i wish i had mindmap option on Goodnotes to create maps of ideas easily.
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yan zhu
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simply having boxes and arrows support is enough
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Anonymous
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@goodnotes5 I don't care about how many extraordinary features you have when you can't even get the basics done right !
- This app is not efficient for making notes/ mind maps at all because the shape tool could not interpret the hand drawn rectangle properly. I have to use a few attempts to get a perfect rectangle. Why can't you guys just make an extra option for shape tool that has fixed shapes? Not everyone prefer to draw shapes by hand seriously.
- Also I have many subfolders but there is no shortcut for me to go back to the homepage instantly. This makes it not so user-friendly.
I have seen many similar feedbacks here but they were neglected because there were not enough votes! Please vote me up guys. We seriously need to get these basics fixed instead of having some bombastic features.
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Leonard
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Could we have simple shape tools like box, curvy arrow or oval/circle shapes for mind mapping?
Sometime I need to box up my formulas, but the AI doesn’t recognised well my hand drawn shape, and convert to a non-perfect rectangle. This took me to do quite a few attempts to redraw which wasted a lot of time.
I know some users don’t like to complicate this app and would suggest a mind mapping app, how about when we select the existing “draw shape tool”, there is “ready shape” drawer for user to select (something like when we choose insert image, there will be a photo library for to select)
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Anonymous
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Yes, different ready shapes are really very needed. common shapes, arrows,lines like found in Microsoft word or, powerpoint are of absolute necessity. I felt the need for ruler and shapes many many times
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Gauravh Raath
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Mind mapping feature should be added. Makes learning things easier.
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Jiayi Liu
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It is a good idea to organize all the information in GoodNotes.
Especially when doing a project or studying related topics, we have a lot of ideas linked to each other.
What about creating mind maps as a general outline and attach specific notebooks or pages to it? That’d boost productivity! -
Emerelle
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I would appreciate to have a simple Mindmapping function as described by Anonymus.
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Anonymous commented
In One Note you can keep on writing to the right. It’s really cool. I hope to see the same feature in GN.