Please bring back the ability to focus the toolbar solely on writing tools, and get rid of all this AI garbage. I do not want, need, or care about AI tools in this app and would like to remove all AI-related buttons in favor of the writing tools I use CONTANTLY.

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We hear you, and we are working hard to continue building on what you love and make the necessary refinements and improvements in the toolbar.

Here’s a list of what we’re currently working on. Please take a look, and stay tuned for upcoming updates:
https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/14029000789519-Goodnotes-Updates-Upcoming-Improvements

If there are any particular issues you’d like to flag, we’d love to hear about them — your input helps us improve.

We’ll let you know once these changes go live! 💙

So sad. So sad.

Ever since the update, Goodnotes has become so hard to use. I can’t create notes or creative materials with a clear mind anymore.

It’s heartbreaking — I used to use it every single day, and now I’m even afraid to open the app. Please, I just want it back the way it was.

Of course, I know that if I force myself to keep using it, I can still make the same kind of documents as before. But it used to be so smooth and effortless that now I get frustrated halfway through, and I quickly lose the motivation to work. That’s why I’m honestly scared to open Goodnotes anymore.

Hey Goodnotes team, you've created the great app. And I admit that there are some real improvements in the latest updates. (for example, we can draw shapes more easily than before) .

So it's far easier to listen to users than developing things you've achieved.

Please, please....

I really dislike this update. I'm using an iPad mini and I like the small form factor. However, now I have to deal with a even smaller working area and specifically move my document to a certain position so the floating toolbar and undo/redo buttons don't block it in landscape mode. It's really ugly and messy and requires one extra step to change or hide it. Sometimes less is more!

First of all, this update has made the app more difficult for students to use.
Many people use Goodnotes with a split screen — one side for the textbook and the other for notes. However, when the screen is divided, each side naturally becomes smaller. The new toolbar further reduces this limited workspace. Moreover, during class, the voice recording feature is often necessary, but enabling it makes the working area even smaller.

In the end, when using Goodnotes in split-screen mode, it would be better if all tools were gathered in a single area, as shown in the photo. Since most users don’t use every tool frequently, unused tools could be tucked away in that space, and the new toolbar could be integrated there instead. Therefore, the previous version before the update was better.

I bet No one on the team clearly uses Goodnotes like real users. If they did, this kind of update would never have happened.

Since the update was forced on us, my creative motivation has dropped dramatically, and I feel disappointed every single day

Having thought about it, I’m not sure about continuing with Goodnotes. It seems that the most heavily requested features are ignored while the team focuses on changing existing features that were not problematic. OneNote seems to be the better option at least for the time being until the unusable new features (namely the tool bar) is reverted.

THis update sucks...it has halted my entire workflow. Give us a real option to switch back. It won't let me go to goodnotes 5 becuase it willnot let you swithc to icloud. Pleas efix this.

Yeah, like why are we changing things that were perfect🙏

この意見に共感します。「図形描画」で描いたシェイプの線が戻るボタンで消せなくなり、投げ縄ツールを自動的に選択されることに不便さを感じています。オンオフができると嬉しいです。
テキストボックスも以前に比べて使いづらくなっています。なぜわざわざ使いづらくしたのか理解に苦しみます。以前のバージョンも選べるようにできませんか？

I hate the hovering toolbar. At least give the option of a hovering toolbar. Since the update "drawing shapes" is broken. When I try to delete one stroke, it deletes everything. and when I try to make a circle it only makes elipses. auto deselect eraser DOES NOT switch off, when the last tool was the lasso. it goes to the lasso yes, but if you go back to the pencil, it is still the eraser. I am actually considering switching to notability. this is not worth my money....

I agree, I almost only use textboxes for notes and it’s become very difficult to work with in the new update. I can no longer easily move the textbox around before typing in it, it has also become overly complicated to edit the font or anything else for that matter. It usually only takes a few hours to get used to new updates but this one has seriously affected the way I study and take notes. I would deeply appreciate if the old version was brought back, and for me it is critical for continuing using the app.

Ich kann mich den Kommentaren nur anschließen. Es ist so umständlich geworden. Hoffentlich wird es schnell behoben, sonst werde ich wechseln. Das tue ich mir nicht lange an!

With the previous version, I could use my left hand to switch between the pen and lasso tools while writing with my right hand. Now, they are on different menus with the lasso tool far away! Why completely change the UI when you could add important features? For one, make it so that when I duplicate writing, I can drag it onto a new page. You enabled this for the lasso tool, but not the duplicate tool. Bring back the old toolbar!!

The toolbar used to be displayed in a single row, but after the recent update it has become two rows.
This change makes the interface harder to see and more stressful to use.
I would really appreciate it if you could bring back the previous version or allow an option to use the old toolbar layout.

Nichts funktioniert effektiv. Warum muss ich 2 aufploppende Fenster schließen um von meiner Audio zurück zum Dokument zu kommen? Die Toolbar sieht aus wie im Kindergarten und das doppeltippen auf meinem Apple Pencil ist beinahe wirkungslos. Eine Verbesserung ist das neue Update aufjedenfall nicht. Ich denke ich werde zu Notion und Notability wechseln, wenn wir nicht die alte toolbar zurückbekommen. Auch die Aufsatzfunktion fehlt, aber zum Glück haben wir den hässlichen Bleistift jetzt IMMER in unserer Toolbar.

The new toolbar is very much in the way when I am trying to write things and I don’t like how I have to click multiple times to make the pen icon expand. Please offer an option to toggle back to the old toolbar or simply revert back to the old one. Also do include bookmark still on the upper right corner because it is now difficult to identify my bookmarked pages. The new update brought nothing good, please just revert back to the old version as this new version simply inconveniences everyone especially when such an update was not requested or needed, and us users are all used to the old version.

I cried about this update and it switched mid-class!!! I was so confused and lost and couldn't keep up with my normal color coding. PLEASE HOW TO FIX IT BACK TO THE OLD TOOLBAR. THIS UPDATE SUCKS. I'm ready to cancel my subscription and try Noteability!!!!!!`NOTEABILITY PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO THIS AND CAUSE EVERYONE ISSUES. MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL SWITCH

Any updates? I haven’t seen a response from the Goodnotes team yet about downgrading back to Goodnotes 6.

I agree, the new toolbar is very inefficient and clunky and was much better before!