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  1. It would be nice if I could reuse certain drawings/shapes that I've previously drawn, for example saving a certain graph setup (e.g. having axis labelled with distance vs. time) and then be able to choose from my saved shape menu and input it into the document I am working on now.

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  2. Sometimes it's great having read something to you. So you can lean back and enjoy your cup of coffee.

    37 votes

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  3. It’d be great if you have sub bullet when you press Tab in typing mode like Notability.

    36 votes

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  4. Please give us the option to lock an image.

    36 votes

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  5. In goodnotes its not possible to change ink thickness after writing.
    To change ink thickness, one has to rewrite it with a different pen thickness.

    This is a basic requirement of a handwritting app

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  6. Hi, my feature request is to be able to export highlighted text excerpts. For example, when reading an article or chapter I will highlight important parts. I would love to be able to export the highlighted text bits for later reference. I would like to store them in my personal knowledge management system such as notion, roam or obsidian app. I can then tag and link them to build my second brain, so to speak... Hope this makes sense ;) Anyway, the feature request is “exporting highlighted text excerpts” from OCRed PDFs. Competing apps such as PDFexpert and GoodReader offer…

    36 votes

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  7. Pen stability for shaky handwriting

    36 votes

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  8. I would love to have a feature where I could turn on dark mode only in GoodNotes and that I don’t have to turn on dark mode on the whole iPad

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  9. It would be amazing if we could choose which Google Drive account and specific location we want to backup any specific folder, document or notebook within GoodNotes (think: then we could share certain notebooks with certain people via a shared Google Drive folder automatically and other folders with other people, while saving still other files in a different, personal Google Drive account). Auto backup should still work to save most recent files, but if there should be an “instantaneous backup” option as well.

    More importantly, making GoodNotes compatible with Android/PC for real cross-device syncing would make the experience so much…

    36 votes

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  10. -Concept Mapping Tool (Reference: MindNode App) “cleaner visualization of ideas”
    -Refined Pencil Strokes (StreamLine Feature in Procreate App for smooth pencil stroke) “Excellent for cursive writing”
    -Apple’s inbuilt Ruler (The Ruler in notes app and Concepts App) but with a measuring unit
    -Adding Voice Recording Buttons on the notebook and Able to Convert Audio to Text for convenience
    -Password Protection for sensitive data
    -Able to import Custom Vector Brushes to create beautiful illustrations on spot without a second app

    Dear devs, please add these features! Your app has already replaced my notebooks and adding these features for a visual learner…

    36 votes

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  11. please add the ability to create layers and manipulate layers. Second please add the ability to create text like ZN where you can use any test that is in your ipad

    36 votes

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  12. Please I long to use this on my Microsoft Surface.

    36 votes

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  13. Add one more default pen/highlighter/etc colour to give you more colour options that you can easily switch between. Similar to using a real 4 colour pen.

    36 votes

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  14. 36 votes

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  15. Please allow for more options when spacing the distance between paragraph lines. Right now, the lines are spaced at a "double-space" distance.

    36 votes

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  16. Now that audio recording is available, you also need to add functionality to allow the audio to be exported out of the note as a separate mp3. I use this function on another note-taking program so that I can have the audio transcribed. I can't use Good Notes for my job until this is possible, so I'm staying tuned to see if this is added in the future. Not sure if other people are this specific. Adding this and voting for all the suggestions that are close to this idea.

    35 votes

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  17. when moving images or elements around the alignment feature will center the image or element in the middle of the page or align the image in relation to other images or elements

    35 votes

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  18. The current flashcard study mode is just a small pop up window. Having a full screen flash card study mode would be VERY helpful in seeing smaller details.

    35 votes

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  19. Add an option to horizontally flip all the templates to be used with right to left languages.
    As an example: Cornell notes with Hebrew should be flipped…

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  20. There's nothing more satisfying than having calendar templates that actually integrate with most common calendar formats (at least google calendar or Apple iCloud Calendar).
    Some awesome functionality:I would like to DRAW the length of an event and have that correspond to the assigned duration of the event, have Apple Calendar display my written notes on the calendar (similarly to how Apple Notes does it), have some advanced notational features that translate into editing notes or stuff in the calendar.

    Or at least have a weekly or monthly planner template that also allows some "add to calendar" functionality or "get a…

    35 votes

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