GoodNotes is a killer app for taking notes by hand but it’s really weak in the typing department.

Things that would make GoodNotes perfect:
- pre-set text formatting (title, headings, subheadings, normals text)
- text alignment (right, left, center, etc.)
- lists (bullet, number, checkbox)
- toggles (like in Notion)

GoodNotes is wonderful for annotating PDFs, pictures and books and for drawing diagrams. However, it’s impossible to write all my notes by hand so I have to use Notion for typing and just insert the pictures I annotated or diagrams I drew in GoodNotes into Notion. So I now use Notion as my note taking app and GoodNotes is basically useless. I can do everything I do in GoodNotes for free with Apple’s own apps. I can annotate books or documents in Apple Books or Documents, draw on screenshots directly after I’ve taken them or in Photos, and I can draw diagrams in Notes.

The reason why I want to be able to type in GoodNotes is because I’d like to have an all-in-one note taking app. I’d pay for a new big upgrade with good text typing capabilities. I would stick to Notion but it also has its flaws (no back up to a drive, webpage-based app so needs WiFi at all times, things which probably won’t change) so I’m hoping GoodNotes will improve...

A lot of people are starting to use keyboards with their iPads, including myself, Notion is becoming increasingly popular and Apple has been improving their apps too. GoodNotes is still the best app for people who write notes by hand but it could be the best note taking app for everyone...

Anyways, I don’t know if the GoodNotes Team will ever see or implement this as there are so many suggestions but I’d like to thank the Team for all the hard work they’ve put in to create the GoodNotes we currently have :)