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  1. Due to the fact that apart from my iPad Pro I‘m still working with my iPad Air 2 I would like to see the Wacom Fineline 3. Gen. stylus supported in GoodNotes 5!

    12 votes

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  2. The Selection Tool in GoodNotes 5 isnt that good like in the older Version,... dont know wether it is my fault or what happened.
    It works but the animation isnt right, to what i selected before.

    5 votes

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  3. Synchronisation with other cloud instead of icloud on GoodNotes 5 (like GoodNotes 4)

    13 votes

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  4. Make text in a photo searchable, for instance taking a picture of a lecture handout or meeting notes and importing it into GoodNotes. It would be nice if the app could register that there is text and make that searchable too like it does for PDFs. Even if it can do that with pictures of handwritten note I think that would be better. That way if you have to take notes on regular paper and want it in your GoodNotes file all you need to do is take a picture instead of transcribing it into GoodNotes to have searchable text.…

    16 votes

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  5. It is important to record hand written notes and the order the where taken in. For example when writing math notes, you can be working on a problem and write all around it with note or cross something due to elimination process of the problem. When reviewing the notes later on it can easily be confusing when the original problem has been marked up. That’s where stroke recording can come in handy. You can watch your process replay in front of you and see your own problem solving process. This is very important especially for students and STEM field workers

    23 votes

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  6. It would be great to have it as it was in goodnotes 4.
    It aus uncomfortable to switch tools only in the upper toolbar while writing in the zoom window

    32 votes

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  7. Wacom stylus support for Goodnotes 5? Very much needed. Since goodnotes 5 is supported by iPad prior to 6 and iPad Pro's it's the only way

    15 votes

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  8. Currently, Goodnotes5's favorites are displayed using thumbnails. This makes it very difficult to find the page that I want to read - have to keep scrolling. Bookmarks/favorite has always function as an outline for me when I used Goodnotes 4.

    I suggest to allow users to have the option of switching between 1. having thumbnails or 2. without thumbnails and only display the title of the bookmark/favorite (like goodnotes4)

    6 votes

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  9. The Battery Drain problem is enhanced sooo much on GoodNotes5. Draining with twice the speed of version 4. Even connecting ipad Pro to my macbook will still result in battery percentage going downhill. With less than 4 hours it consumed 15% power of last 10 days. While GoodNotes4 with 22 hours only consumed 50%.

    25 votes

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  10. This is feedback and not a new idea: I seem to notice some lag while writing with the Apple Pencil on GoodNotes 5 (on an iPad Pro 11”). The lag is much lesser on GoodNotes 4 and the stock Notes app.
    Amazing job on the new version, the app looks and feels great otherwise!

    28 votes

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  11. Hi,

    It'd be great if, when you hook your iPad up to a projector via, e.g., HDMI, it could switch to a 16:9 format or use it as a mirrored screen at 16:9. Powerpoint, Keynote, etc allow you to this, but it'd be great if I could project what I'm writing to my class in a format that fills the screen.

    Thanks!

    6 votes

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  12. My favourite feature from GoodNotes 4 (and the reason why I use GoodNotes more than Notability) was the ability to create my own document outline by adding named bookmarks.

    Please bring back that feature!

    16 votes

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  13. Love the new white pen color. They’d be great to use on black paper templates for when writing outdoors in bright sun. The notebook cover options are great, but being to add my own artwork to notebook covers would make special.

    12 votes

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  14. The writing area in GN5 is actually reduced with respect to 4. I spend 100% of my time writing notes in the same colour, so the always present toolbar is a waste of space. I would like a toolbar which contracts when not used and expands when touched, something like the menubar in OSX. More writing area! At least, make the toolbar more compact

    14 votes

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  15. In the new version of application my Bamboo Fineline is no more compatible. I spent 70EUR to buy a smart stylus and now it is completely useless!
    Please re introduce supporto to that device

    15 votes

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  16. Day One is not currently included in the list of external apps on export.
    I can use the lasso tool and save to screenshot and choose Day One from there, but it is a long workaround.

    6 votes

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  17. At the moment just apple pencile is supported on good notes5.instead, the previous version has more option for those who do not have Apple Pencil. Can this features be restore? It's the main reason why I have chooses GoodNotes as my taking notes app. I've an adonti pixel point stylus.

    5 votes

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  18. Please support other stylus, such as Adonit Jot Touch

    9 votes

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  19. By integrating the search in spotlight, I can search for a word in all my files. For example for school I wanna know something about what I wrote down, but I don’t know anymore if I typed in GoodNotes or pages, I can find it within one search.

    17 votes

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  20. Just as you can select the pen up option, you should be able to hide the nav bar while keeping the pen toolbar.

    41 votes

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