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  1. Please add 1.2x or 1.25x since 1.5x sometimes is too fast to catch up. Thanks!

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  2. the thumbnail sidebar is larger than I remember it. My iPad is on the smaller side so I find it irritating to use the app when the sidebar takes up a third of my entire screen. I know I can close it or switch it to windowed mode but I like having it open on the side to easily switch between pages.

    Is there a way to make it smaller at all? Preferably so it’s only 1 page thumbnail wide instead of 2? Thanks!

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  3. For my student with low vision and cerebral palsy, the speak screen function would be very helpful. Instead, it seems they will have to use another app. It is an unfortunate oversight to not have available in Goodnotes and it hinders access for people with disabilities.

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  4. It is really annoying, that whenever i swipe up on my iPad to close Goodnotes, it also scrolls up the document. Please improve your touch detection to dismiss such swipes, so the document stays in place.
    You see this issues in the attached screen recording, where the "I am here" text will scroll up when the dock gets shown through the swipe up from the very bottom of the screen action. It will also scroll the document further, when i move my finger further up to reveal all application windows.

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  5. Double tap for Apple Pencil 2 to show quick palette or tool changing. Have it available for not only for Apple Pencil pro but support other Apple Pencil

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  6. Increase 2 new functions
    1. Each pages have the stratified function
    2. More pen and pencils sort

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  7. Idea Description:
    It would be incredibly useful to be able to attach audio to a specific word or phrase within a note. This audio could be:
    • either a voice recording made directly within the app,
    • or an imported audio file (such as a .mp3, .m4a, .wav, etc.) — not just a voice recording.

    When the user taps or clicks on the word, the corresponding audio should play automatically.

    Why it matters:
    Currently, GoodNotes allows for general voice recordings, but it is not possible to link a specific sound to a specific word, nor to import an external audio…

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  8. Hi GoodNotes team,

    I’d like to request a feature that allows users to receive push notifications when a collaborator edits a shared document—whether by adding, deleting, or changing content.

    This would be incredibly helpful for those of us who use GoodNotes for group study, work collaboration, or project planning. At the moment, it’s difficult to know when changes have been made unless we manually check the document. A notification feature would make collaboration much more efficient and responsive.

    Thank you for continuously improving the app!

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  9. Hello your is very good but it lacks organising very much and I have kept images from the Notability
    It’s very frustrating how i cannot find the PDF
    And there is no custom sorting of the PDF

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  10. I would love for the old function to classify a flashcard into different categories once I’ve tested myself (easy, difficult, very difficult, didn’t get it). Goodnotes used to have this option but it doesn’t have it anymore. I want a better spaced repetition algorithm for the study set.
    When I use it right now, I have too many flash cards at once (the really easy one and the hard one all at once).

    4 votes

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  11. Similar to MS paint it would be useful to have a paint bucket tool that would fill a color inside the lines of a shape. Most of the functionality is already added with the shape fill color option, but for drawings that dont use it there is no efficient way to fill the space.

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  12. The new scroll bug is really annoying me while taking notes in lessons I can’t even study cuz it scrolls to the wrong spot. Please I beg yall to resolve it. I have to force quit so it would stop.

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  13. It is unfair that new users can get Goodnotes Cloud, but those of us who started paying for Goodnotes subscription for the express purpose of syncing between devices can't have it if we've signed up in the past for icloud sync. I feel I'm being punished for taking you at your word that it was already available.

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  14. Hi everyone,

    I have a suggestion for improving Goodnotes, specifically regarding the zoom tool. Many users rely on this tool because it allows for more precise and therefore cleaner handwriting. However, the issue is that the resulting text often ends up being way too small.

    It would be great if as shown in the image there were an option to set the final text size before writing, so you can see how large the text will actually appear on the page, even while using the zoom tool.

    This feature would make using the zoom tool much more pleasant. I also…

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  15. 1.  Batch Rearranging PDF Pages:
    

    Allow users to select and rearrange multiple PDF pages at once, making it faster and easier to reorganize large documents.
    2. Resume from Last Viewed Page:
    Implement a feature that automatically opens a PDF at the last viewed page, improving workflow continuity without manually navigating.
    3. Laser Pointer Customization:
    Enhance the laser pointer tool by allowing users to adjust color, thickness, and fade-out time, offering more flexibility during presentations.
    4. Pencil Tool Stroke Darkness Adjustment:
    Introduce a setting to control the pencil tool’s stroke darkness independently from thickness, to better replicate realistic handwriting and shading.

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  16. The three-button icon (Select View Mode) positioning in the middle at the top constantly gets in the way when I try to select the center tab of a notebook. Could this icon be placed at the bottom instead, so it doesn't interfere with notebook selection?

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  17. Please give the option for users to group and ungroup items. "Send to back" and "Send to front" is not enough. For example, a user pastes an image with text. User highlights text on image. If the image is selected (even in error), the highlight is moved to back and no longer visible. I can select "Send to front" but it is no longer aligned with the text on the image.

    2 votes

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  18. I am an Architect and often use Good Notes for plans with different scales.
    It would be good if you could adjust the scale of the ruler (1:50, 1:20, 1:25, 1:200, 1:500).

    2 votes

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  19. Allow selecting multiple text boxes at once to change their formatting all at once.

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  20. Hi.

    Everything about this app is amazing.

    • Inside the app: We cannot move a notes in a created folder, to other folders. That is very inconvenient

    • While using the app: If we could add more favorite color, like 6-10, instead of a limitation of 3, it would makes everything much easier

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