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  1. Pen tools written with pencils in Apple Pencil are not searched at all. Please support pencil-written pens to be searched.

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  2. The Apple Memo app does a good job of calculating exponential functions, i.e. transcendental functions, but the GoodNote app can't calculate exponential functions e^(-2) and exp( )... Please let it be calculated.

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  3. It would be nice if you could use more pens and customize them in more detail as you want, like a ProCreative app or a concept app. Also, if you don't have a pen you want, it would be nice to have a function to customize it yourself and export or import brush files separately, and you can pay directly in the market and use it, so it would be nice to add a function to download a brush.

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  4. This update would allow us to customize templates such as grid size and size ( for example make the dots on dotted paper larger). I think it would be a great and useful addition

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  5. I use the text tool many times on Mac, but the color keeps reverting to black. Even though I created my own preset and removed black from it, it still reverts to black. If the text tool could default to the first color in the preset like pen tool, it would be much more convenient.

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  6. I wished I could insert equations into my flashcards in the text part. Just like how I would insert an equation in LaTeX... Since GoodNotes allows to convert handwritten text to LaTeX equations, it would be nice to insert the LaTeX code directly into the flashcard for studying formulae.

    7 votes

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  7. Every time I (or my friends) scroll through a note, when entering the bottom of the page, it automatically scrolls forward to the center of the next page. Also when softly scrolling in zoom mode near the bottom or top.
    This bug (I hope its not a feature) made me angry multiple times by now. GoodNotes is so unbelievably unusable at the moment, wow!

    Hope this gets fixed soon. Contact me if you need further technical information!

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  8. I’d love to see the ability to group multiple pages within a notebook and manage them as a unit — including the ability to duplicate, reorder, and export grouped pages.

    This feature would significantly enhance workflows for users who work with planners, journals, or recurring templates. For example:

    Duplicate a monthly set of pages (calendar, trackers, notes, etc.) to easily create the next month’s section in a planner.

    Reorganize grouped sections (e.g., move an entire month or topic section to the front or back of a notebook).

    Export a specific section as a PDF without manually selecting each page.

    Apply…

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  9. Calculator for math problems or for money purposes

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  10. It would be great to have an AI-generated summary option for transcriptions from your audio recordings, just like in the image.

    9 votes

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  11. As a mathematics teacher and a regular user of GoodNotes 6, I greatly appreciate how the app supports digital teaching and note-taking. However, during my daily use—especially in teaching complex concepts—I found that a few additional features would significantly improve the experience, particularly for educators like me:
    1. Merge and Split Strokes: This would allow us to combine or separate drawn elements easily—very helpful when organizing mathematical constructions or diagrams.
    2. Edit Stroke Properties After Drawing: It would be beneficial to tap on a stroke and adjust its style (e.g., dashed, dotted, solid) or thickness, which is essential when emphasizing…

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  12. ToDo list widget

    ive seen many to do list requests but what would be really useful is a todo list widget on ios/android that's easy to update and i can easily check off things i already did.
    I use goodnotes all day everyday and switching between goodnotes and a to do list app gets annoying, id rather have it all in once place!

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  13. It would be super nice to be able to add other function like the “delete” touch on the toolbar when you’re using the apple pen to write. Look at the pictures if you don’t know what I’m talking about

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

    2 votes

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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. Increase 2 new functions
    1. Each pages have the stratified function
    2. More pen and pencils sort

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