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  1. 1.In the Zoom Window, eraser, frequently used color, backward, etc. have disappeared. It is annoying because the move is long.

    2.After all, it does not seem to support two page views at a time.

    3.No highlighter in Drawing Shapes. Drawing shape with Highlighters are only linear ...
    At Goodnote 4, i can draw circle, triangle, etc with highlighter.

    4.There is still no changing the template at once ....
    When I write i use grid and i print i with only white page.
    I have to change it every single page.

    5.On the preview page, version 4 shows the current page…

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  2. Good notes doesn’ t open anymore. Ios 12. It crashes while opening and closes suddenly.

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  3. There are multiple features that I used daily from Goodnotes 4 that are non-existent in Goodnotes 5. I know you said that the Airplay display features are coming but since I only used Goodnotes while Airplaying this is a big deal for me.

    Also there is no option for importing/exporting to other cloud based storage (google drive, OneDrive for business, Dropbox). I used these with the automatic backup feature (also non-existent) everyday in my classroom. I am very disappointed with the release of Goodnotes 5 as you said that you took all the great parts of Goodnotes 4 and added…

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  4. When allowing sharing a document it should have the options to send it to someone not just copy the link

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  5. It would be very helpful if the objects saved in “favourites” could be further organized, for example by allowing users to sort favorites into folders. Thank you very much.

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  6. I would like to suggest expanding the pencil tool in GoodNotes by adding a full range of pencil hardness options, including:

    12B, 11B, 10B, 9B, 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H, and 10H.

    In addition, it would be great to include a mechanical pencil (sharp pencil) tool, which would be especially useful for precise writing, diagrams, and technical notes.

    These additions would provide users with more realistic and flexible drawing and writing experiences, similar to traditional pencils.

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  7. I often import lecture PDF files into GoodNotes to take notes and add annotations. In many cases, professors or instructors provide materials as text-based PDFs. However, there are also many situations where the files have been converted from PDF → image → PDF, making the text unselectable and turning the entire document into an image.

    When a document is image-based, tasks such as translating the content, searching for unfamiliar terms on the web, or asking GoodNotes AI questions about specific text become difficult. Currently, GoodNotes AI’s OCR capabilities for image-based documents are quite limited, and it sometimes misrecognizes text or…

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  8. I often import lecture PDFs into GoodNotes to take notes and add annotations. However, the materials uploaded by professors or instructors are rarely 100% free of typos or layout errors. These mistakes can sometimes confuse GoodNotes AI, and when typos exist, I often end up importing a blank white page and manually re-typing the corrected text using the text or pen tools.

    As PDF editing is becoming increasingly important, I would like to suggest adding built-in PDF editing features that allow users to directly correct typos and fix layout issues within PDFs. This would make it possible to view and…

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  9. Proposal: Add AI Model Selection and File Attachment Features to GoodNotes AI
    I would like to suggest adding AI model selection and advanced attachment capabilities to GoodNotes AI.

    First, it would be great to introduce tiered AI plans under the GoodNotes AI Pass, such as AI Basic, AI Pro, and AI Special. Based on the selected AI Pass and the available tokens or credits, users could choose and use different AI response models.
    For example: ChatGPT 5.2 (Thinking / Auto / Instant), Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini Flash, or a GoodNotes-native AI model (v1.0).

    Second, I suggest adding options that allow…

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  10. I understand that AI is having a big impact on new technologies and it’s amazing the big effort that you are making to include it in the app.Thanks si much.

    Some people are love it. But some of us, which we don’t want (at this moment) this type of new technology, because we don’t feel it is necessary or we just want a “basic good app”, we would like to have a “swich” to disable all this AI option, because it takes to much space and resources of the app.

    Thanks again for all the work!!

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  11. Notebook LM has a great feature where you can create an audio overview using AI that creates a podcast episode from the content. This is the only reason I use Notebook LM as well as goodnotes and I think this should be on Goodnotes' roadmap as party of becoming a leading AI notebook took.

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  12. Draw on different LAYERS!
    Hi I really would like to be able to do a sketch on a FIRST LAYER, then do a sketch on TOP on a SECOND layer..so that later I can still CHANGE the 1st layer underneath ( move, erase, change color, change size, copy etc..) WITHOUT affecting the LAYER ON TOP!!
    That would be a TOTAL GAME CHANGER!!
    Thanks!!

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  13. I would like the Text Document feature to support custom fonts.
    Being able to set and use custom fonts is important for my note-taking workflow, especially for maintaining visual consistency and personal preferences. Currently, the lack of font customization in Text Documents limits their usability compared to handwritten notebooks.

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  14. Can we add a feature for dotted lines. For example I draw a line then lasso it and select dotted.

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  15. It seems that my 2017 MacBook Pro 15" isn't compatible with Goodnotes anymore (it doesn't synchronies to the latest documents anymore and says that I should Update my Goodnotes app but my App Store doesn't provide any new updates.) and I just wanted to feedback you that I find this very sad and would really appreciate a longer support for older devices (:

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  16. There used to be 2 options to Type on a page, the Text Box and the whole screen text field. It used to be so easy to acces the whole page typing mode, and to edit it later on, which it now isnt. Having one button to get back to the feature would save so much time and ones work flow, because the way you access it right now is really inconvenient. Same thing goes for the text box - this little widget with options to edit the text font etc. is always in the middle of the screen covering…

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  17. I and so many other enjoy writing on black paper, then switching it to white.

    I’d like to be able to select say some of my white handwriting/text and convert ALL white text to black/ another colour instead of taking ages and selecting specific sections avoiding some where they’re a different colour.

    I’m sure this is useful if people purely want to switch all they’re say highlighted notes to a different colour or text if they change their mind on a colour scheme.

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  18. In GoodNotes, I can’t open a new file or select pages while recording.

    Also, please add a feature that allows recorded audio to be deleted all at once, separately from the written notes!
    The recordings take up a significant amount of storage, so it would be very helpful to have a bulk-delete option for audio only, even from outside the notebook.
    Additionally, it’s inconvenient that the playback window doesn’t appear immediately when playing a recording.

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  20. When working on math it is very common to have a formula that you need to reference often. At the moment we always just have to either zoom out, or keep scrolling back to the section we wrote it in.

    It would be great if we could do some kind of rectangular selection and have just that section of the page become a floating popup window (perhaps as a small square on the opposite side of our writing hand?) showing the contents that we selected, so that we dont have to keep awkwardly navigating through all the pages.

    And maybe…

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