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Unclutter the whitespace!
I do a lot of screen recordings for my math classes and your new toolbar and permanently floating undo buttons eat up canvas space. Let me at least choose a different layout where the drawing surface is completely free of anything other than... drawing space.
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Opacity for the pencil tool
The base opacity of the pencil was changed with a recent update and it’s too light to be used normally now. Add a way to change the opacity so I can make it darker than is currently allowed so I can actually see what I’m writing.
4 votes -
previous/old GoodNotes Toolbar and make the Apple Pencil Quick Toolbar customizable
To make working in GoodNotes smoother and more intuitive, it would be incredibly helpful to allow users to switch back to the previous toolbar layout. Many people are used to the old interface, and sudden design changes can interrupt established workflows. Offering an option to toggle between the new and previous toolbar would give users more control and make the transition easier — especially for those who rely on familiar tool placement to work efficiently.
In addition, having a fully customizable Apple Pencil quick toolbar would significantly enhance the user experience. Everyone uses GoodNotes differently: some focus on highlighting, others on handwriting, sketching, or navigating documents. Being able to choose which tools appear in the quick toolbar would save time, reduce unnecessary tool switching, and help maintain a natural writing flow. A customizable quick-access bar would allow GoodNotes to better adapt to each individual user’s preferences and make daily note-taking, studying, or creative work more seamless and personalized.
To make working in GoodNotes smoother and more intuitive, it would be incredibly helpful to allow users to switch back to the previous toolbar layout. Many people are used to the old interface, and sudden design changes can interrupt established workflows. Offering an option to toggle between the new and previous toolbar would give users more control and make the transition easier — especially for those who rely on familiar tool placement to work efficiently.
In addition, having a fully customizable Apple Pencil quick toolbar would significantly enhance the user experience. Everyone uses GoodNotes differently: some focus on highlighting, others…
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Feature request: Inline LaTeX support for typed text in GoodNotes
Hi GoodNotes team,
I’m a heavy GoodNotes user on [iPad / Mac / iPhone] and I absolutely love using the app for studying and taking math/technical notes.
I’ve noticed that GoodNotes currently doesn’t support inline LaTeX rendering in regular typed text (for example, writing $x^2 + y^2 = 1$ in a text box and having it render as nicely formatted math). I know you have great math / equation tools, but those generate separate equation objects rather than letting us mix math and normal text seamlessly in the same paragraph.
For students and professionals in math, statistics, physics, engineering, and economics, having inline LaTeX in text boxes would be incredibly powerful. It would make it much easier to:
• Write derivations and explanations with equations inside full sentences
• Prepare more polished lecture notes and study guides
• Keep math and regular text in a single, clean, editable text block instead of juggling multiple separate objectsIf possible, something like support for $...$ / $$...$$ syntax or a LaTeX mode for text boxes would solve this perfectly.
Thank you for considering this and for all the work you’re already doing on GoodNotes. It’s a big part of my daily workflow, and inline LaTeX support would make it close to perfect for technical note-taking.
Cordially,
A GoodNotes User and StudentHi GoodNotes team,
I’m a heavy GoodNotes user on [iPad / Mac / iPhone] and I absolutely love using the app for studying and taking math/technical notes.
I’ve noticed that GoodNotes currently doesn’t support inline LaTeX rendering in regular typed text (for example, writing $x^2 + y^2 = 1$ in a text box and having it render as nicely formatted math). I know you have great math / equation tools, but those generate separate equation objects rather than letting us mix math and normal text seamlessly in the same paragraph.
For students and professionals in math, statistics, physics, engineering, and…
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double click to activate text box
There was a time, in a previous version, where I could double tap a mouse or trackpad and a text box would appear. It would be great if that could return as it makes for a more seamless experience.
3 votes -
New updates are glitchier/less smooth than previous releases!
Writing using pens is glitchy, I see the line or letter I am drawing flicker from visible / invisible, drawing shapes is terrible and can't be rotated! Erasing seems glitchy with shapes too.
Please revert back to old releases until the bugs are worked out on these new algorithms, because the writing process is now, at this point, user UNfriendly.
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Please return the Timekeeper and Bookmark to before the update
After the update, the timekeeper is hidden and the time seems too small, so it's uncomfortable. Please return the bookmarks as well
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Request for this update
The context can be strange because I use a translator. Please understand.
1. Laser points written as lines have become less readable since this update. Please go back to before the update.
2. I wish I could modify the sidebar. In my case, I don't use pencils well and often use nooses, so it would be convenient if I could add nooses to the sidebar. And I set it to change to the tool I used automatically if I use the eraser, but after this update, if I use the noose and choose the handwriting tool again, the eraser will automatically be selected. I will upload a file on this issue.
3. I hope Korean users can also use handwriting alignment.The context can be strange because I use a translator. Please understand.
1. Laser points written as lines have become less readable since this update. Please go back to before the update.
2. I wish I could modify the sidebar. In my case, I don't use pencils well and often use nooses, so it would be convenient if I could add nooses to the sidebar. And I set it to change to the tool I used automatically if I use the eraser, but after this update, if I use the noose and choose the handwriting tool again, the eraser will…4 votes -
audio
The audio playback feature is inconvenient because when I switch to another tab and come back, it doesn’t stay at the original playback position.
Also, I hope the audio playback feature can include a function to jump directly to the note position.3 votes -
Lock the pencil toolbar in place
I would like to have the option to have the pencil bar, that opens while I am using the pen tool, always in place. So that it stays when using the lasso for example.
That way I would save a step because I rarely need the same pen/eraser I used before the lasso. Also it is really distracting when there regularly is the movement of it popping up and going away in my screen4 votes -
More customer surveys and research before large changes to UI
I have been reading a lot of feedback from the new 7.0.4 update and there is a clear consensus among all users I saw who gave feedback that this update has worsened the user experience. As a university student and researcher, I found this app to previously be the best in the market by FAR (especially as you used to offer the lifetime payment option, which I prefer over subscription based services). I think it's important to offer this option as I am under the impression that this has been removed. I also feel that there was not enough communication done with users before this update given the large general discontentment that everyone is experiencing with the app.
I understand that it may be difficult sometimes to find customers who want to do surveys/go through the effort of giving feedback but there is still a population of us who are willing to do so. I engage in the handwriting recognition contributions, and am part of the testing group (as of recent when I found out it existed) and think that we are probably the most valuable resource you have when it comes to UI, given that the app is made for OUR use.
I also agree with another comment where sometimes change for the sake of change is not actually beneficial. While I do dislike the new update, I really don't mind most changes, it's just a matter of getting used to it, but there are major issues (see previous feedback posted by myself) that is making my uni life unnecessarily tedious. It now takes me at best an extra half hour to finish lecture notes and such (I only handwrite as I learn best this way, as do many others) as the interface is so inept compared to the previous version, and having 4 courses and 3 hour lectures a week for each course (not including readings, research, assignments, summary notes, etc.) just makes this change far more damaging than it ought to be.
Please recognise the value that we, as consumers, users, and supporters of this product, have not only in making you profits but also in helping you make the product better and more accessible for users, not less.
I really hope you listen and fix the MANY issues in version 7.0.4 ASAP as I don't want to have to find another program for my education. I deeply want to continue using and supporting this business, but this has hurt my confidence and comfort in using the app.
I have been reading a lot of feedback from the new 7.0.4 update and there is a clear consensus among all users I saw who gave feedback that this update has worsened the user experience. As a university student and researcher, I found this app to previously be the best in the market by FAR (especially as you used to offer the lifetime payment option, which I prefer over subscription based services). I think it's important to offer this option as I am under the impression that this has been removed. I also feel that there was not enough communication…
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Apple Pencil latency needs to be reduced
Easy to replicate - write absolutely anything and you will see a gap between your pencil tip and the ink appearing on-screen. Mine is about half a second behind on the newest iPad Pro M4 13-inch with a Pencil Pro. This should really be optimized.
Running iPadOS 26 with Goodnotes 7.
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Writing text on drawn boxes
In the recent update, everything fell apart. I strongly recommend a HCI team that conducts research on UI properties before making radical changes to the whole experience. Some strong changes can deter existing users!
Also, just like the android phones and the iPhone, please make the experience almost identical in some areas, as it encourages migration according to users needs without hesitation. For me, the only strength for Goodnotes is its backup and sync feature. So make sure the differentiation on that front is robust, while slowly improving other features. How does this help? If notability users also see that transitioning to Goodnotes is a smooth and intuitive transition, with the rudimentary operations almost similar, this will undoubtably drive traffic to Goodnotes.
Complains on recent updates:
1) Drawing bounding boxes before writing vs writing before drawing bounding boxes are now different !!!:
The operation of drawing the bounding box first, and writing text on top, now corresponds to writing on a piece of canvas, hence when attempting to erase the box being draw, it erases the entire content within. However, when the reverse order happens, erasing the box doesn't affect the text written. Apparently, the new update introduces a notion of order in writing. This is bad, as there is no clear visual indication that a piece of illustration fall in what order. This means the user has to painstakingly remember the correct order to write, or risk erasing everything when attempting to edit just the bounding box being drawn. This makes the experience extremely cumbersome. Please revert to the older version, where bounding box is just another piece of writing, with no notion of "background", "foreground" items. This is extremely counterintuitive and non obvious. Make them disjoint and independent, so that users have the liberty to draw the box first, and include text, or the converse.
If you really want the canvas option, do it as a separate tool, with visually distinct opaque background. This at first glance of the user, know how the edit operations should be like.
Thank you Product managers. Please make this a priority.
In the recent update, everything fell apart. I strongly recommend a HCI team that conducts research on UI properties before making radical changes to the whole experience. Some strong changes can deter existing users!
Also, just like the android phones and the iPhone, please make the experience almost identical in some areas, as it encourages migration according to users needs without hesitation. For me, the only strength for Goodnotes is its backup and sync feature. So make sure the differentiation on that front is robust, while slowly improving other features. How does this help? If notability users also see that…
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Auto Refine Handwriting Feature
I'd love if this was added, Apple notes has this feature and it has made me consider switching over. It's so much easier than using text boxes to have nicer writing in your notes. I also like that it still looks like my handwriting, just nicer, not a font. I enjoy reading my notes in my own handwriting instead of fonts because it's less like I'm reading a long essay.
5 votes -
Lasso tool should not activate automatically
Lasso tool should please not activate automatically while writing (ie after drawing a line and clicking it to make it longer or shorter), requiring tapping the pen tool to return to writing
3 votes -
Smarter Lasso Tool
When using the lasso tool to select a drawing or handwriting area, it would be great to not only change the color but also adjust the line thickness for all selected elements simultaneously. Additionally, adding an option to either preserve the original stroke thickness or scale it proportionally when resizing would offer much more control and flexibility.
4 votes -
Custom fonts are harder to get to
With the new update, it takes so many extra steps to change the fonts to custom, downloaded ones. There’s the modern, classic, and technical options so it would be nice to customize that so there’s a top 3 fonts, but it sucks to have my fonts be more inaccessible!!
4 votes -
Image and elements select without lasso tool
With the new update, you can’t click on the image or elements tool to edit just those items. The buttons are just for adding new images into the page and that forces you to use the lasso tool to edit them. This is horrible for someone like me who uses a background image as a template and kept the image lasso off to not accidentally mess up my whole page. Please change it back! Or FINALLY give us a lock layer option so that we don’t have to select everything to get one image!!
4 votes -
Text Color Change
To be able to select handwriting and change the color it is in after it is written
2 votes -
integrations
Being able to use Apple Calendar with Integrations. At the moment I can only choose for google calendar. Or Do I Mis Something
3 votes
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